This is getting scary. the Raps have ventured from bump-in-the-road to mini-slump to all-out slump to...we're just not a good team. At least before at home they competed with the elite teams in this league. Now, its just blowouts.
On the bright side, a win is a win and we needed this one to keep pace with the Bulls who are limping 2 1/2 games behind us.
The "thunderous" memories of the night before needed to be forgotten and the Nets served up the perfect opportunity to do so. The win wasn't easy by any means as the Nets hung around for the better part of the game, in fact, the Raptors won only one quarter, tied the other two and lost…
You know, this might just be a good thing after all. Only after a good spanking like this one will people begin to realize the truth. We have a flawed team, to the core. I had the good fortune of doing the Atlanta postgame, and some people took offense to my inclusion of the world…
Like so many times this year, the Toronto Raptors pulled out a game at home that they probably shouldn't have. Yes, they got lucky on St. Patrick's day at the end, but for a while it looked like they'd had a few brews at halftime, laying down another clunker in the third quarter.
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.
No effort, no result for the Raptors in the Golden State; falling to the Warriors 124-112.
Were you content after the Laker loss and thought that since we hung around the champs for four quarters, the next night in Sacramento would be rather easy? I mean, linear thinking dictates that if you almost beat a really, really good team, you should be able to pummel a really bad team, no? NO!
Make no mistake, Jay Triano did all he can to help us lose this game. He subbed out an on-fire Jarrett Jack with 1:15 left in the third and brought him back with 5:52 left in the game, by this time the Raptors' five point lead had vanished.
We had everything to play for but got outworked by a team that had nothing to play for. That is very difficult to both understand and stomach given we're in the thick of a playoff race and just had the Bucks leapfrog us for 5th place.
Thank you for relinquishing two players with oodles of potential without practising some due diligence. Thanks for not exercising some caution when dealing with a GM who has hoodwinked so many in the past. Thanks for helping to inject some much needed youth, athleticism, and hustle into this lineup. Even if these two players ultimately…
Part of me wants to put a bullet through my brain than write this recap but have you seen the price of bullets lately? Hopefully you turned this game off after halftime because it stopped being a family show after that. The Rockets were spanking us by 21 at halftime and the game was already…