The “46 minutes is just not enough” edition. Banks – still recovering from the doubt shown him by Arsenalist, so he asked Coach to take it easy on him. Bargnani – may have relied on his 3-ball a bit too much and evidently he flashed the international sign for “don’t give me the ball” during…
The “we LOVE when Jose and Jarrett play together” edition. Banks – must have felt nice to get back on the floor, garbage time or not. Have to keep him active and game-ready if these trades happen. Bargnani – fairly quiet, well except for that hammer home, first half, but found his rhythm in the…
The “please, not again” edition. Banks – hoping beyond hope that the rumblings of a Calderon trade turn into something. Bargnani – it would be easy to say he had a little pop today playing against his fellow countryman, but let’s face it: he’s been playing this way the past few weeks. Established his outside…
The “well, that was embarrassing” edition. Banks – I’d be faking a cold too. Bargnani – statistically a monster game from Andrea with a 12/17 night. He was just as disappointing as anybody in the second half, though, including a shot late that looked like it would have landed in the 30th row if the…
The “close to the corner, waiting for the light to change” edition. Banks – begging Bosh to take him with him to L.A. Bargnani – stop me if you’ve heard this line before: “season high against the Raptors”. Shot well but didn’t have the recent fire. Needed him to step up his defensive effort, not…
The “another year off my life” edition. Banks – the only shot he has of seeing increased minutes in a Raptors uniform is to bring out his inner Tonya Harding. Bargnani – at some point tonight both his haters and his supporters had something to crow about. It was like a live version of the…
The “return of the mack” edition. Banks – pretty hard to get on the floor with the way Jarrett and Jose were playing tonight. Back to the cups of Gatorade and making googly-eyes at the Florida ladies, homeslice. Bargnani – fouled out but won this game for the Raps on the way to it. His…
The “we have a new king” edition. Banks – solid game. Shot well from the floor, defended well, took a nice charge. Maybe Jose is coming back too early? Bargnani – his shooting percentage doesn’t show it, but he had a solid game from pillar to post. He logged a lot of minutes, demanded attention…
The “paging a team with heart to reception, please…a team with heart” edition. Banks – there was probably a 50/50 split when he hoisted that three late in the fourth as it relates to people hoping for the best and others wanting to throw him in a fire as soon as he released it. Forgive…
The “home crowd advantage” edition. Banks – whole lot of nothing from our man tonight. He had as much impact on the outcome of this game as Richard Peddie has on this team winning a championship. Still a damn sight better than what we had last year from a third string point guard. Here’s hoping…
Raptors 102, Pistons 95 – Boxscore The first 4 game winning streak of this season was a hard fought one against the Pistons. All things considered it was a quality win. You can pick at nuances of the game, which I will, but you have to be happy with the result, which I am. It…
Filling in for the vacationing AltRaps and breast-feeding Arsenalist, it’s the “We swept a season series from a good team”edition. Banks – Bynum crossed him over so bad, no one wanted to sit with him on the bench. Bargnani – Hit a few timely shots, a timely block and a few boards. Had some lapses…