04-26-2014, 09:55 AM
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#461
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
NBA scheduling is what's up. This is nothing new, the NBA has been doing this for about a decade now. They've stretched out the first round to extreme lengths so they can get as many games as possible on national TV. Dallas-San Antonio and Miami-Charlotte has gone Sunday-Wednesday-Saturday. In a few years there has been FOUR days between games (so Sunday-Thursday-Sunday, usually involving the Lakers). If the Canadiens and Bruins both swept their series, they could be on Game 1 of the East Semi's before most NBA first round series got to Game 4. Embarrassing but it's not going to change.
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Hmmm... interesting. I never knew that. I guess I wasn't paying attention much in the last few season's first rounder before. Yes i agree it is embarrassing and I wonder what is the other reason for it other than you mentioned. Was it because NBA players' association mandate or just the owners trying to get more TV revenues. Sucks that you have to wait long in between games unlike the NHL playoffs that you get to see the games every other day or sometimes 2 days in a row.
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04-26-2014, 09:57 AM
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#462
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First Line Centre
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Thoughts on starting Fields and have him man up on Joe Johnson for as long as possible? That guy is killing us, and DeRozan can't defend him. Also, it's not like we need Fields on the offensive side of the ball, we got other weapons capable of scoring.
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04-27-2014, 05:32 PM
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#463
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Great start for the Raptors. Brooklyn finally looks like the older team, which is how I expected them to look all series. Bench needs to keep it going and provide some defence with Fields not available tonight.
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04-27-2014, 05:36 PM
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#464
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by octothorp
Great start for the Raptors. Brooklyn finally looks like the older team, which is how I expected them to look all series. Bench needs to keep it going and provide some defence with Fields not available tonight.
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I missed it, why is Fields not available?
And Johnson's back playing his usual solid self. AK47's useless down low. They gotta keep running this inside aggressive game. Love it.
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04-27-2014, 05:39 PM
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#465
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fleury
I missed it, why is Fields not available?
And Johnson's back playing his usual solid self. AK47's useless down low. They gotta keep running this inside aggressive game. Love it.
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Back spasms. Dude just can't catch a break. I think he missed some time from back spasms earlier this spring.
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04-27-2014, 05:52 PM
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#466
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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It blows my mind that Kirilenko's given this much playing time. He's an absolute shadow of himself. So far the teams playing great but there were a couple times Vazquez was being unselfish and passed it off when he had an open shot. He's gotta put those away.
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04-27-2014, 05:54 PM
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#467
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH (Grew up in Calgary)
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DeMar has been great since that horrible 1st game.
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04-27-2014, 06:46 PM
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#468
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Stupid forced plays for the Raps in the past 10 minutes is sinking them.
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04-27-2014, 06:54 PM
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#469
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Mother fn refs taking over now. Ridiculous.
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04-27-2014, 06:59 PM
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#470
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH (Grew up in Calgary)
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Raptors shot chart:
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04-27-2014, 07:00 PM
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#471
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Absolutely terrible riffing today. Brooklyn is getting every call. Raps are cannot even body up the Nets while the Nets have been doing this throughout the series.
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04-27-2014, 07:02 PM
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#472
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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I told myself I wasn't going to complain about the reffing at all this series, but this has been unbelievably one-sided.
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04-27-2014, 07:08 PM
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#473
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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After the 1st they were on pace for 140 points. Now they're at 60. Damn they gotta make smarter choices on the O.
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04-27-2014, 07:13 PM
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#474
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What the heck does the Nets crowd keep chanting?
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04-27-2014, 07:27 PM
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#475
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Are you guys finally with me, that the reffing is not as much incompetent as it is purposefully executed against a certain team, to a degree? 
It just seems so obvious. It's crazy that it's just seemingly accepted in this league.
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04-27-2014, 07:37 PM
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#476
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Wow, up by six, hopefully we pull this one out.
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04-27-2014, 07:38 PM
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#477
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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I would honestly expect some pretty iffy calls in the Nets favour in the last minute here.
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04-27-2014, 07:40 PM
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#478
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Really ugly game but the Raptors turned up the defensive intensity to 11 in the 4th quarter.
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04-27-2014, 07:43 PM
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#479
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They let a big lead slip away, but what a gem of defensive effort in the fourth quarter. Wow. Proud of these guys no matter what the end result.
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04-27-2014, 07:44 PM
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#480
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH (Grew up in Calgary)
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Hell yes! Screw KG.
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