2015-16 Raptors and General NBA Thread

[Hockey Fan #751]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Lebron James just said he's never heard a crowd like Toronto's or been a part of that kind of atmosphere in his 13 year NBA career. Went on to say how much respect he has for the Raptor fans and the nation in general.

I mean, that's pretty great of him to say.

That is pretty great, especially for a guy who's played in the finals in BOTH Golden State and Oklahoma City.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Lebron James just said he's never heard a crowd like Toronto's or been a part of that kind of atmosphere in his 13 year NBA career. Went on to say how much respect he has for the Raptor fans and the nation in general.

I mean, that's pretty great of him to say.

Damn, where was that? Available online?

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Damn, where was that? Available online?

It was on the ESPN feed. Not sure where to find it exactly.

[Hockey Fan #751]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Damn, where was that? Available online?

TSN just ran it on Sportscentre. I'm sure they'll now run it with every episode of Sportscentre between now and tomorrow.

[St. Pats]

I have to admit that game five sucked the life out of me. I was expecting it to end in game six. I think most people were even if they held out some hope. It's alright we knew they weren't there yet and they aren't getting there with what they have so MU now knows for sure he has serious work ahead to get them into contender status. Let's hope he is up to the task because the bar is now raised!

[united]

Lebron

https://twitter.com/nbacanada/status/736409814226501632

[savemedrzaius]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Lebron James just said he's never heard a crowd like Toronto's or been a part of that kind of atmosphere in his 13 year NBA career. Went on to say how much respect he has for the Raptor fans and the nation in general.

I mean, that's pretty great of him to say.

I like that it was a spontaneous moment too. It wasn't something he said in the postgame press conference and was planned. He just couldn't believe the fans were still so loud and had to point it out and respect it. Good job, TO.

[OzSome]

I am not saying the refereeing was the reason why the Raptors lost tonight or the series but these guys and the league should be embarrassed of the refereeing. They are bias and seems to miss a lot of calls when it comes to Toronto. They fell for a lot of embellishment.

As far as tonight's game, the Raptors did not play smart at all. They abandoned the plays that was very effective for them in 3 rounds, going to the baskets instead of shooting from the outside. The supporting cast pretty much was a non-factor especially offensively. Patrick Patterson was awful and couldn't make the shot even when he was wide open. He was not bad driving to the net though. Carroll was the same thing. Lowry and Derozan struggled in the last two games because the Cavs defense was double-teaming them. I like Derozan but there are times that he got in trouble because he fell on the trap of being double-team. He needed to distribute the ball more. Lowry was not good early but played well late unfortunately it was way too late. Biyombo was not a factor tonight due to early foul trouble thanks for brutal calls by the refs. JV was actually playing well offensively but defensively wasn't very effective. Can't fault him because it was his 2nd game after injuries. But give credit to Lebron James and the Cavs. They were on a mission tonight and they are prepared to eliminate the Raptors tonight. Not really that dissapointed that the Cavaliers elminated the Raptors because at least they showed everyone that they can beat this team if they play smart basketball. Just dissapointed in how the way they lost on all 4 games. Nobody gave a Raptors a chance to beat the Cavs in this series including myself. All I was hoping for and I am pretty sure others as well are hoping they put up a good fight. We weren't at all dissapointed because they played so well in their two wins.

Usually I make fun of Toronto fans because of how arrogant some of them are. But hats off to Toronto Raptors fans in TO. They were well-behaved and passionate about the game. Actually on my Facebook post about Raptors being eliminated, one of my friend from another country in Asia was saying they were impressed with the way Raptors fans' behaviour after the lost. They weren't booing the Cavs or Lebron James. They were loud and how fans on Jurassic Park behaviours are. So, thumbs up TO!!

[Hockey_Ninja]

Great year for us. LeBron on yo his 6th straight finals. Pretty incredible when you think about it.

[bluejays]

I'm going to start a new thread for the off-season.

[activeStick]

So Golden State comes into Oklahoma to play and elimination game wearing their BLUE jerseys and the home team organizers decide it'll be a good idea to hand out BLUE tshirts for the crowd to wear to support their home team who are wearing WHITE

[puffnstuff]

Looks like the refs want OK to win.

[The Big Chill]

Wow, Thompson is knocking down some deeeep 3s.

[nik-]

Game is tight, too bad the last couple minutes will be bogged down by timeouts

[Frequitude]

What a game! Come on Golden State.

[Senator Clay Davis]

As much as I don't like hero ball I think the Thunder have to ride Durant to the end here.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Iguodala has been huge down the stretch, OKC fans may be getting their hearts ripped out by Thompson now after Curry did it earlier this year.

[nik-]

lol wow, OKC just got dominated in the last 5 minutes of this game

Embarrassing

[Senator Clay Davis]

The Thunder's M.O. all year was choking late, and they played poorly yeah, but the Warriors caused it with incredible shooting and amazing D.

[Hockey_Ninja]

OKC is seriously going to choke lol