<div align="center"> <span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#c8362d"><span style="font-family:Impact">Toronto</span> </span></span><span style="color:#c8362d">(16-27)</span> vs. <span style="color:#0A355E"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><span style="font-family:Impact">Detroit</span></span></span> <span style="color:#0A355E">(23-17)</span> </div> <div align="center"> When: Wednesday January 21st, 2009 @ 7:30PM EST Where: The Palace at Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI TV/Radio: TSN2, FAN 590 </div> <span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><div align="center"> <span style="font-family:Impact"><u>THOUGHTS ON THE GAME</u></span></div></span> Yay, another game on TSN2! Because we should all have to pay extra to see the Raptors get their asses handed to them @ Detroit. Don't want to miss the team keeping that streak alive! Honestly, MLSE's price-gouging continues to look more ludicrous by the day, as Toronto keeps finding more ways to suck. This must be the greatest disparity between on-court product and pricing. Anyways, I'm sure we'll find a stream at some point during the day. Check this thread as tipoff gets closer to find it. <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:#c8362d">Anthony Parker - Joey Graham - Dipshit - Chris Bosh - Andrea Bargnani</span> <span style="color:#0A355E">Rodney Stuckey - Allen Iverson - Tayshaun Prince - Amir Johnson - Rasheed Wallace</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"> <span style="color:#c8362d">Dipshit</span> vs. <span style="color:#0A355E">Tayshaun Prince</span></div> The last time we faced Detroit, Prince had an excellent game exploiting Bargnani's inability to guard the three and generally making a mockery of our perimeter defense. The team's defensive philosophy has changed since then, but the results have remained the same. What the Raptors are really lacking is cohesive team-oriented defense. At various times, individual players will lead a player the wrong way, both cover the same player off a pick, and generally make defensive moves that don't jive with what everybody else on the team is doing. Dipshit's matador D on Joe Johnson the other night was a perfect example of this. It looked like he was expecting his teammates to be playing an entirely different defensive scheme than they were. Tonight, we need him to use his friggin' head for once and stop making his entire team look bad. And for fuck's sake, stop biting on every single pumpfake! <div align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><span style="font-family:Impact"><u>MARTY YORK'S INSIDE INFORMATION OF THE DAY</u></span></span></div>
Prince might not play, according to yahoo and espn "Prince received treatments on Saturday for a sore groin and his status is uncertain..." he has some sort of injury, last game he played he was 2/12 from the floor (meaning either he took bad shots unlikely because his prince, or because of the injury)
If Jamario Moon doesn't dunk over someone tonight, I lose all hope. The guy is a straight athlete and he takes jump shots. He's such a fuck. I predict a win, by the way. Raptors 102 - Pistons 99.
LOL, he dunked the last game, stick back jam, and his not a fuck his a pussy doesnt want to get injured!
Marty York hasn't chimed in yet on the JO trade, has he? Oddly enough, he is usually one of the people to break trades when they are legit. I guess when you run with everything you hear, eventually you might get something right.
I think its quite easy to blame Moon....but I don't at all. Sure he could take it to the bucket more, and use his superior athletisim to defend players...but he dosen't....so get over it. You get what you paid for. I'm more disgusted by Kapono who is a living pylon on defense...he gets torched over and over. He can't keep anybody infront of him...they go by him like a parked car. And on top of that, he makes good $. Nobody complained the other night when he had 2 travelling calls against him in the final 3 minutes of a game...when the raps were clawing back. He stinks....way more then Moon.
I'm not a fan of JK, but we're made about Moon's shot selection. I thought signing JK was a bad idea. I knew he was as good as he was because of DWade and Shaq. No one drive and kicks on this team so it's hard for him to do much. He doesn't move much without the ball and he waits. His defense is horrible, but I guess the Raps know he'll make some shots. I say we trade him along with JO.
http://linksadoor.com/showtime/index.php?params=game/494/Basketball-1/ Here is another link, I hope that works. Lately, the links have sucked.
To make the link BigK gave you work, click at the top "Click Here to watch more NBA & Sports". Thank scroll down and select Raptors vs. Pistons. It'll work than.
What if JO gets like 2 points and 1 rebound, and then leaves the game in the 4th with an injury...DUN DUN DUN!
JO with 4 points...not bad. I actually like the rotation. JO off the bench is a nice surprise and Bargnani playing well.
How's JO playing D against Wallace on the perimeter? Interesting match up... both teams have been struggling lately.
I feel for once, the Pistons can't dominate us. When our players are making shots, we are a good team. I just wish our defense was better.
