2018-19 NBA and Raptors thread

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by fleury

Players didn’t execute well but I blame the coach on that run.

Blame Gasol. That was the worst stretch of 8 minutes for any raptor this year.

[oldschoolcalgary]

that was a tough quarter for the raps... couldn't hit anything... but only down by 8 - wish pascal had made that last shot and put it down to 6...

doable, but need to actually hit those open looks

[Pizza]

Loving this TSN broadcast so much more than SN

[Machiavelli]

Siakam doesn't look confident, which is strange

[jayswin]

You can't miss that, Ibaka! ****. What a run, we were right back to 4 points, would have been two. That's a devastating in a game like this.

[The Big Chill]

Cook with 2 daggers. Still in it but need some stops.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Side note: This Loblaws Food Lover commercial is the best ad on tv.

[flamingred89]

Apparently cook is Ray Allen reincarnated

[Pizza]

welp, that's game

[jayswin]

I hate clichés applied to powerhouse teams. If your watching on ABC, they just dropped the "These Warriors are beaten down and injured but it's that 'heart of a champion' that allows them to keep fighting".

No, it's having a twice as a good as roster as half the NBA, way better than 95% of teams and better than any team. Call it a well built team (where NBA players team up to sign for the same sunbelt teams) but screw off with the Hollywood narratives.

They're 'battling through' because that's how amazing and deep they are.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I hate clichés applied to powerhouse teams. If your watching on ABC, they just dropped the "These Warriors are beaten down and injured but it's that 'heart of a champion' that allows them to keep fighting".

No, it's having a twice as a good as roster as half the NBA, way better than 95% of teams and better than any team. Call it a well built team (where NBA players team up to sign for the same sunbelt teams) but screw off with the Hollywood narratives.

They're 'battling through' because that's how amazing and deep they are.

Ummm they aren't deep. hahaha. 5 minutes to go in the 4th and they have Green, Steph, Bogut, Livingston and Cook on the floor.

Problem is Raptors are playing garbage defence. How many tap ins and lay ups have the Warriors gotten tonight? like over 50%!

[GGG]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I hate clichés applied to powerhouse teams. If your watching on ABC, they just dropped the "These Warriors are beaten down and injured but it's that 'heart of a champion' that allows them to keep fighting".

No, it's having a twice as a good as roster as half the NBA, way better than 95% of teams and better than any team. Call it a well built team (where NBA players team up to sign for the same sunbelt teams) but screw off with the Hollywood narratives.

They're 'battling through' because that's how amazing and deep they are.

The Warriors aren’t deep though.

Bogut is not good, Livingston is not good anymore,

Without Durant the Raptors have the better top player and stronger bench.

[jayswin]

Damn, well the officiating was pretty even in the first game, it was refreshing actually. But no way you can beat the Warriors of the calls start going one way, which we saw tonight.

Sure, they had a bad stretch, but should easily have been up more at the half and some bad calls in the second half as well. You're not beating the Warriors and officiating. And unfortunately we probably had to take the first two to have a chance.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Ummm they aren't deep. hahaha. 5 minutes to go in the 4th and they have Green, Steph, Bogut, Livingston and Cook on the floor.

Problem is Raptors are playing garbage defence. How many tap ins and lay ups have the Warriors gotten tonight? like over 50%!

Originally Posted by GGG

The Warriors aren’t deep though.

Bogut is not good, Livingston is not good anymore,

Without Durant the Raptors have the better top player and stronger bench.

Sorry, poor choice of words. Their starters are better than any team out there, so if they lose on or two they still have stars on the court.

[bluejays]

Common foul my balls.

[GGG]

That is a dumb foul. He can’t do that

[oldschoolcalgary]

ugh... lowry can't make that foul with 5 already... gotta be smarter than that

[billybob123]

Originally Posted by fleury

Common foul my balls.

Hit him on the hand. Clear foul, unfortunately, bad idea at a bad time.

[GirlySports]

Just have not shot well enough tonight.

[Rubicant]

Man they are missing so many shots tonight. Warriors are getting the benefit of officiating but if the raptors could hit their shots they could win this game.