Raptors Discussion: v78| It's playoff time | Rd 1 vs ORL | Gm3: Fri 4/19 7pm ET/4pm PT | SN

[stickty111]

Man I really want to like the NBA game but the officiating is so ridiculous I'm not sure I can.

It's all location man. If we are a US city, those calls don't happen.

 

[Marshy]

It's all location man. If we are a US city, those calls don't happen.

I guess. Makes the league look like a joke.

 

[Cloned]

I gotta say I’m somewhat worried about this team’s inability to close out games.

Maybe it’ll be the opposite of Casey’s teams, who were always a good closing team in the regular season but choked in the playoffs.

 

[Suntouchable13]

I gotta say I’m somewhat worried about this team’s inability to close out games.

Maybe it’ll be the opposite of Casey’s teams, who were always a good closing team in the regular season but choked in the playoffs.

Guys just keep going off from 3 on them. There might be some kinda inability to defend the 3, I am noticing. Also, they are turning the ball over too much. It has to get cleaned up.

 

[stickty111]

Guys just keep going off from 3 on them. There might be some kinda inability to defend the 3, I am noticing. Also, they are turning the ball over too much. It has to get cleaned up.

We have the 9th lowest opp 3FG%. I think we are okay. The turnovers and the rebounding are an issue though.

 

[Vexed]

It's all location man. If we are a US city, those calls don't happen.

I know NBA refs are frustrating but comments like this scream "I don't watch any other NBA games". Which is fine but frankly these sorts of games happen all over the place, even in our favour

 

[Suntouchable13]

So sick of the hype for this overrated Philly team. We'll beat them in the 2nd round, I am pretty sure.

 

[Suntouchable13]

The team is 11-6 since the trade deadline which is a 53 win pace over 82 games, but it is actually a lower win % than they have for the whole season so far. Would you have made those moves or leave the team as is? I guess we'll see in the playoffs, but as of right now would you? I think that the record in the regular season doesn't matter, Marc Gasol is going to come up huge in the playoffs.

 

[stickty111]

OG is useless

 

[Jozay]

FVV has been so good since coming back

 

[trellaine201]

Wow,lucky shot.

 

[Jozay]

Lmao thats hilarious.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Unreal. Still have to play all 48 minutes. Too much lackadaisical play in the first 3 Qs.

 

[canucksfan]

Like how it was drawn up.

 

[McRpro]

I watched the last 4 minutes. That was the first of any Basketball game I've watched all season. Hell of an ending!

Also Armstrong can sure sound like he's nuts sometimes.

 

[Suntouchable13]

How many times out of 100 is he going to make that shot?

 

[stickty111]

Raptors deserve to lost that way. You can't play in stints.

 

[OmniSens]

Can't even be mad how we lost the game. If this was a playoff game however, I probably would have thrown my cat at the TV.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Raptors deserve to lost that way. You can't play in stints.

Hopefully this teaches them.

 

[Marshy]

How many times out of 100 is he going to make that shot?

Less than 5

 

[theaub]

Less than 1. Second longest game winner in the last 20 years.

About as fun of a late March game you're going to get.

 

[Marshy]

Less than 1. Second longest game winner in the last 20 years.

About as fun of a late March game you're going to get.

Question was how many times can he make that shot I interpreted it as all situations not just buzzer beater to end a game. With pressure on like that I agree it's much closer to 1 in 100.

 

[stickty111]

Playoff rotation

Starters
Lowry
Green
Leonard
Siakam
Gasol

Bench
Van Vleet
Ibaka
I have really like Powell lately. He should be there.

On the fringe
Lin
OG
McCaw

 

[Glenn Isildur Healy]

Playoff rotation

Starters
Lowry
Green
Leonard
Siakam
Gasol

Bench
Van Vleet
Ibaka
I have really like Powell lately. He should be there.

On the fringe
Lin
OG
McCaw

It's definitely those 7 for sure

OG - I don't have much trust in him....both offensively and defensively

Lin - Other than being an extra ball handler, doesn't do anything else well enough to warrant a rotation spot

McCaw - Passing up on open 3s and being undersized prevents him from getting regular minutes. He becomes a defensive energy guy in the playoffs....so a minute here, a minute there

Powell seems like the obvious one but he's still a little inconsistent so I really can't lock him up for a spot yet. However, if he can prove himself in these last 8 games, I might have him as the 8th guy. He needs to show that he can be effective when he's not scoring

 

[stickty111]

Really upsetting what happened to Nurkic.
Prayers go out to him and his family.