Game Day : Raptors vs NY Knicks <font color="Navy">New Yor Knicks @ Toronto Raptors </font> http://mrsamba.jeeran.com/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.JPG"> IOn defense, DON'T let him get the ball inside the basket or have a cofortable position, Chris can't take Motombo size wise , so try to prevent him from getting the ball deep in the post <font color="DarkRed"> JBB keys to the Game : </font> 1) Post up Vince, as I said in their match up, Allan isn't as fast nor as explosive as Vince, so post him up and let Vince handles it from there ! 2) 48 Minutes defense, they showed a sign of that against the Spurs , and they have to have it tonight ! 3) NO OPEN SHOTS, PERIOD. 4) Jalen Rose drove me nuts last couple of games, sometimes he does " stupid " things like trying to intiate a contact when it's impossible to, or when we're down by 13 and he comes in transition and takes the 22 footer , he has to be patient with the ball, and he has a great court vision so that might help after KO's private speech with him ! <font color="DarkRed">Air's Pick :</font> Gotta go with team in this one, lost 4 in a row, getting back home, all motivations to perform good tonight, the crowd is gonna be in it ,and NY played horribly against Golden States so I don't a big time improvement that fast ! Raptors Win : 86-75
Great Preview... I'll Take Raptors WIn 89-76 You drew the point of Jalen's poor shot decision.I op O'neills speech did something **EDIT** some interesting stuff from Raptors Insider.. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting RaptorsInsider:</div><div class="quote_post"> RAPTORS vs. KNICKS: Toronto has not scored greater than 100 points against the Knicks in their last 25 meetings. New York has defeated Toronto in seven of their last eight meetings. Toronto's franchise-high 65 rebound performance came against the Knicks in overtime March 21, 1999 ... That game also set a Raptors mark for most offensive rebounds (31). On Dec. 14, 2000 the Raptors defeated the Knicks 70-68 setting a Raptors mark for fewest combined points between two teams (138) and least points scored in a Raptors' win ... Three of the Raptors' top-six defensive performances were against the Knicks (68 points Dec. 14, 2000; 70 points Feb. 15, 2000; 71 points April 14, 2000) ... On Oct. 30, 2002, the Raptors defeated the Washington Wizards 74-68, tying the franchise record for fewest points by an opponent. New York recorded the second-highest point total by an opponent versus Toronto on April 6, 1996, defeating the Raptors 139-106 ... The highest total came March 13, 1998 at L.A. Clippers when Toronto lost 152-120. The Knicks handed the Raptors their worst defeat in franchise history (46 points) winning 125-79 on April 15, 1996. Toronto and New York have met in the opening round of the playoffs twice ... In 2000, New York swept Toronto 3-0, while in 2001 the Raptors captured their first playoff series in franchise history 3-2 AND THEY VISIT FREQUENTLY FROM DOWNTOWN ... Toronto and Dallas hold the current NBA streak of consecutive games with a three-pointer with 393 and counting ... The last time the Raptors did not record a three-pointer was Feb. 24, 1999 at Indiana (0-6) ... The Miami Heat had their NBA record of 594 games with a triple end Nov. 21, 2002 vs. Sacramento. </div>
The first half is over : Raptors are shooting 54 % and the Knicks are at 42% .. and we're up only by 2 , 48-46 !!!! and that's due to the 11 turnovers .. mostly commited by Jalen Rose the guy makes good passes and is a very good player overall .. but as I said in the Kys To The Game .. that he has to stop turning the ball over stupidly !! we could have been up by 20 by now Bosh is having a good offensive game with 8 points but the rookie didn't pick up a single rebound yet marshall and Moe Pete are both doing great .. Donyell with 10 points and 9 rebounds .. Moe with 8 points and 5 rebounds in 13 minutes , and he played that much of time because of Vince's foul trouble , with 3 fouls .. and he had to sit the whole second quarter ( Almost ) .. and has 2 points, 2 boards, 2 assissts the second half is about to start ciao for now
OT is about to start... Jalen Rose had a coupla treys...a little more patient with the ball..still making some poor decisions Houston Tied it up off an inbound pass trey with 4.4 secs(?) left. Raptors tired to tie it by giving it to carter. He drove and then did a fade @ the three point line.
Good win, they really needed this after those bad losses to the Celtics and Heat. The Raptors next five games are at home against the Magic, then they hit the road and play Utah, the Clippers, and Denver.
Goddamn, Vince took over the OT like he always does. This man seriously is an underrated passer and rebounder, and he's really solid at both area. Guess he wasnt just talkin when he talked about being a more complete player. VC = "the" most unselfish superstar in the L, period.
