2018-19 NBA and Raptors thread

[TheAlpineOracle]

Bench is terrible and Siakam and Green are having terrible games.

[The Big Chill]

How does Butler get every call all game?

[bluejays]

Jesus Christ Lowry is an idiot. Tries to go between the guys leg on the last play to tie the game? Why would he try that? Time to move on from the guy.

[The Big Chill]

Originally Posted by fleury

Jesus Christ Lowry is an idiot. Tries to go between the guys leg on the last play to tie the game? Why would he try that? Time to move on from the guy.

That was not intentional.

[TheAlpineOracle]

Nick Nurse and his ridiculous calll to start the 4th quarter with Weems, Ibaka, and VanFleet on the floor cost us this one.

[The Big Chill]

Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

Nick Nurse and his ridiculous calll to start the 4th quarter with Weens, Ibaka, and VanFleet on the floor cost us this one.

What else do you do? The big 3 all played 40+. Those other guys need to be able to contribute

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by The Big Chill

What else do you do? The big 3 all played 40+. Those other guys need to be able to contribute

Oh they need to contribute for sure, but they all came in with 3 minutes left in the 3rd. It was obvious it was not their night. With no game until Thursday they should have not started the 4th or at a minimum have taken them out in the 4th as soon as Philly started to pull away again.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by The Big Chill

What else do you do? The big 3 all played 40+. Those other guys need to be able to contribute

When you've fought back from 18 down and don't play again until Thursday, you play them the whole fourth quarter. It's the playoffs, you gotta ride your stars and that three minute stretch without Kawhi to start the fourth was the game pretty much. You could have ended the series tonight because a loss like that is soul crushing for the Sixers.

[oldschoolcalgary]

impressive comeback...

Leonard is such a great clutch player... Lowry came through late...

i hate to say it, but in the last part of the fourth Green missed 3 or 4 wide open 3s... including that last one which looked like received it in perfect position...

[bluejays]

Originally Posted by The Big Chill

That was not intentional.

It's more about Lowry doing stupid things in clutch time. He's a guy who's shown over the years that in crunch time he wants to take it but makes poor decisions. That play exemplified him. Move the ball around - don't try and be the man when you don't have the ability to do it all.

[activeStick]

Totally agree with the takes here. Incredibly frustrating game from the decision to launch 3's on every play when they still had a ton of time, to Lowry making poor decisions in crunch time and to coach deciding it'd be a good idea to sit Leonard to start the quarter with the next game two days out.

[bluejays]

Ujiri better not bail for other pastures. That would be a terrible franchise blow.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Masai is amazing but if Kawhi leaves you gotta think Masai is gone. This is a five year rebuild at that point since the path to tanking is impeded by having a decent roster.

[flamingred89]

So , uh, are the Raptors choking?

[Senator Clay Davis]

The choke was by Nurse in game two. Might be a series costing mistake, but we'll see. Defense has been very poor tonight unlike the first two games.

[dissentowner]

I tried to get into basketball this year but I think I am done. The officiating is just so unbelievably bad.

[Senator Clay Davis]

The good news for Nurse tonight is he can play the bench the whole fourth quarter because this will be out of reach.

[jayswin]

Kyle Lowry sucks. And I get that you can't just ride your top guys, but they got it to within 8 points and are literally just going to hand it all right back with bench guys on the floor.

[DropIt]

Raptors falling apart.

[The Big Chill]

Somehow we've shrunk into a one man team.