<div align="center"> <font size=""4"">@</font> <font size=""4"">Indiana Pacers</font> VS. <font size=""4""><font color=""Red"">Toronto Raptors</font></font> <font size=""4"">29-24, 3rd Central</font> <font size=""4"">29-25, 1st Atlantic</font> <font size=""4"">WHEN: Fri., Feb. 23, 7:00pm WHERE: Air Canada Centre TV: NBALP, RAPSTV </font> (click on logo for team stats) <font size=""4"">Starters</font> <font size=""1"">Ford, Parker, Garbajosa, Bosh, Nesterovic</font> <font size=""4"">Bench</font> <font size=""1"">Bargnani, Humphries, Graham, Peterson, Martin, Calderon, Dixon</font> <font size=""4"">Team Injuries/Inactive List</font> <font size=""1"">Sow, Tucker, Slokar</font> (click on logo for team stats) <font size=""4"">Starters</font> <font size=""1"">Tinsley, Dunleavy, Granger, O'Neal, Murphy</font> <font size=""4"">Bench</font> <font size=""1"">Foster, Armstrong, Daniels, Diogu, Baston, Greene</font> <font size=""4"">Team Injuries/Inactive List</font> <font size=""1"">Harrison, Marshall, McLeod, Williams</font> <font size=""5"">Who's Hot</font> <font size=""1"">Bosh: 27.8 ppg in last 11 gp / Bargs:17.5 ppg in last 4 gp</font> <font size=""1"">O'Neal: 24.3 ppg in last 3 gp / Granger: 18.8 ppg in last 4 gp</font> <font size=""5"">Key Match-ups </font> <font size=""3"">Jermaine O'Neal vs. Chris Bosh</font> <font size=""3"">Danny Granger vs. Jorge Garbajosa</font> <font size=""3"">Fox Sports World's Head to Head Match-ups</font> (click either player photo to see numbers against one another) PG vs. PG SG vs. SG SF vs. SF PF vs. PF C vs. C (click on image for preview *NOTE: only available on "Game Day") <font size=""4"">Prediction</font> <font size=""4""><font color=""Red"">Raptors</font></font> - 94 <font size=""4"">Pacers</font> - 91</div> After getting somewhat of a wake-up call against the Cavs last night, I expect a Raptors squad running on all cylinders Friday evening against the Pacers. :bringit: Predict and discuss! <div align="center"><font size=""5""><u>Raptor Bunny of the Game</u></font> " target="_blank">http://www.johnnycrosslin.com/models/recen...aba1f/m15.jpg"></a></div>
Nice girl of the game. I think the Raptors should end up winning this game. There's no doubt in my mind that Mitchell will do the right thing and have Jose close out this game. It's only right if the Raptors intend on making the post season here. Oh Mitchell, for goodness sake play Jose in the final 4 minutes of the game. Jose makes the offense run better and makes players more confident to shoot. You're driving the T dot crazy if TJ plays the last few minutes again, we can't afford another bad layup desperation shot from TJ, especially from Indiana who beat us the last time we met.
Let's hope the Raps rebound back from the loss like J rebounded from the horrible Game Girl on his last game thread .
Great bounce back from last night's game for the raps. I pretty much like everything I'm seeing right now except for TJ Ford's defense and Humphries holding onto the ball too long on occasion. On another note our 2nd unit is definitely dominating the game over the Pacers subs. Bargnani looks great tonight on both ends of the floor. Hopefully the hot shooting can carry us for the rest of the game. The great part about playing the Pacers is a 10 point lead is more like 20. Edit: Armstrong ... son of a ..
Damn. Armstrong draws a charge and hits a long 3 pointer in the span of 16 seconds. I thought Jamal Tinsley was going to be a matchup problem early on, but our 2nd unit was on fire. Hopefully Bosh plays a little more assertive. It's great that he's passing out of the double team, but there were a few plays where he was being too unselfish.
Blow out win against a team we are battling for playoff seeding. Nice to get Bosh (32Min) some rest before the back to back game on the road against Charlotte who are in the midst of a 4 game winning streak.
I was impressed by our overall effort. Even when they made their run in the 4th, it was great how we responded after. When Garbo starts hitting his shots it's crazy how much we can spread the floor. Bargnani had the whole skill set on display today. I thought most impressive part was his defense and rebounding (considering his offense is usually at least ok). He has such a quick release that when he has even a little bit of space you can count on him getting a shot up. Baston impressed me tonight for the amount of time he played. I think he'd be a decent addition of the bench for someone (he's pretty far down the depth chart in Indy). Let's hope we keep it going against the Bobcats tomorrow considering Huston and San Antonio is going to be a rough stretch.
Gotta love blowouts, Bosh has definately outperformed JO in their matchups this season. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Baston impressed me tonight for the amount of time he played. I think he'd be a decent addition of the bench for someone (he's pretty far down the depth chart in Indy). </div> Or he just had a nice game today...
Rasho was the player of the game, IMO. He forced O'neal into a bad offensive performance, with his man-on-man defence. As a result, we didn't have to play zone like the last time we faced them, and we got up on their shooters.
