<div align="center"> -- <font color="Navy"><font color="Navy"> Sacramento Kings @ Toronto Raptors TV: Toronto (The Score), Sacramento (Kings TV) Venue: Air Canada Centre Date: Wednesday, Jan. 5th, 2004. TipOff time: 7:10 PM est</font></font> <font color="Red">- Starting LineUps</font> <font color="Red">The Raptors: </font> Rafer Alston-Morris Peterson-Eric Williams-Chris Bosh-Rafael Araujo <font color="Red">6th Man:</font> Jalen Rose <font color="Red">Coach:</font> Sam Mitchell <font color="Red">The Kings:</font> Mike Bibby-Doug Christie-Peja Stojakovic-Chris Webber-Brad Miller <font color="Red">6th Man:</font> Darius Songaila <font color="Red">Coach:</font> Rick Adelman ........ <font color="Red">Keys To The Game:</font> * Go Inside Often- Webber can't handle Bosh off the dribble. We have to look for Chris as often as we did on Monday. * No Rose on Peja- When Rose comes off the bench, he shouldn't be assigned to guard Peja. Stojakovic runs off screen and has a very quick release, so putting Jalen on him will be the total mismatch Adelman is looking for. * Switch on Cutters- Bibby, Stojakovic, Christie, and Evans do a great job cutting and slashing to the basket which frees them up for easy dunks and lay ups. * Bench Production- The Kings have one of the worst benches around the league, specially with Bobby Jackson out. The Zoo Crew have to dominate their second unit. * Run n' Gun- Kings are playing back-to-back. They're going to be tired from last night's tilt at New York. We have to run at every chance. .... <font color="Red">Say What?! (Prediction)</font> Knowing that this is the time of the season for the Raptors to either do or die, they will be prepared and ready to take on a Sacramento club who 9-1 in his last 10 games on the road. Raptors win 117-104 </div>
hmm.. bosh really needs to step it up tonite and play like he did monday.. if we can keep peja cold, and bosh & araujo play a solid game i think we shud be ok cuz if its anything, they got the advantage inside
49-40 raps at the half, we had a good first quarter with chris hitting his jumpers and rose playing pretty good himself leading the team with 14 at the half. Even though we went flat most part in the 2nd we got a late run to be up by 9.
wow great game! too bad we let them back though, cb4, mopete, alston, and aruajo have stepped thier game up
webber can't move, i always thought if u move him to center he would be more effective but after tonight i think oliver miller is more mobile then c.webb. also, bosh needs to get more touches and donyell marshall looks really lost out there.
Am i the only one about to get a heart attack watching the Raps play this year. When you think the Raps will just breeze through the Kings they let them back in. Its either were leading by 20 but then the other team comes back or were down by 20 then we catch up only too lose. I just want to see a blow out. I might die young if this continues. But great game! Araujo did awesome! Thats all we need from him is REBOUNDS! Hey Derrick Coleman just got released should we get him??
