Welcome to Raptor's Gameday, I make these threads for discussion once in a while. Enjoy!__________________________________________<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000">Welcome to <span style="color:#3333FF">BBW's</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">NBA</span> Raptors GameDay! <span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%">@</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">Toronto Raptors (13-16)</span> @ <span style="color:#696969">Chicago Bulls (17-12)</span><span style="color:#333399">Arena:</span> Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario<span style="color:#333399">Time:</span> 7:00 PM EST</span><u><span style="color:#696969">Chicago Bulls Starting Lineup</span></u> <span style="color:#696969">PG-</span> <span style="color:#000000">Kirk Hinrich</span> <span style="color:#696969">SG-</span> <span style="color:#000000">Chris Duhon</span> <span style="color:#696969">SF-</span> <span style="color:#000000">Luol Deng</span> <span style="color:#696969">PF-</span> <span style="color:#000000">Andres Nocioni</span> <span style="color:#696969">C-</span> <span style="color:#000000">Ben Wallace</span> Note: Bulls.com reported that no injuries were to be reported.<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#FF0000">v</span><span style="color:#696969">s</span>.</span><u><span style="color:#FF0000">Toronto Raptors Starting Lineup</span></u> <span style="color:#FF0000">PG-</span> <span style="color:#000000">TJ Ford</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">SG-</span> <span style="color:#000000">Anthony Parker</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">SF-</span> <span style="color:#000000">Joey Graham</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">PF-</span> <span style="color:#000000">Jorge Garbajosa</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">C-</span> <span style="color:#000000">Rasho Nesterovic</span> Note: Sam Mitchell is rearranging lineups, this is the most recent<u><span style="color:#000000">Injury Report</span></u> (TOR) Pape Sow- Neck- Likely to miss entire season(TOR) Chris Bosh - Bruised Bone in Knee - Out Until At Least Phoenix Jan.3(TOR) Morris Peterson - Knee - Questionable for today.<u><span style="color:#000000">Matchups</span></u><u><span style="color:#006600">Today's matchup, RF1 presents, Ford vs. Hinrich</u> <span style="color:#000000">Today we feature BBW's most coveted matchup so far. TJ Ford vs. Kirk Hinrich, two who have been argued over many many various times. Anyways the quicker Ford looks to handle the better shooter Hinrich, in tonights battle, as they look to prove some BBW members wrong.</span><u><span style="color:#006600">Big Ben meet Little Rasho</span></u> <span style="color:#000000">Ok, so Rasho may not be little, but neither is Ben, and he has a definite size advantage over Rasho. Look for Ben tonight to get doubled up various times over the course of the game, to help control the pace of the offence.</span><u><span style="color:#006600">Starting off the Bench</span></u> <span style="color:#000000">Two gaurds off the bench looking to provide scoring off the bench today. Gordon, one of the best sixth man's in the league, has just came off a 40 point performance at the Heat. Look for Gordon to light it up tonight from the perimeter and make some key and clutch plays. </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#3333FF">RF1's X-Factor</span></span></u><span style="color:#CC0000"><u>Toronto</u><u>Jorge Garbajosa</u></span><span style="color:#696969"><u>Portland</u><u>Ben Wallace</u></span>A serious contender for ROY, and a serious contender for DPOY, both big men look to suit up tonight and get some garbage point here and there. Ben is more of the post player, and Garbo is more of a finesse player. I think Garbo can really stretch the D, and leave Ben on the perimeter.</span><u><span style="color:#009900">RF1's 3 Keys to the Game</span></u><span style="color:#CC0000"><u>Toronto</u>1. If I say run again, I think im going to have to shoot someone, I don't get it, we have some of the fastest players in the league, and your telling me we can't outrun players?2. Use the Home advantage, you know the Raptor record at home, take advanatge of your court.3. Rebound, one of the keys to beating the Wolves was rebounding, make sure you beat them to the boards, espcially Ben.</span><span style="color:#696969"><u>Portland</u>1. Never leave the 3pt line open, when the Raps get hot from three they make the shot.2. Pick up the Pace, the Raptors tend to get lazy, catch them on the backdoor and off the dribble when you can, because trust me it will happen.3. Ball to Ben, I think he can handle the undersized Raptors in this case. </span>My thoughtsThis will be a very tough one, but needed, as the Raptors look to maintain position on the Atlantic. I think we can pull it through if we shut down Ben, but I think thats not the case on most nights. Exciting matchup for tonight.<u>Pre-Game Notes:</u> Raptors looking to defend top at Atlantic, Bulls looking to gain ground on Cleveland's 2nd place spot.. <u>Past 5 Game Outlook:</u> Dec. 19 (L 98-115) Dec. 20 (W 98-96) Dec. 22 (W 101-100) Dec. 23 (L 97-110)Dec. 27 (W 100-97)<u>Forward 5 Game Outlook:</u> Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 5 Jan. 7 Jan. 9 </div>
The Bulls always have our number. Hopefully TJ has a huge game again, and we can try and get this one. We need others to step up as well. I hope Mo plays...
I think we need Garbo and Andrea to have a real good game tonight, they need to step it up to deal with the Bulls frontcourt. If they get their act together, they can push for a win tonight.
we lost 107-97. We just jacked up shots and the bulls defense was too strong for us to break down..Looks like we need Bosh back for teams like these to suceed.
Our worst quarter has to be the 2nd in todays game, we were outscored by 14 by the end of the 2nd due to a late run by the Bulls. We came closer in the third by getting within 1 pt and then Chicago blew the lead open again by 17 but in the fourth we managed to put a run together and come within 6 after Mo-Pete hit a 3 which tore the roof off in the ACC. But then a couple of misses at the FT line by Big Ben lead to 2 offensive rebounds by the Bulls due to Bargnanis and Rashos poor boxout effort which widened the gap! After we feel behind by 10 we tried taking quick 3s which killed our hope and we lost.A couple key notes:*Deng had a career game against the smaller Graham*Bargnani was on fire in the first half with 3 3pters, also in the 4th he showed alot more patient on defence by not going for the head and shoulder fake and keeping his hands up which lead to some altered and blocked shots*The Bulls shot over 60% which is disgusting!Overall it was a real good game, I got some nice tickets to it 3 rows behind courtside...the ACC was live! Anyways that was my take on the game...Cheers!
Didn't watch the game since I don't have RapsTV but I wasn't expecting a win tonight. Just something about the Bulls that we're horrible against and we have to break this curse...I hope we play em again this season. Luckily tonight we can get one against Memphis (we should be able to despite injuries). And then after the Phoenix game, we have quite a few easy ones coming up!
