<div align="center"> <span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#FF3300"><span style="font-family:Impact">Miami</span> </span></span><span style="color:#0B355E">(14-66)</span> vs. <span style="color:#c8362d"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><span style="font-family:Impact">Toronto</span></span></span> <span style="color:#c8362d">(40-40)</span> </div> <div align="center"> When: Monday April 14th, 2008 @ 7:00PM EST Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON TV/Radio: Rogers Sportsnet, FAN 590 </div> <span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><div align="center"> <span style="font-family:Impact"><u>GAME PREVIEW</u></span></div></span> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Toronto Raptors were unable to take advantage of playing a team with nothing to play for their last time out, and missed out on a chance to take sole possession of sixth place in the Eastern Conference. They can’t afford to do that again Monday when they host a team with even less direction. The playoff-bound Raptors look to move closer to clinching the sixth seed in the East and sweep the season series over the Miami Heat for the first time in franchise history when they meet at the Air Canada Centre. Toronto (40-40) is coming off Sunday’s 91-84 loss to Detroit, which has already clinched the East’s second seed and rested all of its starters over the final 11 minutes. The loss dropped the Raptors into a tie with Philadelphia for the East’s sixth seed with two games left, although Toronto owns the tiebreaker. The sixth seed will play Orlando in the first round, while the seventh seed faces Detroit. The Raptors are 1-3 against the Pistons this season, and 1-2 against the Magic. Toronto, which concludes the season Wednesday in Chicago, has been stumbling into the playoffs, dropping 16 of 24 games since Feb. 29. “We’ve been struggling for a while now—that’s no secret—and tonight we had to go up against one of the best teams in the league,” Rasho Nesterovic said. “Whoever we play in the first round, we’re going to have to change our mentality if we want to have a chance.” The Raptors will not be playing the woeful Heat (14-66) in the playoffs, but they can only wish they were. Toronto has won the first three meetings of the season over Miami by an average of 33.0 points. In the only meeting at the Air Canada Centre on March 19, the Raptors won 96-54, holding the Heat to the third-lowest point total in the shot-clock era. Toronto has never swept the season series over Miami in its 13-year history. Chris Bosh finished with 30 points on Sunday, and is averaging 27.7 points on 58.5 percent shooting in his last three games. In two games against the Heat this season, Bosh has scored 32 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Nesterovic had 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting against Detroit, and is averaging 18.0 points in six games this month—10.3 better than his season average. He is averaging 14.0 points on 14-of-21 shooting in his last two games versus the Heat. Miami lost to Cleveland 84-76 on Sunday, dropping its 20th in its last 23 games. The Heat led by two points after three quarters, but were outscored 27-17 over the final 12 minutes. “We just went stone cold,” Miami coach Pat Riley said. “I thought we played extremely well, but not driving the ball really hurt in the fourth. We just kept taking jumper after jumper. We just couldn’t make enough shots. It’s the same old story.” Ricky Davis scored a team-high 17 points against the Cavaliers, and is averaging 10.7 points versus the Raptors this season. The Heat need to win their final two games to avoid matching the franchise’s worst single season record, set by the 1988-89 expansion team that went 15-67. Miami concludes its terrible season Wednesday versus Atlanta.</div> <div align="center">Source: Yahoo!Sports</div> <span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Impact"><u>STARTING LINEUPS</u></span></div></span> <div align="center"> <span style="color:#FF3300">Chris Quinn - Ricky Davis - Stephane Lasme - Kasib Powell - Mark Blount</span> <span style="color:#c8362d">TJ Ford - Anthony Parker - Jamario Moon - Chris Bosh - Rasho Nesterovic</span></div> <span style="font-family:Impact"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><div align="center"><u>KEY MATCHUP</u></div></span></span> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><span style="color:#c8362d">Sam Mitchell</span> vs. <span style="color:#c8362d">Sam Mitchell</span></div> <div align="center">Don't Mess it Up SAM</div> <div align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><span style="font-family:Impact"><u>PREDICTION</u></span></span></div> <div align="center">Easy win 103-79, Go Cavaliers</div>
Yea man. Not only that, but his entire game has regressed badly over the past month. He doesn't rebound with the same effort and he's making simple defensive rotation mistakes that he didn't all season long. I really don't know what to do with him. I still see a tonne of potential in him, but I'm doubting whether he'll reach it in our system. I've yet to be able to understand how we expect Bargs to develop as a F/C, when we place him around the 3 pt. line all game long.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Master Shake @ Apr 14 2008, 09:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>L[awl]mao at "certainly after."</div> and lmao Bosh with the low blow on the mascot ahaha
I love a lady that's not afraid of showing some skin. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BasX @ Apr 14 2008, 06:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><u>Something to Look at before the game, and during and certainly after</u> Why not one more </div> Here are a couple to add to the collection: why not one more
We got the match up i wanted. bring on the Magic!!! Pretty crazy to see an all white line out on the floor lol
