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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #120 on: May 25, 2019, 10:10:11 pm »
Tuned back in... looking good :D

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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #121 on: May 25, 2019, 10:13:31 pm »
The Toronto Raptors are headed to the NBA Finals.  They WIN!!!!
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« Reply #122 on: May 25, 2019, 10:23:38 pm »
Home court advantage also.
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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #123 on: May 26, 2019, 06:41:27 pm »
Do the Raptors have much of a chance against Golden State?
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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #124 on: May 26, 2019, 08:16:37 pm »
Do the Raptors have much of a chance against Golden State?



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« Reply #125 on: May 26, 2019, 10:00:41 pm »
How the Raptors went on a 26-3 scoring run.

Charles Barkley says the Raptors will beat the Warriors, which is probably the kiss of death because Charles Barkley said that the Bucks were going to win the championship before the 3rd round.

I saw this post from a Bucks fan on Reddit:
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Yesterday we saw the formula for stopping Giannis. All you need is one of the best perimeter defenses of all time, a former Defensive Player of the Year at center, a two time league leader in blocks at power forward, and another good defensive power forward to double and triple team him for 48 minutes. That way Giannis will be limited to only 22/13/5 for an entire series. So all you need is four all-time great defenders and Giannis is forced to average something around elite center averages.

Damn they really got us! I don't know why other teams didn't use their three former DPOY candidates to triple team Giannis. Look for other teams in the future to do that and totally stop the Greek Freak.

Is the Raptors defense really one of the best ever?  He makes it sound like they're the new Pittsburgh Steelers "Steel Curtain".


Anyway, I don't know anything about basketball, but this has all been very exciting.

Video clip of Mr Leonard putting the ball through the ring very enthusiastically:



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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #126 on: May 26, 2019, 11:21:57 pm »
Raptors beat the Warriors both times they played this year during regular season.  That's a plus.
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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #127 on: May 27, 2019, 06:09:15 am »
Raptors beat the Warriors both times they played this year during regular season.  That's a plus.

You are RIGHT !  I didn't remember that but...

https://heavy.com/sports/2019/05/raptors-warriors-nba-finals-regular-season-series-record/

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a meeting on December 12 in Golden State and was an eye-opening win for the Raptors. Toronto left the Bay Area with a 113-93 victory and did so with Leonard sitting out while the Warriors had each member of their core other than Cousins.

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« Reply #128 on: May 27, 2019, 09:24:24 am »
Is the Raptors defense really one of the best ever?

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Raptors defence is extremely good, but inconsistent. Yes. They have lapses in concentration though.

He's also salty as ****. Milwaukee's fans are awful. Gloating about your all-star center and implying that your team just got unlucky when you just lost 4 straight is a bad look.

Milwaukee had the best record in the NBA going into the playoffs. They only lost two games in a row a couple times during regular season and never dropped 3 in a row. This fan is pretending like Bucks weren't strong favourites in this series and that it was inevitable the Raptors would defeat them. Bucks blew them the **** out. The Bucks also had commanding leads in the games that they lost. (This is what I mean about the Raptors not looking good when they're not dialed in)

But yes, the Raptors defence, when they put the clamps on is damn good. And they need it too because their shooting is so god damned inconsistent that you have no idea which team is going to show up.

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« Reply #129 on: May 27, 2019, 09:28:13 am »
Raptors beat the Warriors both times they played this year during regular season.  That's a plus.
Here's the thing about the Warriors series. Most people are saying Raptors are going to get swept. Let's hope that they don't.

What's encouraging is that, yes, they beat them both games in the regular season (and without Kawhi), so we know they can win.

What's more encouraging is that the Raptors don't know what this team will look like next year. We don't know if Kawhi will re-sign, even if they do win the championship. The Raptors also have home court advantage. These are things that are going to be difficult if not impossible to re-create. I hope this gives the Raptors a do-or-die mentality because it's now or never. Golden State on the other hand has been here. This is old hat for them. They don't NEED this championships the way the Raptors, Toronto, and Canada need it. I hope that this passion accounts for something and gives them an intangible edge that they will certainly need against a team that is our contemporary dynasty.

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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #130 on: May 27, 2019, 12:54:56 pm »
First off I commend Kimmy on actually understanding what Charles Barkley says. I have no idea what language he speaks.


I did not think the Raps would beat the Bucks given how many times they lost this year but they seem to h ave had some divine luck or assistance. They say Drake is a Satan worshipping illuminati member. Maybe he is behind it. Do you notice the Raps colours went from purpe to Satan red?


Is that a Raptor or really a Dragon, a sign for the Devil? Hmmmmmmmmmm?



Anyways I hope the Raps do it. If the Golden Guyz have all their guys back its gonna be tuff.  One last thing, did you guys see when Leonard walked off the stage from the press conference after the game? He could barely walk he was so cramped and stiff. That guy has put everything into it.

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« Reply #131 on: May 27, 2019, 02:57:14 pm »
What worked against the Bucks will not work against the Warriors. They don't really factor a paint presence as a priority, especially if Boogie Cousins is out.

They have a backcourt that will shoot early in the clock. Tough to defend against that when they're hitting their shots. It'll be a track meet.

Good news is that Kevin Durant is still hurt and won't start the series. There's debate whether Kawhi or Durant are the best players in the league. In the November game between both teams, Durant was a singular force that kept Golden State in a game without Drayond Green or Steph Curry.

The game in Oracle was a shock because Kawhi was out due to the famous Load Management but the Raptors still managed to blow them out.

I really don't know what to expect this series, these teams are very different. But it should be very entertaining. If Kawhi wins this title, he'll but up with Joe Carter and Roberto Alomar in Toronto sports lore.

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Re: Toronto Raptors
« Reply #132 on: May 27, 2019, 09:41:12 pm »
He's also salty as ****. Milwaukee's fans are awful. Gloating about your all-star center and implying that your team just got unlucky when you just lost 4 straight is a bad look.

I don't think he was being salty. I think he was responding to the undeserved negativity around Gianni's series.  He's saying, "look, an elite defensive team went all-out to shut Giannis down, and he still produced pretty good numbers. No other team in the league could have done that to him."

I read a lot of unfair slams about Gianni's (I won't even try spelling his last name from memory...)  series against the Raptors. "He needs to learn to shoot free throws." "He needs to develop a jump shot."  "He got exposed." Some people were even calling him "the Greek Fraud".

I think the more rational people were the ones pointing out that while the Raptors were focusing on Giannis, none of the other Bucks stepped up to take advantage of all the open space. Bledsoe and Middleton were huge disappointments, I gather.  Somebody said "Giannis and 4 actual deer would have given the Raptors a better fight."


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« Reply #133 on: May 28, 2019, 07:39:41 am »
In that regard, it wasn't really that they didn't step up. The Raptors rotations were tight. Their defense was stifling.

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« Reply #134 on: May 28, 2019, 08:27:58 am »
Giannis wasn't nearly as good a distributor as Kawhi was.

You drive to the paint and four Raptors collapse on you, you should be able to find the open guy.

GS won't miss the shots that Kris Middleton and Eric Blesoe did. But the Raptors also won't need to have four guys clog up the paint against Golden State.