<div align="center"> @ <font color="Navy"><font color="Navy"> Toronto Raptors (20-28) @ Cleveland Cavaliers(27-19) TV: Toronto (The Score), Cleveland (FSN) Venue: Gund Arena Date: Tuesday, Feb 8th. TipOff time: 7:10 PM est</font></font> <font color="Red">- Starting LineUps</font> The Raptors: <font size="1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Rafer Alston-Morris Peterson-Jalen Rose-Chris Bosh-Rafael Araujo</font></font> 6th Man: <font size="1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Donyell Marshall</font></font> Coach: <font size="1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Sam Mitchell</font></font> Team Leaders: <font face="Comic Sans MS">Scoring:J.Rose-16.3 Rebounds:C.Bosh-8.4 Assists:R.Alston-7.1 FG%:M.Bonner-54.9% FT%:J.Moiso-85.5% 3PT%:L.Murray 43.3% Blk:C.Bosh-1.3 Steals:R.Alston-1.4</font> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="7">.......</font></font> The Cavaliers: <font size="1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Jeff Mcinnis-Sasha Pavlovic-LeBron James-Drew Gooden-Zydrunas Ilgauskas</font></font> 6th Man: <font size="1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Robert Traylor</font></font> Coach: <font size="1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Paul Silas</font></font> Team Leaders: <font face="Comic Sans MS">Scoring:L.James-25.3 Rebounds:D.Gooden-9.7 Assists:L.James-7.6 FG%:A.Varejao-54.6% FT%:L.Harris-83% 3PT%:J.Mccinnis-35.5% Blk:Z.Ilgauskas-1.9 Steals:L.James-2.3 </font> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="7">.......</font></font> <font color="Red">Keys To The Game:</font> - Rebound: The Cavs are averaging 42.1 RPG, and they crash the offensive board at almost every position. Hoffa, Chris, 'Yell and Matt must box out and prevent the tip in. - Where is Moe?: It's very obvious to the coaching staff and fans now that Morris Peterson completely changes his game and looks a lot different on the road than at home. Mo should look to break out this game as he has the rookie Pavlovic on him for most of the game. He has to drive to the basket aggressive, and be "tight" out there, as was the case in most of our road games. - Shoot 'Bron Shoot: You want to encourage LeBron to shoot contested outside shots. He has added the post game to his offensive arsenal, so Mo and Eric have to play his physical and prevent the drive as much as possible, becuase of the great passer that he is, James creats multiple opportunies for his teammates. <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="7">.......</font></font> <font color="Red">Say What?! (Prediction)</font> It's a tough game on the road to say the least. Both the Raps and Cavs are 5-5 in their last ten games. I predict the Raps to come out strong in the beggining, but Cleveland is the best home team in the East so they'll have their run. Expect a very close game, hope the Raps can end up at the better end. <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="7">.......</font></font> </div>
THis is the fourth straight game that were behind by a more than 10 pts! Do we expect a comback all the time? I think we need to make a trade for some defence.
I don't know what that was, it was jsut disgusting. Seriously, we're one of the worst defensive teams in the league by far, especially in the first half, it's just terrible. I don't know what our guys were doing out there, no effort whatsoever, the game looked closer than it really was. What happened to Rafer, more trouble?
raps lose... but whats up with rafer? he didnt play the whole 2nd half, and wasnt even on the bench. It looks like he had another argument or something in the locker room cause he didnt have any sort if injury in the game.
Listen to the FAN590 Raps post game show for latest news on Rafer...they'll brake the news. Rafer was ushered out of the locker room with PR people and a few other people. Went on the team bus right away. Reports are Babcock was in the lockeroom.
<ul>Rafer didn't play in the 2nd half cuz Sam and him are having "basketball issues"[/list] <ul>Some common things that they need to "work out".[/list] <ul>Expects Rafer to play tommorow[/list] <ul>Rafer is determined is his way, and Sam is determined in his way[/list] All comments taken from Sam...BS Comments.
WHAT?!?! This Rafer thing with the Raps is getting more serious than I thought. I expect him to be shipped out by the deadline. Tough thing for Toronto. He guys got a real good deal for a legit point guard. The defense was not good at all. 58% is not something to pleased about. Was it a bad night for Toronto or was it the defense getting to them. Bosh had a bad game with only 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 turnovers. On a positive note, Bonner had a good game shooting 6-10 with 13 points. They only shot 43%. Was the defense getting to them or was Toronto just cold?
Maybe we should trade Eric Williams, he was laughing it up on the bench, and signalling for someone to call him while we were down 16 points.
^This is a joke right? I don't think that is a good idea. Williams is a great defensive and experienced veteran that can help you guys. It was a game to forget and I don't think because he was laughing is a reason to trade him. I see players do that all the time, perhaps they should get traded too.
Haha of course it's a joke lol....it's like a Raptor fan inside joke <u>Babcocks Famous words: </u> "I won't make any trade for Vince unless it improves the team." "I want to bring character players like Alston to Toronto, so we can build a championship team." "We picked Hoffa because we think he is NBA ready." "Aaron and Eric Williams are going to bring a defensive presence to our team." " I never expected Alonzo to report. I would've done the deal whether he was part of it or not"
