Didn't see a game thread, so I decided to make this thread to discuss the game. The Raps have a good chance at this. I don't think Bosh is playing though.
Decent first half...we're playing pretty good defense overall but we need to get back better on fast breaks. We've been getting inside very well so hopefully we can heat up Bargs in the second half and get some shots to fall, get other dimension of our game going. Really missing Mo Pete here actually.
I think I'm starting to get a man crush on TJ Ford.He's now tied with Bosh as my favourite player. I just love this guy. His step back jumpers are money, he can take it in, broke Mike James ankles today. I don't think he ever has bad games. It's either scoring a ton of points, passing it really well, or both. Today he scored a ton of points. Actually, this was his season high. His jumper was amazing today, and he just totally abbused Mike James.Another Raptors win! I was glad we pulled this out because Mo was out, and Fred Jones was basically out. He was under the weather today, and you could tell. He missed a couple of layups, two free throws. He just looked lost out there tonight. I'm sure glad that AP stepped up though. His shooting was fantastic today. I think he had 17 points. He hit a couple of threes (one very clutch three).I liked the job that Rasho did on KG. Maybe it was just that KG didn't go inside in the first half, but Rasho was in his face, contested shots, and he was a big part of the reason why Garnett only got 5 in the first half. Andrea on the other hand, did not do a good job. He bit on a couple of KG's pump fakes, and let him get to the line a couple of times in crucial points in the game.Anyway, Jose also had an excellent game. He hardly took any jumpshots, but got through the lane very effectively, and he scored a couple of fastbreak layups for us. We had very good PG play tonight.As a team, I thought our interior defense was solid, but we sort of struggled on the perimeter contesting shots. Fortunately for us, after his hot start, Ricky went cold in the 2nd, and that was a big key to controlling this game. Ricky was very good in the first. He didn't drive that much, but he hit a ton of mid range jumpers right in Parker's face.Anyway, that's all for now. Raps win a close one. We're 13-16 now, and we just gained some ground in the division!
Raptors Win!! Tj ford played great and decided to take the RAPS over when bosh is out and it looks like we arent missing him much. Rasho played great D on KG, but then KG heated up sorta in the 2nd half. Bargnani and Garbajosa both struggled today but then JOSE and FORD took the game over.
Great game by the Raps with MoPete and Bosh out and Jones feeling under the weather! I think Rasho had a solid solid game against KG and he was one of the main keys to our victory today, same with Parker and Ford. Parker hit some nice jumpers over Davis in the fourth the bring us back into the lead then TJ just solidified the W for us. Bargnani had a good first half with a couple shots dropping but looked like he was rushing his game a little in the 2nd half of the game. Overall good game and hopefully we could take advantage of the next couple of games seeing how a bulk of them are at home.
Yeah, I forgot to add to that. I think Bargnani had about 7 in the first quarter. I thought he was going to have another 20+ point game, but he started rushing his shots after that. He didn't put much touch on the ball, and alot of his shots just looked like bricks.
