Fear not, Bulls have harder schedule…and injuries
Comparing the schedule of the Raptors and Bulls, we notice that the Bulls play two more games against teams over .500.
Month: March 2010
Raptors lose to Blazers 109-98
The Raptors drop their 5th game in a row, 109-98 to the Blazers. The game wasn't even as close as the score may indicate.
Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee – Mar 15
"I thought Jose was playing pretty darn well," said Triano. "I thought we had a good rhythm with that group so I just rolled with it. When he was on the floor, I thought we were playing pretty darn good." However, the coach stopped short of confirming a permanent shift for Wednesday's game at home…
Gameday: Raptors vs Trailblazers – Mar 14/10
Last night was nothing short of a disgrace. We let a team playing an 8-man rotation with 4 D-Leaguers run us off the court. The causes of the symptoms that keep manifesting themselves range from lack of effort, incorrect use of personnel, lack of leadership and...the list goes on.
Raptors Get Dubbed by the Warriors 124-112
No effort, no result for the Raptors in the Golden State; falling to the Warriors 124-112.
Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee – March 14
"We come out here, we talk about it, we have a billion meetings but we can talk all we want. Unless we do it, it really doesn't matter. We talk about the third quarter, we talked about the third quarter (Friday), we talked about it at shootaround (Saturday) and we go out and do the…
Gameday: Raptors vs Warriors – Mar 13/10
On paper we win this, but on paper we should've also won against Philadelphia and Sacramento. It's a matchup of the third and fourth highest scoring teams, and the worst and third-worst defensive teams. The Warriors have 17 wins on the season and have lost six straight by an average of 10.2 points.
Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee March 13
"We haven't made any decisions right now," Triano said. "I don't think anybody played themselves into a spot or out of a spot (the other night in Sacramento)."
Too Many Cooks, Part 2 – And “Who Should Start/Finish”?
I would like to beat a dead horse - bare with me. Let me briefly revisit the Jack-Calderon-Turkoglu end-of-game combination, the final straw for me likely occurred a while back, but the "final final" straw occurred Tuesday night against the Lakers.
Breaking It Down: Anticipating the action
Here's a defensive possession from the first half where it's evident what the Lakers are about to do, but only one Raptor anticipates the action while the one that was supposed to see it coming, didn't move an inch.