GAME THREAD: Toronto Raptors vs. Houston Rockets (MON 8:00PM SNET)

[Kriz]

Originally Posted by jeffb

Gay/Derozan have taken 44% of the team's total shots and have a combined 36FG%. It's amazing that we're not 0-8.

By the way this forum is acting we sure look and sound like a 0-8 team dont it? But we arent :0

I wonder what that means hmmmmmm.... :cookie:

[fantapoppa]

Originally Posted by Ball Don't Lie

LOL we set at least two records today:



And we had 10 assists on 114 FGA.

Hilarious.

Masai is gonna gut this team very very soon.

Coach should be most accountable for the awful utilization of players. This lazy dibble dribble shoot offense is the result of no system installed during training camp.
Rudy and demar can only do so much when they arn't hot enough to score 1v1 and whole team stands there like a pylon.

Credit to them for fighting back and taking it to OT2

[bjjs]

Originally Posted by DanH

Ross fouled out.

He did foul out...much later - after the switch. Ross was frustrating Harden, but regardless Casey made the switch down the stretch of the 4th to Gay. Harden blew by him easily any time he wanted to. Ross later got caught on Harden again, and Harden got called for the offensive foul when he hooked him.

I can't remember exactly when Ross got fouled out, but Casey took Ross off of Harden and switched Gay on to him despite Ross clearly doing a superb job; and Ross remained on the floor for atleast 10-12 possessions before he got fouled out.

IMO that lost the game and it didn't really make any sense at all to me. I would say that TRoss' defense on Harden was one of the primary reasons we even got back in the game, and Casey took a match-up that was yielding favourable results and threw it out the window.

[niggles]

Scary thing is, Rudy might even be more stupid against the Grizzlies tomorrow night.

[DanH]

Originally Posted by Kriz

By the way this forum is acting we sure look and sound like a 0-8 team dont it? But we arent :0

I wonder what that means hmmmmmm.... :cookie:

Perhaps because we beat the Jazz, Celtics, and Bucks? Two terrible teams and one well below average team? And looked awful doing it, with the exception of the game against Utah.

[Kriz]

Meh

If you want to know how we've been progressing since Jay left, it's been better. Hell even when Smitch was coaching people still complained like we've had it bad.

I understand that fans are desperate. But shit happens.

[niggles]

Originally Posted by Kriz

Meh

If you want to know how we've been progressing since Jay left, it's been better. Hell even when Smitch was coaching people still complained like we've had it bad.

I understand that fans are desperate. But shit happens.

Well, we've got shit.

[creative1mm]

1996:

Damon stoudamire- 11/37 (31pts)

lol that is what you call a ugly 30 point performance

but yea.. I like how hard they played yesterday.. but the raps are beating themselves.. Rudy and his bad shot selections are just as bad as turnovers. 37 Shots, and how many of those were ill-advised

[Tomas]

cba to read all 40 pages, but wanna vent out as well:

Gay/DD combo going 17/62?! FFS fire them and get Bargnani back! (nah don't.. but fire those for sure)

Also what about teams "PG"?

[carp]

Originally Posted by Tomas

cba to read all 40 pages, but wanna vent out as well:

Gay/DD combo going 17/62?! FFS fire them and get Bargnani back! (nah don't.. but fire those for sure)

Also what about teams "PG"?

for what it's worth, how many assists did Lin and Beverly have?

[LOG]

Originally Posted by Tomas

cba to read all 40 pages, but wanna vent out as well:

Gay/DD combo going 17/62?! FFS fire them and get Bargnani back! (nah don't.. but fire those for sure)

Also what about teams "PG"?

There is such a thing as cap hold and you can't just Fire someone..

[TORaptor4Ever]

Originally Posted by Kriz

Also i gotta give lowry credit for having 5 fouls since 3rd quarter was it? As soon as him, ross and jonas got fouled out it was just much harder for Raptors to keep up.

It was a good game but a loss that shouldnt have been. I swear Lin's has got some nice foot work in his Iso.

He's healthy now and he's put the work in on his shot as well. Good for him. HOU might have found themselves a solid 6th man.

[rapsmannn]

well I know Adams will be a player for OKC eventually already showing signs as a rookie, mean while lowry is turning into a back up pg, or average starting pg, a guy we won't even sign back in free agency

well I guess if you really look into the trade Houston won because they got Harden, then OKC got Lamb, Adams, and we finish 3rd with Lowry,

to bad BC didn't target Lin in the first place instead of Nash, we could have kept that pick and Masai could have drafted the Greek Freak

Harden would be somewhere else, and who knows where Howard would be, league would look different,

[LX]

Originally Posted by niggles

How many set-ups of team-mates did he miss because of his lack of court awareness and being bent on getting his own shot. How many times on defence in the first half did he get blown-by in the paint as Houston built a lead. How many ill-advised contested shots did he put up. How many times was he stripped in the paint. How many times did he pass to someone other than DeRozan or a Houston Rocket.

I think you misread me. I wasn't saying he wasn't a trainwreck on offense, i was saying that he at least contributed something. And for what it's worth he has been much worse offensively.

As much as i just want to hate on Rudy, i really want him to gain some value for some other team at some point. Casey really needs to get results in a hurry, or they should bring in someone who does not need to annoint someone as the best player on the team.