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Offline cybercoma

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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #45 on: May 02, 2018, 07:45:49 am »
I'm not too worried about this yet. The Raptors are clearly the better team. It took everything Cleveland had to win by 1 point in overtime, while the Raptors were playing sloppy basketball down the stretch. It's also unlikely Cleveland is going to have Korver, Smith and Thompson on fire every night. Those guys are the definition of inconsistent. OG and Siakam also did well to contain Lebron. He got a triple-double, but much lower stats than any of his games against the Pacers. Besides, the Raptors should be pretty used to losing game 1s by now. They've only ever won a game 1 once.

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« Reply #46 on: May 02, 2018, 08:22:05 am »
1) The Raptors are clearly the better team.
2) the Raptors were playing sloppy basketball down the stretch. 

Is this a basketball thing to be able to say such things ?

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« Reply #47 on: May 02, 2018, 09:24:16 am »
**** happens where teams miss shots that they would normally make. The other aspects of their game last night were on point.

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« Reply #48 on: May 02, 2018, 09:38:06 am »
Soooo.... they did not put the ball through the ring?

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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #49 on: May 02, 2018, 10:26:36 am »
Soooo.... they did not put the ball through the ring?
 

Heh heh....

Okaaaay little lady.  The big boys are talking about SPORTS here.  It's too complicated for you, you see.  Go fetch us some beers.

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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #50 on: May 08, 2018, 03:27:22 am »
Sooooo.... uh, this didn't go very well.    :(

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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #51 on: May 08, 2018, 04:21:44 am »
But at least the Toronto sports ecosystem hasn't been disrupted.

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« Reply #52 on: May 09, 2018, 08:56:58 am »
Complete embarrassment.

Dwayne Casey may win Coach of the Year and also get fired.

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« Reply #53 on: May 09, 2018, 09:46:51 am »
Dwayne Casey may win Coach of the Year and also get fired.

Sounds like me at work...

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« Reply #54 on: May 09, 2018, 10:27:40 am »
Complete embarrassment.

Dwayne Casey may win Coach of the Year and also get fired.
Phase 1 is complete. He's coach of the year.

If he does part ways with the Raptors, it won't be because he's a poor coach, but the wrong fit for the team.

I find it strange that Derozan and Lowry both make it into the All-Star games, Derozan gets player of the week repeatedly, but then suddenly they can't grind it out in the playoffs.  They can't take over a game. The dominant wins this season were thanks to the bench completely destroying others teams' benches. The concern with that is that they won't be that good against starters in the league, should they be moved up while Derozan and Lowry are moved out. The team is psychologically broken and perhaps a coaching change is the only thing that can shake that up. For that reason, as much as I'd like to see Nick Nurse become head coach, I don't think that's the right move for them either. I think the players have just stopped hearing them after years of them being too soft on them.


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« Reply #55 on: May 09, 2018, 10:29:52 am »
And let's be honest....you bench Derozan and  you play Bebe in the clutch against a team you're struggling against? That's some last ditch nonsense. They need a smarter coach rather than a coach who relies on gut feelings.

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« Reply #56 on: May 20, 2018, 10:16:07 pm »
I was at the bar tonight and the basketball game was on and the Golden State Warriors beat their opponent by over 40 points.  This seems slightly ridiculous.

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« Reply #57 on: May 21, 2018, 06:25:18 pm »
I was at the bar tonight and the basketball game was on and the Golden State Warriors beat their opponent by over 40 points.  This seems slightly ridiculous.

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Oh it is. Considering the team they beat had the best record in the league during the regular season. They're not crap. Golden State is just that unstoppable when they're firing on all cylinders. Steph Curry's 3-ball is just bonkers when he's having a good night.

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« Reply #58 on: May 23, 2018, 02:30:28 am »
After losing by 41 the other night, the Rockets win this time by 3 points.  Crazy roller coaster.

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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #59 on: June 02, 2018, 11:55:10 pm »
So apparently there was a pretty wacky ending to game one of the finals...




I've watched this 31 times already and it still makes me laugh.

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