<div align="center">@ <font color="purple">Toronto Raptors(5-6)</font>@<font color="Navy">The Washington Wizards (5-4)</font> Time: 7:00 PM Eastern Place: The MCI Center TV: Local</div> <div align="center"><font size="5">Raptors Head Coach</font> Sam Mitchell</div> <div align="center"><font size="5">Raptors Projected Starting Lineup</font></div> <div align="center"> Rafer Alston, Jalen Rose, Vince Carter, Chris Bosh, Loren Woods</div> <div align="center"><font size="5">Wizards Head Coach</font> Eddie Jordan</div> <div align="center"><font size="5">Washington's Projected Starting Lineup</font> Gilbert Arenas, Larry Hughes, Jared Jeffries, Antawn Jamison, Brendan Haywood</div> <div align="center"><font size="5">Bench Factors</font> Morris Peterson(Raptors), Jarvis Hayes(Wizards)</div> <div align="center"><font size="5">Key Matchup</font> Chris Bosh vs. Antawn Jamison <font color="Purple"> Chris Bosh:</font> 14.5 points per game, 1.4 assists per game, and 7.0 rebounds per game <font color="navy">Antawn Jamison:</font> 23.7 points per game, 2.3 assists per game, and 8.3 rebounds per game</div> <font size="5">Keys to the Game</font> <font color="purple">Toronto:</font> <ul> [*]Expose Matchups- Toronto has a key advantage at the SF matchup, VC is much stronger than Jared Jeffries, if VC wants to play today then he will have a field day against the weaker and slower Jeffries [*]Force Bad Shots- Arenas and Hughes are known to take bad shots. Pressure them and force them rush passes and take shots they do not want to take. [*]Isolate Antawn- Do not let the offense run through him, if they force it to run through Arenas or Hughes, Jamison wont be as effective because he has struggled when has been the second option this year [/list] <font color="navy"> Washington:</font> <ul> [*]Run Through Antawn- They are a much better team when they let the offense run through Jamison, this game is no exception. Give him the ball early and often, I think he is stronger than Bosh and he can utilize that. [*]Guard Play- This is huge, BOTH ARENAS AND HUGHES MUST HAVE GOOD GAMES. Hughes has looked downright horrible at times this year shooting the ball, he can't force it, it has to come naturally, if he isn't feeling it then don't shoot. Same goes for Arenas. [*]2nd Chance Points- This is a universal key. It is always a key to win games, but I think it will be a bigger key tonight. Jamison, Walker, Ruffin, and Haywood all have to crash the offensive board. [/list] <font size="5"> Prediction</font> I think this will be a very close game throughout, but I think since Washington is at home they will pull away in the 4th quarter, I am taking Washingon 92-88
nice preview bro...good work pretty evenly matched teams...even size wise with thomas and brown still out i like the raps by 5 i missed tipoff...anyone know why jalen isnt dressed?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dj_premium_plus:</div><div class="quote_post">nice preview bro...good work i missed tipoff...anyone know why jalen isnt dressed?</div> thigh contusion .... oh my god vince is out again.......
Well Vince got elbowed to the face by Hughes so he missed the last part of the 2nd. He should be back IMO. Wizards are killing the Raps on the Offensive boards.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting thedude9990:</div><div class="quote_post">lamond murry started over peterson and rose!!!!!</div> no he didnt...swirsk just said that mo pete started vince with a couple nice dunks tonight...guess he really was joking raps getting destroyed right now...lammond and mo pete are both struggling. alston already has a double double...he's playing awesome as usual.
correction. only 13 now with 10.17left in 4th edit: only following game on nba.com. but noticed carter with a couple of dunks and a few driving lay ups... vince finally playing how he should be? hopefuly some of you guys watching the game can give me your opinions.
raps only down by 8 right now with vince about to head to the line to shoot a pair of free throws...great come back by the raps and id like to say that already this is the best game iv seen vince play all year. i know he won the game for us against portland at home earlier this season, but this game he's taken it to the rack lots...shooting a decent percentage. only slam is that he's missing free throws badly...but aside from that i like his play. this is exactly how i wish he had been playing all season
K Raptors loss and YES LAMOND MURRAY STARTED FOR THE RAPTORS NOT PETERSON... heh... Offensive Rebounds from Wizards were killing them...
don't understand why loren woods doesn't get more minutes and the raps need to defend the backdoor play. the raps need a backup pg big time, rafer is going to die on the court if this keeps up. there was a dramatic drop off in his play between the first half and the second half.
Vince's second good game of the season, but two negative factors which i will address in his analysis thread.
They really killed us on the boards, offensive rebounds especially. but atleast vince went to the line more and dunked twice, rafer had another great game and bosh did pretty good with a double-double.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting arhieboy:</div><div class="quote_post">Vince's second good game of the season, but two negative factors which i will address in his analysis thread.</div> lemme guess , freethrow shooting , and the fact he smiles and looks like hes having fun when the other team is up by 15
yo wut were the dunks like? i only watched the frst quarter and half of the second an then came back at the 4 minute point of the 4rth. Can someone send them to me if they hae them or can u tell me wut he did and ho nice it was?
