<div align="center"> <font size=""4"">@</font> <font size=""4""><font color=""Red"">Toronto Raptors</font></font> VS. <font size=""4"">Houston Rockets</font> <font size=""4"">31-26, 1st Atlantic</font> <font size=""4"">35-21, 3rd Southwest</font> <font size=""4"">WHEN: Wed., Feb. 28, 8:30pm WHERE: Toyota Center TV: NBALP, SCORE, KNWS </font> (click on logo for team stats) <font size=""4"">Starters</font> <font size=""1"">Ford, Peterson, Garbajosa, Bosh, Nesterovic</font> <font size=""4"">Bench</font> <font size=""1"">Bargnani, Humphries, Graham, Calderon, Dixon, Slokar, Martin</font> <font size=""4"">Team Injuries/Inactive List</font> <font size=""1"">Sow, Tucker, Parker</font> (click on logo for team stats) <font size=""4"">Starters</font> <font size=""1"">Alston, McGrady, Battier, Howard, Mutumbo</font> <font size=""4"">Bench</font> <font size=""1"">Wells, Tsakalidis, Hayes, Head, Synder, Lucas, Novak</font> <font size=""4"">Team Injuries/Inactive List</font> <font size=""1"">Ming, Spanoulis, Sura</font> <font size=""5"">Who's Hot</font> <font size=""1"">Bosh: 20.5 ppg in last 15 gp / Bargs: 17 pts. vs Spurs</font> <font size=""1"">Tmac: 34.3 ppg in last 3 gp / Alston: 17.2 ppg in last 4 gp</font> <font size=""5"">Key Match-ups </font> <font size=""3"">Tracy McGrady vs. Morris Peterson</font> <font size=""3"">Rafer Alston vs. T.J. Ford</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> - 90 <font size=""4"">Rockets</font> - 96</div> Tmac's should be back in the line-up, and without Parker our best defender to watch McGrady he'll likely cause us fits all night long. Close one, but I think we'll drop our second consecutive game for the first time in awhile. Predict and discuss! <div align="center"><font size=""5""><u>Raptor Honey of the Game</u></font> " target="_blank">http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/p...r-Posters.jpg"></a></div>
great game thread styll, probably because i have not been here in a long time, thats why it seems like and everyday game thread for these posters........anyways, tommorow should be a good game to watch, i expect my boi bargs to be the x-factor and player of the game, watch for that. obviously raps win
Raptors can steal this game.. Rockets don't have a player that can stop Bosh.. unless they put T-Mac or Battier on him.
Raptors need to respond after the drubbing the took in San Antonio. win or lose i would just like the raptors to show they can compete with the elite teams in the west, we no longer catch teams by surprise anymore. Because IMO they were thoroughly outclassed by the Spurs.
Battier is an awesome defender. His stats might not show it but in the game he's an excellent hustle defender. At 6'8 you can throw him on CB, I don't see why not? Bosh only has an couple inches on him. Too bad I won't get to watch the game tonight. Go Raps!
<div class="quote_poster">Rimwrecker Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Battier is an awesome defender. His stats might not show it but in the game he's an excellent hustle defender. At 6'8 you can throw him on CB, I don't see why not? Bosh only has an couple inches on him. Too bad I won't get to watch the game tonight. Go Raps!</div> Agreed, Battier is one of the better glue guys around imo. I don't understand how you trade a guy like that away for Rudy Gay. I'm hoping for a good bounce-back tonight after getting killed last game. I'll put Bargnani down as my x-factor to see if he can extend the defense and draw the bigs out to cover his shot.
Damn, I didn't expect Toronto to blow Houston out. Bargnani and Humphries were on fire tonight. I can't wait to see what this team can do in the playoffs.
Since Rockets got their ass kicked, and I'm mad. Anybody wanna have a sig-bet for the next time Rockets play Raptors?
<div class="quote_poster">Pakman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Since Rockets got their ass kicked, and I'm mad. Anybody wanna have a sig-bet for the next time Rockets play Raptors?</div> You're on! In most cases I'd just like to come here, do my moderating job and post my opinions, but today, my fingers feeling kinda itchy. Make the bet as extreme as you want.
Man, what a game! Great performance after we got it handed to us by the Spurs. Everyone was fitting in nicely to the offense tonight. Dixon did a good job stepping in off the bench, but seems to show signs of being a bit of a chucker. Bargnani was unreal tonight. The shots this guy hits on a nightly basis are insane. I just don't understand how he shoots sometimes off balance, or leading with his non-shooting hand and then having to rotate sideways to get his shot off. He didn't get a lot of rebounds today but I think that's mainly because he was guarding guys at the 3 spot. He did do a good job of bodying Bonzi after he tried to take it straight at him after two possessions. It's surprising that he gets away with using the body so much, he usually gets the benefit of the doubt from the officials. Bosh may have not put up a huge amount of points but his game today was amazing. Pretty much all his assists resulted in easy baskets for guys like Rasho and Humphries. He struggled to get in a grove on offense but that's ok because he did other things to help us out. It was a great game that quietly amounted to a great performance. It was more TD than KG.
Good win. Nice statement game after the sh*t show in San Antonio the other night. When the raptors execute their offense and hit their shots ther're borderline unstoppable. Houston is the NBA leader in opponents FG% at (42%) tonight the raptors shot 57% (+15) and houston's opponents 3pt% is (35%) tonight the raptors shot (47%) (+12). Also Dixon looks like he could really contribute to this team, he played well tonight in extended minutes.
Great game every one played well... I still feel unsafe with TJ Ford though. His 2nd half performance was the only downside of the game, he kept the ball for too long, dribbled way too much and the ball movement and offense was stagnant for a period of time. Great win though, and what else can you say about Bargnani?! Humpty Dump was superb!
I liked what Humphries said after the game: "We got embarrassed in San Antonio and we wanted to do that to another team." I was hoping for a bounceback effort, but wasn't ready to expect a blowout. Very encouraging sign.
<div class="quote_poster">Nasty Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You're on! In most cases I'd just like to come here, do my moderating job and post my opinions, but today, my fingers feeling kinda itchy. Make the bet as extreme as you want.</div> Upto you, all I can think of is... winner makes the sig for a loser to wear with anything on it.
<div class="quote_poster">Pakman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Upto you, all I can think of is... winner makes the sig for a loser to wear with anything on it.</div> You're on. *shakes hand with Pakman then sticks it in acid*
<div class="quote_poster">Nasty Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You're on. *shakes hand with Pakman then sticks it in acid*</div> Gotta wear the sig for 2 weeks. *shakes hand* Man, I hope Yao is back!