that was scary...i wasnt watching the game cuz (as f'n usual) im at work...but was watchin live updates of the game...looked like we were gonna blow that one bosh with two VERY impressive performances in a row..arujuo earning his minutes again. thats 3 of his last 4 starts he's played well. i couldnt care less if he shot 2-9 every night...if he's gonna pull down at least 10 boards a game, im as happy as a pig in sh!t mo pete kinda stuggled from the field, but was 7-7 at the line...that kind of makes up for his poor shooting im really liking our starting front court. we got defense, scoring and some toughness. if arujuo can keep up his play....*insert your own optimistic cliche here* lol
Do you think this is a step foward for bosh in terms of leadership, clutch ability, etc? Lets hope he can keep this up
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting deception:</div><div class="quote_post">webber can't move, i always thought if u move him to center he would be more effective but after tonight i think oliver miller is more mobile then c.webb. also, bosh needs to get more touches and donyell marshall looks really lost out there.</div> i think the reason bosh wasnt getting as many touches down the strech of the fourth, is because rose was punishing evans in the post..."go to the well" mentality i guess
96-93 raps win. Good game, chris bosh had another great game with 23pts and 13 rebounds, mo pete and rose had good games as well and araujo worked the boards grabbing 14 which is impressive. we're 10-4 at home so we'll have a good chance of winning our next 3 games.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Araujo is my hero. This kid is tough.</div> Great game by the Raps, Webber looked like a lame child wearing iron boots, the guy was slower than Greg Ostertag on the floor. Bosh played very well, he wasn't getting to the line, but his jumpshot was money all game, and he was just knocking down jumpers all over the place. Araujo did good in his minutes, he grabber 7 offensive boards, and threw some bows. As much as everyone hates on Rose, like I and I think Banks said before, the guy is a scoring option, he just knows how to score, and his offense defiantely helped us in this game. MoPete also did pretty good, and though we let them back in with bad defense down the stretch, we were able to hold on for the win.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post"> Great game by the Raps, Webber looked like a lame child wearing iron boots, the guy was slower than Greg Ostertag on the floor. Bosh played very well, he wasn't getting to the line, but his jumpshot was money all game, and he was just knocking down jumpers all over the place. Araujo did good in his minutes, he grabber 7 offensive boards, and threw some bows. As much as everyone hates on Rose, like I and I think Banks said before, the guy is a scoring option, he just knows how to score, and his offense defiantely helped us in this game. MoPete also did pretty good, and though we let them back in with bad defense down the stretch, we were able to hold on for the win.</div> First off, I'm not a Webber fan. He has said quite a few stupid and arrogant things in the past. HOWEVER, you must understand that this was a back to back for the kings and when I play a tough game one day, then for the next game, sometimes I can be sore or just not as energetic. And I don't have a busted up knee. Also Bosh was wicked and was hitting all of his jumpshots, No one was blaming KG or TD, when Bosh truly outplayed both of them. Sometimes Bosh looks like he's one of the elite PF in the league. I think in a year or two he will be. I was at that game, and DAMN was it good. As a fan, I think the Raps let the Kings come back by letting Milt play a bit too much in the 4th. But it really added to the drama! So I didn't mind.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">First off, I'm not a Webber fan. He has said quite a few stupid and arrogant things in the past. HOWEVER, you must understand that this was a back to back for the kings and when I play a tough game one day, then for the next game, sometimes I can be sore or just not as energetic. And I don't have a busted up knee. </div> I wasn't saying Webber has no game, I was saying he looked like a lame kid because he's been playing on one leg the whole season basically, what am I supposed to say, he looks great out there?
well I'm just wondering why people didn't comment on Tim Duncan's or KG's defense when they covered Bosh and Bosh scored big numbers? Oh and I'm surprized that no has brought up Mo Pete's nice swat on B Miller! Damn that was wicked.
Overall I liked the effort the Raptors put out. I DID think that the Kings missed a lot of jumpers they should have made, I don't think it was our defence that made them miss those shots. When the Kings were coming back in the 4th quarter I was pleading for the Raptors to keep on feeding Bosh until his hand hurts from shooting. He was torching their defence all night. Once they went back to Bosh we secured the lead and won the game. Maybe I'm just biased because he is on my fantasy team but I think the Raptors should operate through Bosh ALL THE TIME. And how about that Hoffa kid? Like Og said he was throwing 'bows with the best of them, namely Brad Miller. Anyone who jams their elbow intentionally into B. Millers rib and lives to tell about it is a hero in my books. 14 rebounds ain't too shabby either. This kid could be something............
Good game overall, not great! Bright Spots: * Jalen's effincy from the field, and his comfort level coming off the bench. * Skip's ball distribution. he only had 4 points but he dished out 10 assissts. That's what I mainly want from my Point. * Second straight good game by Bosh and Moe which could be a sign of establishing consistency in their games. * Eric Williams did a great job on Peja, who went off for a 2-10 from the field equalling a season low in points, 10. * Hoffa' looks like a possessed Brazilian beast. He cleared the glass very well bother Brad Miller in the key. On the Kings' side of things, Webber looked exhausted after Tuesday's game at the garden as I expected. Peja didn't really find his game. Mike Bibby was the only player who played up to their abilities scoring a game high 32 points. The tough one is out of the way, let's make it 5 in a row!
