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Originally Posted by I wanna be like Miikka
Yeah the coaching was bad the last bit but it was still the players fault. Mitchell was yelling at Jose to get the ball to barnani but he didnt listen and then finally when andrea gets the ball he threw it up which was a poor decision on his part not a drawn up play. The final play of the game should have been planned out better, I dont know what was going on with that. Still a good season for the raps, a lot of youth to build on for next year.
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It was tough watching it end like that here in Toronto, but this team was a pleasure to watch this year. Seriously not one dislikeable player on this team from top to bottom all class and that is never seen in any team that is good. That Calderon play looked like a pure throwaway at the end, but upon replay, it was close (why don't teams just go for the allyoop?). Anyway, I do believe Sam got outcoached in a lot of situations in this series, and I really think he's a great guy with a young team, but he should be parting ways with them this offseason (which is a shame), for a more systematic coach to take them to the next level. As for personnel, one thing that was lacking sorely at every moment was the fact that there were no rebounders in the key at ANY time against NJ (a relatively medium sized team). Toronto was pushing the parimeter game uncontrollably and Bosh was never getting in the paint which was frustrating to watch. I'd like to see Bargnani as a Centre in next year (for mismatch purposes) or two, move Bosh to SF (weird I know), but bring in a PF for rebounding and banging at both ends. As much as scoring would have been nice to have in the regular season with a SG, that under the basket banger was exposed bigtime in the playoffs. But again, an excellent job by the organization from top to bottom. A very nice classy team to watch and a day of mourning in Toronto by all sports fans after this loss.