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The Official 2007/2008 Toronto Raptors and NBA Thread (pg. 7)
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| SuperJimbo |
| quote: | Originally posted by slingshot
Nah, that's a stretch dude. There are alot of really good point guards out there. 50% of the teams is a fair number. While Jose is good, I think alot of you guys are making him out to be better than he is. He has been good in his role as backup, he shined when given the oppurtunity to start. But over the course of 82 games.....???
I think he could do it. I think he could do it very well......in 3 years. |
Whatever. Have you been drinking Malt Liquor -- AGAIN? |
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| slingshot |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuperJimbo
Whatever. Have you been drinking Malt Liquor -- AGAIN? |
I'm in the mood to win, so i'm drinking some gin. |
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| SuperJimbo |
| Early season prediction: Raps go 79-3. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuperJimbo
Early season prediction: Raps go 79-3. |
:haha: :haha:
tthat'd be sick
i'm predicting a 10-0 start to the season tho :D |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| What a blow out tonight......raps put the nets in their place....VC looked so sad sitting on the bench :D |
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| SuperJimbo |
Bahahaa...
NEW YORK POST
JUST PUTRID! NETS STINK UP SWAMP IN UGLY LOSS
By FRED KERBER
November 3, 2007
Earlier in the day, the Nets virtually shredded the notion of a rivalry existing between them and the Raptors. Sure, they met in the playoffs last season. But that hardly makes a rivalry.
Then last night, for one game at least, the Nets proved their point, especially if you adhere to the theory of former coach Byron Scott, who claimed you need two good teams to have a rivalry.
The Raptors were good, very good. The Nets were not.
"We didn't show any energy," Jason Kidd said. "It was a butt-kicking."
The crowd unleashed a loud chorus of boos during a 7:18 third-quarter stretch in which the Nets missed 11 straight shots, while the Raptors were running off 18 unanswered points.
Actually, it was kind of surprising the fans waited that long to uncork the venom. They could have done so at any point beyond the mid-first quarter of Toronto's 106-69 avalanche victory at the Meadowlands.
This was the Raptors' most lopsided road win in their history, their second-biggest win ever (they had one by 39). The bright side for the Nets, they may have come up with a new corporate sponsorship idea.
The Pampers Stinky Game of the Month. Certainly this wasn't the Remington Rifle Shooting Display of the Week. Yeah, the Nets were stinky - and not just because they shot .368 to Toronto's .506.
"I'd rather see this game happening now than later in the season," said Boki Nachbar (eight points). "But this has got to be the last one we have like it this season. This is it."
No arguments from coach Lawrence Frank, whose crew plays tonight in Philly. Here's a sampling of his disgust:
"On every end they completely outplayed us. It was a very, very, very, very disappointing and unacceptable performance. . . . We didn't compete. We didn't play very smart. We obviously didn't play very hard. I don't want to take anything away from Toronto. They came into our building and totally embarrassed us."
The Raptors crushed the Nets in every way, but especially from long range. Toronto, with six double-figure scorers including Andrea Bargnani with 21 points, shot 13-of-22 on 3-pointers, with seven different players connecting on at least one. Gimpy-kneed Chris Bosh scored 15 points and Juan Dixon scored 14.
The Nets' offense was summed up in two words. Yeah, the words could have been lousy and crummy, but Richard Jefferson is more accurate. Jefferson scored 27 points. All the other Nets scored 42, none reaching double figures. Vince Carter shot 2-of-6 with seven points, Kidd was 1-of-5 with two points. Nenad Krstic tallied nine.
"We just took one straight in the mouth," Carter said.
"It adds a lot to it, being in this building, we did lose here in the playoffs and that puts a significant factor into it," Bosh said, recalling the Raptors' playoff defeat.
Pick a nightmare, any nightmare and the Nets suffered through it. Halftime arrived with Bosh intercepting a Kidd full-court heave in an attempt to beat the buzzer. Bosh corralled the ball, stepped up and unleashed from the far 3-point arc. Naturally, it swished in. Officially, it was a 55-foot shot but it was actually more like 70. Must be the U.S. exchange rate now that the Canadian dollar is virtually priceless.
"They get a steal and hit a half-court shot. Sometimes you've got to be like, 'it's not your night,' " Jefferson said.
The second half was pure torture.
The evening began well for the Nets then turned quickly. A first quarter that contained Carter's 15,000th career point ended in a 21-21 tie and then it came apart as the Raptors bench led the rampage. For the half, the Nets bench was 1-of-9 with three points, 26 behind Raptor reserves whom shot 13-of-21.
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| ak87 |
Celtics vs Raptors 2moro
my predictions
One team will win by 2 points
which team I cannot say, since both are extremely good
I can't wait to lose my voice! |
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| Porky |
| quote: | Originally posted by ak87
Celtics vs Raptors 2moro
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remember guys, you can watch tomrorow's raptors/celtics game on CBC!
*(yes the Hockey Night In Canada channel)* |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by ak87
Celtics vs Raptors 2moro
my predictions
One team will win by 2 points
which team I cannot say, since both are extremely good
I can't wait to lose my voice! |
I'm predicting another thrashing courtesy of the Raptors. Garnett-Pierce-Allen can't play for all 48 minutes and this is where we'll pull away from them; when are secondary runs circles around their secondary unit. Garnett will put up his typical god-like numbers; Allen will nail some key shots in typical fashion (like he always manages to against us), but this just won't be enough.
We'll win by at least 10 points. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
wrong pete :( |
Hahhahah, throughout the whole game I kept on thinking about my prediction. Guess I was wrong :(
Wasn't this game weird though? I mean, we played like for 3 and a half quarters. Finally, after Garnett sat down with 5 fouls we managed to get something going, but it was still a real half-assed effort. The lst 8 minutes plus OT were great, but it wasn't enough. The game was handed to us but we just couldn't take it. Bosh picked it up towards the end, but Bargnani, Parker, and pretty much everyone else not named TJ Ford stunk it up.
It's amazing that we didn't get blown out.
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Some interesting observations though:
-Bosh had like 4 blocks. Its too bad it took him so long to get his offensive game going, especially since everything else from him looked so good. For a short time he even managed to hold his own against KG.
-Bargnani had like 8 rebounds in the first half. I can't believe Mitchell sat him out. It was only a matter of time before he translated his defensive play into offense. And...
-WTF was Dixon doing on the court for so long??
-Finally, TJ. Thanks for being the only one who showed up today. |
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| SuperJimbo |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
-Finally, TJ. Thanks for being the only one who showed up today. |
Bah. How many teams win when their point guard is their leading scorer? Not many.
TJ can always get his shot off. Big deal. He's playing point, not the 2.
Garbage game. I wish I turned to the Colts-Pats game sooner. |
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