<div align="center"> <font size=""4"">@</font> <font size=""4""><font color=""Red"">Toronto Raptors</font></font> VS. <font size=""4"">Washington Wizards</font> <font size=""4"">32-28, 1st Atlantic</font> <font size=""4"">33-25, 1st Southeast</font> <font size=""4"">WHEN: Tues., Mar. 6, 7:00pm WHERE: Verizon Center TV: NBALP, SCORE </font> (click on logo for team stats) <font size=""4"">Possible Starters</font> <font size=""1"">Ford, Peterson, Garbajosa, Bosh, Nesterovic</font> <font size=""4"">Bench</font> <font size=""1"">Bargnani, Tucker, Humphries, Graham, Calderon, Dixon, Martin</font> <font size=""4"">Team Injuries/Inactive List</font> <font size=""1"">Parker, Sow, Slokar</font> (click on logo for team stats) <font size=""4"">Starters</font> <font size=""1"">Arenas, Stevenson, Butler, Jamison, Thomas</font> <font size=""4"">Bench</font> <font size=""1"">Daniels, Taylor, Hayes, Blatche, Mason, Booth, Songaila</font> <font size=""4"">Team Injuries/Inactive List</font> <font size=""1"">Ruffin, Lang, Haywood</font> <font size=""5"">Who's Hot</font> <font size=""1"">Bosh: 23.5 ppg in last 15 gp / Juan: 24 pts. vs. Cavs</font> <font size=""1"">Agent Zero: 28.6 ppg in last 8 gp / Jamison: 20 ppg in last 2 gp</font> <font size=""5"">Key Match-ups </font> <font size=""3"">Caron Butler vs. Jorge Garbajosa</font> <font size=""3"">Antawn Jamison vs. Chris Bosh</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> - 95 <font size=""4"">Wizards</font> - 108</div> Payback time for the healthy Wizards. 'Tawn is back and along with Agent Zero and Butler, I don't expect this one to be close considering how we've played as of late. ( Predict and discuss! <div align="center"><font size=""5""><u>Raptor's Babe of the Game</u></font> </div>
Yeah, I don't have a good feeling about this game either. With the Wizards healthy and the Raptors missing Parker and Bargnani, the Wizards should win this by no less than 10. EDIT: BTW, that chick is smokin.
It always seems to me that the Wizards under-perform against the Raptors, I don't know why. Washington's getting healthy again and like Bobcats said, the Raptors are a little short-handed, so I'll take the Wizards by 7 at the most. That chick is god damn hottttttttt.
<div class="quote_poster">Bobcats Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">With the Wizards healthy and the Raptors missing Parker and Bargnani, the Wizards should win this by no less than 10.</div> I believe Bargs should be back in time for the game tomorrow.
^ Really? I heard he was supposed to miss two games. But hey, if he's back, great, he'll give the Raps a huge boost. I still think Washington will be too much though, especially at home.
<div class="quote_poster">Bobcats Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">^ Really? I heard he was supposed to miss two games. But hey, if he's back, great, he'll give the Raps a huge boost. I still think Washington will be too much though, especially at home.</div> He was supposed to miss the last two games but the weather caused his flight to get delayed so he only ended up missing the one game. He was scheduled to fly to Washington from Italy today.
Man ... watching this one is tough. Perimeter defense has been suspect all year, Parker being gone doesn't exactly help. Arenas is killing us from 3 point range yet were still allowing him to take shots without a hand in his face. So here's my take on this game:
Losing Anthony Parker is big, but not this big. There's no excuse for playing this terrible on the defensive end. Someone tell me why we're doubling so often? I know you want to be careful with their big scorers but (1) the majority of their points are coming from swinging the ball (2) we're not being selective with our double teams (Bosh is coming off Jamison to double Hayes?) and (3) it's exposing us on the defensive boards. Really frustrating.
Wow, the Raptors are usually making it rain from 3 point land, but that didn't happen tonight. Perimeter defense has been a weakness for us all season long and it's been keeping us from having being one of the top 5 teams in the NBA AD was big off the bench with 18 points and 6 assists, he hasn't been much of a factor off the bench as he was last season. Pretty much everybody had an overall game with EJ going with a 11-12 man rotation, unlike his 7-8 man rotation up til all-star break. I guess he really wants to get his bench some playing time and get them ready for the playoffs.
Im looking forward to the sunday game.... the team will be recharged.. after almost 3days off. AP will be back for sunday's game..... HALLELUYAH
