Toronto Raptors 2012/2013 season

[TitovFTW]

So glad for for that win for this team, Calderon and Johnson in particular.

[TurnedTheCorner]

7 points in the second quarter last night? 5 points in the fourth quarter tonight? WTH

[St. Pats]

Even when they fluke a win they look sad doing so. Historically bad in fact with the five pt fourth quarter choke job but sill ending up with a win cause the Pacers choke even better. Please get healthy soon Lowry as you are the only hope.

[Machiavelli]

Another terrible fourth quarter with the perplexing decision to start settling for jump shots.

Thankfully the Pacers missed a ton of their shots as well.

[TitovFTW]

To be fair the collapse in the 2nd vs Philly was inexcusable and pathetic but last night this team was going on nothing but fumes in the 4th quarter after playing a 3OT game the night before and having to travel to Indiana over night while also missing 3 key players.

[Hockey_Ninja]

We need a closer for the 4th quarter. Someone with that ability to take over a game and put the nail in the coffin. I have no idea if anybody on this roster is capable of doing that.

[MillerTime GFG]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

We need a closer for the 4th quarter. Someone with that ability to take over a game and put the nail in the coffin. I have no idea if anybody on this roster is capable of doing that.

You say that like these guys are a dime a dozen. The Raptors don't have anyone that is capable of doing that, nor is there anyone readily available out there that can.

[TitovFTW]

Raptors could easily be 4-4 right now with a little better closing out of games. Granted that's a skill and not an exception. That being said, with Kyle Lowry healthy this is still an incredibly exciting team to watch, will be competitive in almost every game they play and play a fun tempo. Let's hope everyone gets healthy ASAP

[Senator Clay Davis]

NBA is all kinds of weird right now, except the three best teams are the same as last year: Miami, OKC and San Antonio. I mean the Bobcats and TWolves are both playing great ball right now, and the Lakers are one game out of last in the West. Raps have looked good in strecthes but the NBA really starts becoming clearer around All-Star break. But obviously Landry Fields was an all-time gigantic waste of money.

[Da_Chief]

Without Lowry this team has no hope. He needs to get healthy.

[Karl]

Raptors injury update: http://www.raptorshq.com/2012/11/15/...ds-all-to-miss

[KOgear]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

NBA is all kinds of weird right now, except the three best teams are the same as last year: Miami, OKC and San Antonio. I mean the Bobcats and TWolves are both playing great ball right now, and the Lakers are one game out of last in the West. Raps have looked good in strecthes but the NBA really starts becoming clearer around All-Star break. But obviously Landry Fields was an all-time gigantic waste of money.

It's cause guys everyone thought were busts, are now performing very well. Ex. Kemba Walker, Rudy Gray. Twolves are supring cause of all their injuries but when you got an ak47 on your team watch out!

[The Big Chill]

Very positive game today. DeRozan and Calderon continue to impress early in the season. If we can battle through this tough early schedule and not lose sight of the playoff teams then we may have a chance to make a run come January.

[St. Pats]

Originally Posted by The Big Chill

Very positive game today. DeRozan and Calderon continue to impress early in the season. If we can battle through this tough early schedule and not lose sight of the playoff teams then we may have a chance to make a run come January.

Personally I think their only chance is a trade. That and Lowry returning and staying healthy. They can't survive with Bargnani in the lineup. He is too much of a lazy dufus for them to succeed with him playing heavy minutes. Thank goodness DD is playing well.

They need to trade Bargnani for another scorer at the 3 spot. Davis/Amir and JV etc. can get their pts off putbacks and snag rebounds and play solid defense.

Lowry, DD and ? can supply the offense along with the bench players like Ross, Jose, Kleiza etc.

But that trade needs to go down sooooooooooooon.

[The Big Chill]

JV is playing really well tonight. The guy just battles non-stop. Also great to see Lowry back.

[Hockey_Ninja]

Another 4th quarter choke job. These guys just can't seem to close out games.

[The Big Chill]

Casey is awful at rotations sometimes. He pulls JV late in the third and doesn't play him again. Just plain stupid when he was playing so well. Calderon was also getting abused defensively and just got left out there. Disappointing loss.

[Alberta_Beef]

I am not a regular watcher of hoops, most of what I know comes from the highlights.

But I watched most of the game tonight and I have to say I do not like Lowry. He is lazy and looks to be mentally weak. Every time a shot or call didn't go his way he seemed to sulk and slack off. If I were Casey I would be livid with that kind of effort.

[The Big Chill]

Lowry is the opposite of lazy. He looked to get frustrated at the end of the game, but that isn't something he does very often. Watch him a couple more times and I'm certain you will really like him.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by The Big Chill

Lowry is the opposite of lazy. He looked to get frustrated at the end of the game, but that isn't something he does very often. Watch him a couple more times and I'm certain you will really like him.

Maybe lazy isn't the right word, because most of the time he was playing hard. Let me try again, he seemed very easily discouraged. There was alot of instances where he looked discouraged, disappointed or upset with himself (or the ref). Maybe returning from injury in his hometown wasn't the best chance for the Raptors, because it did seem like it was more mental than anything.