No time for a regular-length post today. Gotta get life all wrapped up before I hit a Christmas Non-Denominational Holiday Party, where my focus turns from basketball to getting my greedy little fingers on all the drink tickets I can. I’m going to record the game, but chances are I’ll get home and just fast…
Toronto Raptors 100, Atlanta Hawks 88 I’d rather take a loss than see TJ Ford carried out on a stretcher, needless to say it brought to mind the Mark Madsen collision which ended up breaking Ford’s vertebrae. Coming off a stinger injury which made him miss about two weeks, this was the last type of…
There was a time, not long ago, where Atlanta winning 3 straight was the universal signal for Armageddon. Fast forward to 2007, where the Atlanta Tiny Tykes are 10-10 following a surprising home win last night against Orlando. The Hawks are an exciting squad of athletes too young to legally drink but old enough to…
Houston Rockets 80, Toronto Raptors 93 A solid win triggered by the defense and headlined by Chris Bosh’s gritty return. When we were down 16-2 to start the game it felt like the Boston game hadn’t ended with Shane Battier draining open threes after mild penetration. Houston’s domination didn’t last long as the Raptors stepped…
No significant pre-game post today because of yesterday’s (read it) mid-season (read it) analysis (reading it cures impotence! Get on it!), but I couldn’t resist prospect of posting a… Girl Talk: Rafer Alston As of this very moment…I vow to myself to never view this site again…yall can have Rafer’s lying ass…he will NEVER change….and…
A quarter of the way through a movie, there are things you know, and things you don’t. You got the main characters, the immediate problem, and you’re just about to get down to business. An NBA season is no different. After twenty, you should know what to expect from your personnel, know roughly what’s going…
Toronto Raptors 84, Boston Celtics 112 Hmmm…you didn’t need to watch past the first quarter because the other three were the same: Boston tearing an undermanned Raptors squad inside out as the Raps struggle with their offense while the coaching staff simply waits for Bosh/Bargs to come back. Yes, we were missing two key players…
Boston Celtics by the numbers: 2008 Record: 15-2 2007 Record: 24-58 2008 home record: 9-0 Average Margin of Victory, 2008: 12 points Number of times giving up 100+ points: 4 (3 in regulation) Kevin Garnett 2008 stats: 19.5ppg, 11.3rpg, 3.8apg Ray Allen 2008 stats: 19.6ppg, 4.5rpg, 3.4apg Paul Pierce: 20.9ppg, 5.4rpg, 5.2apg Big Three Combined…
Phoenix Suns 136, Toronto Raptors 123 Perimeter defense? Non-existent. Transition defense? MIA. Rotational defense? Zilch. Closing out shooters? Rarely. Result? 136 points allowed. But at least the fans got their pizza. There isn’t a team in the NBA that has had success trying to out-gun the Suns, so why Phoenix East thought that playing pedantic…
Break out the Red Bull and cocaine smoothies, the Happy Happy Fun Time American Speed Show is in town! Sooooo…the Raps haven’t beaten Phoenix since Feb. 10, 2004. To put that in perspective, Chris Andersen was still in the NBA, we were winning the war on terror, and Britney Spears was still a virgin. …
Charlotte Bobcats 79, Toronto Raptors 98 Darrick Martin just gave us another small little reason to hate him. He did the “professional” thing and left the score frozen at 98 when the fans were chanting “Pizza, Pizza” louder than they were “Let’s go Raptors” all evening. The pizza situation was the only one in question…
Check these hoop-related links for December 3rd: KG Clowns the Knicks and Craig Sager’s Ugly Suit – hilarious post-game interview after the Celts beat the Knicks by 50 Paul Pierce Doesn’t Know Mini-Me’s Name – Awesome has a new name. And Piece doesn’t know what it is. Our bearded hero. – BD, the black Superman