2018-19 NBA and Raptors thread

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by transplant99

6.5 million were expected to watch part or all of this game.

Betcha it's more. They had 6.8mil for game 6 against the Bucks and this has been billed up ten fold from that series. I've heard so many people talking about this series that know nothing of basketball.

[Scorch]

Originally Posted by Mass_nerder

Lol at the sportsnet employee ripping that Fan's sign out of their hands

“All the way from Vancouver”

SN producer doesn’t care

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Betcha it's more. They had 6.8mil for game 6 against the Bucks and this has been billed up ten fold from that series. I've heard so many people talking about this series that know nothing of basketball.

Weekend vs weeknight is my guess..but you may very well be right.

People are in to it.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by CedarMeter

Is it a normal thing to call out a Canadian City everytime the Raps make a 3 pointer? Don't watch a lot of Raps BB.

Yeah. It started out just as hyperbole naming GTA municipalities for deep threes and has evolved into this.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

The Golden State broadcast generally just says "he hit that one from Fremont".

[SuperMatt18]

FFS Green flops so much

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Remember when they came to Calgary for an exhibition game? I thought people here hated basketball. That #### sold out in minutes it seemed like.


Makes me wonder, is most of the US cheering for us too? I can’t imagine the Warriors are too popular outside of Oakland/SF. Evil empire and all.

LOL..just saw this on twitter.

[jayswin]

Oh boy, Curry's capable of erasing a 10 point lead in like 2 minutes of play.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Oh boy, Curry's capable of erasing a 10 point lead in like 2 minutes of play.

Yeah not too confident yet

[Scorch]

Originally Posted by fleury

Post please!

https://twitter.com/nadiaw85/status/...rc=twsrc%5Etfw

https://gfycat.com/WhichSingleHarpseal

[flamingred89]

I think this is the first game this playoffs where Leonard hasn’t been the runaway MVP. Atta boy Siakam!

[SuperMatt18]

Leonard has looked like he has been labouring all game. Not just after that fall.

I’m not sure the Siakam / Pippen comparisons have ever been more apt than they are tonight.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by flamingred89

I think this is the first game this playoffs where Leonard hasn’t been the runaway MVP. Atta boy Siakam!

If Siakam keeps this up Leonard's going to start getting some good looks and lanes and that could send us on our way.

[bluejays]

Everyone's playing well so far. Smart plays all around. They look like a veteran team.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

It's absolutely not the first game that Kawhi wasn't MVP for the Raptors but they've been few and far between. But it's too soon to say that, he has a habit of suddenly putting up a 15 point 4th quarter. Remember what he did in the last couple minutes of the third in game 6? That is called taking over a game.

Siakam has been great, but someone else is going to have to hit some perimeter shots in the next 6 minutes. Also, they have to slow down the pace a bit. They almost got into playing the Warriors' game for a couple of minutes, and that's a recipe for your lead to evaporate in what seems like an instant. Just ask the blazers about how that works...

[Jbo]

"All the way from Vancouver Kawhisland"

[GirlySports]

Pascals long arms are the key factor in this series.

[dammage79]

Siakum seems like the great equalizer when it comes to star power. That guy is feeling it out there right now.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

I didn't see what that loose ball foul was but that kind of crap cannot happen.

[Scorch]

Oh man.... these fouls are killing the raptors