Here it boys, opening night. Before all our hopes and dreams get crushed. When we still have reason for optimism. Plus its Halloween. Sure be a good game. @ Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7 pm, October 31 (Halloween!!) TSN Projected Starters K. Lowry D. Derozan L. Fields A. Bargnani J. Valanciunas Key Reserves Jose Calderon, Amir Johnson G. Hill P. George D. Granger D. West R. Hibbert Key Reserves DJ Augstine, Psyco T Key Matchup vs. Song of the Game [video=youtube;9W6Jl3beOlY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9W6Jl3beOlY[/video]
Update 2 - Bargnani missed the last two practices (including today) with flu like systems. I hope he plays tomorrow tho Definitely. Pacers will be a top 3 team in the East imo.
TDOOOOOOOOT OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH We're winning this game and it shall be beautiful. I expect Lowry to go all out, near triple double numbers. After watching Rajon, I'm sure he's fired up. DeMar is gonna avg. 20+ PPG no doubt, and tonight I can see him with a clean 24.
Just finished watching the game. I thought the Raps played great considering. Indy needed a inbounds call and a no call on Hill on the last play to win. I don't think there's any shame in losing like this too a premier team in the conference. A couple of notes: 1. The stats don't show it but Bargs was great on D and really showed a lot of energy. His shots weren't falling tonight but i thought he played well otherwise and got to the line. 2. Demar didn't get to the line at all but sure tried his hardest but the calls just didn't go his way. 3. Lowry was great in his debut. Awesome performance from him. 4. Val also looked pretty good. Lots of energy, rebounding, and finishing close to the basket. However he took too many jumpers and wasn't very good on D. To be fair, Hibbert is a top 5 centre but Val needs to fight for better position. 5. Our wing situation is dreadful! Jose shouldn't be ending the game at the 2. Fields looks dreadful. Truly awful. Demar had a couple nice moment but he needs some calls. Andersen was alright. Ross didn't play much. 6. Casey needs to tighten his rotation. 12 players played tonight! He needs to cut it to 8 or 9 tops. Thankfully Klieza's ass was glued to the bench
I agree that Bargs played pretty good man to man D but his help D was lacking tonight and he had some good box outs but he still needs to be hungrier when fighting for rebounds.
