Arsenalist
If the Raptors had lost to Minny last night, it would’ve been totally cool. Fifth game in seven nights, cut them some slack. Down nine in the fourth quarter on the road on the second night of a back-to-back, you got all the reason to pack it in. But they didn’t, they rallied instead and…
If the Raps can’t hang on to their two game lead over Miami for third and Cleveland does win the Central Division, the result would be a Raptors/Bulls first round playoff series. This thought would have been dreadful earlier in the season when the Bulls owned a 15 game winning streak over us but now…
Make room for some banners at the ACC. I don’t care if it’s just a division title in one of the lesser divisions in the NBA, it’s still a major accomplishment for a franchise that was neck-deep in shit only a year and a half ago. History, yes history was made tonight as the Raptors…
Saw this game via a very intermittent stream which kept freezing more often than it kept playing so the end result was that I couldn’t get a front-row seat to how close we came to shooting ourselves in the foot again. Great big thanks to the officials for calling a loose ball foul on Grant…
Please, not TJ Ford, please God not TJ Ford again. Not the same old drive to the right and throwing up a half-ass excuse of a shot. It’s already failed us shitloads of times, not again. But lo and behold, Smitch decides to go with the play which every fan watching, no, praying hoped he…
The best Toronto Raptors game in recent memory – no exaggerations. A hard fought and tightly contested game with third place in the Eastern conference on the line along with the tie-breaking season series. Raptors down four late in the game and ex-Wizard Juan Dixon drains a trey to cut it to one, Washington hits…
It’s never comforting to see the Raptors lead early in a game, no matter how big the lead gets, I just can’t seem to be happy or content. Big early leads evaporate fast, eventually leading to heartbreak and mild depression so I’ve learned never to get too high during these times of bliss. So even…
First Bargnani and now Garbajosa’s brutal injury against Boston. He broke his ankle and snapped his leg. The bench heard the snap as it happened. Garbajosa is out for six months. This video is a little sickening as you can see the ankle swing the wrong way. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn8QgUKjCJs]
Too disgusting of a loss to talk about. Channing Frye can shoot, it took the Raptors three quarters to figure that out. I’m bailing out by just showing you the highlights and videos Chasin uploaded: Game in a Flash [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb5IJUZikSo] Sam Mitchell Post Game Interview [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBqUlx1y5Bo] Isaiah Thomas Post Game Interview [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqsr05dbiq0] Chris Bosh Post…
Let’s see, positives, positives, focus on the positives. Hmm, nope nothing comes to mind. Wait, TJ Ford had 8 assists – but hold on, he also had 6 TO’s so that cancels that out. Mo Pete’s back in the starting lineup after grumbling about playing time, he must have made the most of his opportunity,…
Props to The Score – who have the best basketball coverage in Toronto – for coming up with a great intro to the game: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kY9nrxKaAY] Gotta love those Knicks games at the ACC. Somehow they always have a different flavor to them. Stephon Marbury’s talking trash after hitting threes. Marbury’s lobbying for Mitchell to get…
Everybody either hates this guy or really likes him, I used to really like him but over time his homerisms got to me and he started to get a little annoying. I emailed him a couple times and asked him to give me five minutes of his time to chat hoops and nothing more. He…