<div align="center"> VS <font face=""Arial""><font size=""3"">Toronto Raptors</font></font> (12-16) VS <font face=""Arial""><font size=""3"">Phoenix Suns</font></font> (12-13) Venue: Air Canada Center, Toronto Date: Tuesday December 27, 2006 Time: 7:00 PM EST Coverage: NBALP, SCORE</div> [DIV=50%] <div align="center"><font size=""3""><font face=""Arial"">Projected Starters</font></font> Mike James - Ricky Davis - Trenton Hassell - Kevin Garnett - Mark Blount <font size=""3""><font face=""Arial"">Reserves</font></font> Randy Foye - Marko Jaric - Craig Smith - Mark Madsen <font face=""Arial""><font size=""3"">Coach</font></font> Dwane Casey</div> [/DIV] <div align="center"><font size=""3""><font face=""Arial"">Projected Starters</font></font> TJ Ford - Anthony Parker - Joey Graham - Jorge Garbajosa - Rasho Nesterovic <font size=""3""><font face=""Arial"">Reserves</font></font> Morris Peterson - Andrea Bargnani - Jose Calderon - Fred Jones <font face=""Arial""><font size=""3"">Coach</font></font> Sam Mitchell Analysis: The Timberwolves are winners of 2 straight and are looking to make it 3 against the Raptors. The Raptors this season are 7-3 at home. Tonight the Raptors are still playing with out star player Chris Bosh, so the big men will be a key factor against Kevin Garnett and the Wolves. X-Factor Jorge Garbajosa With Bosh out, Jorge will have the task of defending Kevin Garnett. Jorge along with Rasho Nesterovic and Andrea Bargnani will be switching off against the superstar. If Jorge can contribute on offense while keeping Garnett from getting hot, then the Raptors will find success. Post Predictions Below Sorry guys, no eye-candy. But feel free to post one up. </div>
why are they booing mike james? kinda of an embarrassing demonstration especially in light of matt bonner receiving a standing ovation.
^^ Exactly. Mike James hasn't done anything bad to the Raptors. James was waiting for an offer, and with the acquisition of Ford there was no purpose for him here. He had to sign with another team.
Did anyone else see the peck on the cheek that James gave Norma? Maybe there is something going on after all. I remember seeing someone post about a possible "something" with Vince and Norma. Pretty so-so game right now. The Raptors got off to a fast start (don't they always at home?) and then find themselves behind. With the way Graham's playing, it looks like this will be one of his bad games...
<div class="quote_poster">Iggy Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">^^ Exactly. Mike James hasn't done anything bad to the Raptors. James was waiting for an offer, and with the acquisition of Ford there was no purpose for him here. He had to sign with another team.</div> exactly and he worked his arse off here. <div class="quote_poster">Locke Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Did anyone else see the peck on the cheek that James gave Norma? Maybe there is something going on after all. I remember seeing someone post about a possible "something" with Vince and Norma. Pretty so-so game right now. The Raptors got off to a fast start (don't they always at home?) and then find themselves behind. With the way Graham's playing, it looks like this will be one of his bad games...</div> norma and vince who posted that? i will say that norma looks like she's had tons of botox done over the offseason; last year her skin was atrocious.
why the hell is chris bosh laughing it up on the sidelines? this guy's antics are resembling vince's more and more. and more frighteningly, he doesn't have vc's resume. as for the game: -jaric is playing his arse off, peculiar sight cause he has been notorious for playing like a pretty boy. -rasho is annoying KG -tj ford is clearly forcing the tempo; i'm assuming smitch thinks the wovles will run on fumes in the second half on a back to back
Wow great win, i'll take it. Guard play was amazing and so were the contributions from Hump and Rasho. Pass at the end by Bargnani was great but he seemed to have an off game. That 3-point foul on Mike James was soooo bad, not sure what you guys though but clearly it wasn't a shot attempt imo.
<div class="quote_poster">deception Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">exactly and he worked his arse off here. norma and vince who posted that? i will say that norma looks like she's had tons of botox done over the offseason; last year her skin was atrocious.</div> I don't remember who exactly, but it sure made an impression LOL. Great win by the Raptors. The finishing down the stretch with the free throws were atrocious, but we made them when we had to. TJ Ford is really stepping up right now, I loved how he toyed with Foye tonight.
<div class="quote_poster">a13x Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Wow great win, i'll take it. Guard play was amazing and so were the contributions from Hump and Rasho. Pass at the end by Bargnani was great but he seemed to have an off game. That 3-point foul on Mike James was soooo bad, not sure what you guys though but clearly it wasn't a shot attempt imo.</div> Calderon was nice dring the end with the clutch steal and lay-in. As for the call, it clearly was not a shot attempt. Even if it were a shot attemp, the foul was made on the floor before he went up with it. The end was pretty intense and that KG shot looked like it was going in. Anybody elsesee Ford break Mike James' ankles?
easily one of the best games in raptor history. speaking of norma, she had one of the great lines in reference to tj breaking mike james' ankles, "reach and i'll teach".
Why the hell did we boo Mike James? The Raptors ain't missing much, and it's sure as hell that the Raps are a better team without him.
It's the crowd, one will boo and the rest will follow.. thats how people are in general. Mike James did nothing wrong for Toronto, he played a lot better here than any where before. It was Toronto that didn't want him back.. Yeah like you guys said earlier, no reason to boo him.
Colangelo proved the critics wrong once again.... trading Charlie V for TJ seems like a great idea afterall. WE needed a tru PG... the future looks bright folks... stay tuned.
Yeah my heart nearly stopped when Mike James got fouled on that three. I was SOOO relieved when he missed one of them. Btw, it did look like it was a shooting foul, although he may not have been in the air. Obviously TJ fouled him too late. But c'mon you gotta thank Mike for the all the effort here in TO. Remember when Bosh was injured at the end of the season? Although we went on a 10-game losing streak, he gave us almost 30 points per game in that period and he finished the season with 20 ppg. If not for him, we would have had like 10 wins instead of 20.
