Last season Toronto started 2014 with a win over the 25-5 Pacers on route to their march into the playoffs. Could history repeat with tonight launching the return of the Raptors early season form.
We’ve been waiting 7 months, 13 days and (by the time the two teams tip-off) approximately 4-hours for tonight and it’s finally here. Time to make a statement!
We Toronto fans are an emotional bunch. The cold weather has us upset, inside and in front of the television all winter; emotionally investing in our teams more than a healthily adjusted human being probably ought to.
“We don’t have any resistance,” Chris Bosh said “We let guys walk down into the post, we let guys go by us with no resistance. There’s no resistance. It’s just too easy.”
“We need him to focus,” head coach Jay Triano said. “When we were rolling, he was doing more things and it becomes a confidence building thing for him. If he’s not making shots (he has to) do something else so we can keep him on the floor. Defend, be there on the help side, rebound and box out.
“It doesn’t matter who starts, it doesn’t matter who plays more minutes, we’ve got to win games. We’re upset because we’re losing games. We’re not upset because I’m not playing or I’m not starting”.
