The heartbreak that accompanies controversial buzzer-beating losses was mysteriously missing after Al Jefferston's game-high sixth offensive rebound scored the tie-breaking points to send the Raptors to their third straight loss, and more importantly a tie in the loss column with the Wizards for the league's fourth-worst record.
Well I hope the Brits enjoyed this tilt for David Stern’s sake, because it was most unpalatable triple-overtime game I’ve ever witnessed. I don’t think basketball will ever catch on here, it has in other parts of Europe but this nation is on another level of soccer madness. It’s crazier than hockey is over here.…
Kris Humphries, season average: 9 points, 9 rebounds, 0.9 blocks. Yesterday vs Raptors: 18 points, 17 rebounds, 4 blocks. There's your Man of the Match.
Really, though, this game was about Jose and the Raptors. While they almost let a 17-point third quarter lead slip away (it got as small as two points in the fourth), the Raptors played well-balanced basketball and earned this win.
Other than the promising start gone awry, what hurts about this game is that Jason Kidd and Dirk Nowitzki had a quiet second half, yet the Mavs still dominated.
The Bulls game was a shot in the arm for the club and maybe you figured they'd carry some momentum from that over to last night. Nope.
To say that the medium-sized Johnson, no pun intended, had a chip on his shoulder would be an understatement.
Maybe once the dust has settled we'll look at this season in the same light as the 1997-98 campaign when the team finished 16-66, got a high pick, and found themselves Vince Carter to change the fortunes of the franchise, however briefly.
The start was inspirational as expected, anytime one of the prodigal sons returns there's excitement and excitement fuels energy, so there was energy.
They must have changed the definition of a turnover because I cannot believe each team is only charged with 12 turnovers apiece. It honestly looked like every other play in this game was either a bad pass or a strip which led to a fast-break opportunity that was inexplicably wasted.
If this was a soccer game it probably would've ended in a well-deserved tie with both sides netting a point. The Raptors were good throughout, great at times and looked to have the upper-hand in the fourth quarter, but as is the norm around these parts, when a stop was needed it was nowhere to…
Ok, so the Raptors shoot 50%, DeMar DeRozan and Andrea Bargnani combine for 54 points on a combined 23 - 38 shooting. Sounds like all the right ingredients for a rare Raptor victory. Not really.