Owner Real Deal Posted December 24, 2011 Owner Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 TIME: 7:30 PM ET TV: NBALP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren2ThaG Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Go Boston, i feel for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 James Johnson will return to the lineup for the Raptors. Aaron Gray is considered likely to make his seasond debut.Andrea Bargnani and Jerryd Bayless are both out for this one. Not that it really matters either way, since Toronto will lose anyways. They really are a wonderful team to play when struggling. They gave Washington their first win, they gave Sacramento their first road win and they broke a losing streak for the Nets as well. Perfect time for Boston to end a 5 game slide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 ^^^ To add to that post, Johnson is not only playing, but will be starting tonight as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Amir gets the most bullshit calls against him, especially when playing against against a vet big. He doesn't even touch Garnett and gets called for a foul two times already. Magloire comes in and immediately airballs a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Rondo is going by Calderon like he isn't even there. Absolutely no resistance from Calderon and Rondo is already at the rim by the time the help defense even has time to react to Rondo blowing by Calderon. Also, why the hell are the Raptors trying to play a half court game against the Celtics? The Raptors are twice as athletic as a group than the Celtics are, yet they are playing right into the C's strengths. Push the ball at every possible moment, but of course Calderon would rather stand 30 feet from the hoop pounding the ball for 17 seconds before even moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Toronto's lineup right now: PG: Gary ForbesSG: Leandro BarbosaSF: Rasual ButlerPF: Linas KleizaC: Aaron Gray Worst lineup ever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Boston kind of sucks. How are you only up 6 points at half time to the Raptors without Bargnani and Bayless, the two best shot creators on the team? Rondo is the only one on the team who looks like he isn't about to die. They also have no bench at all. When the Raptors bench, a bench that consists of superstar players like Gary Forbes, Linas Kleiza, Rasual Butler, Jamaal Magloire and Leandro Barbosa, manages to outscore you by around 22-8, you are in trouble. A lot of people will attribute this to some sort of slump, but in the games I have seen this season, they look absolutely finished. I don't just mean finished in the sense of being a contender, but possibly not even good enough to make the playoffs anymore. They need to find a fountain of youth or something or else blow this shit up entirely. Teams like Atlanta and Chicago were coasting in the games against the Raptors, and you could tell, but the Celtics just look bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Kleiza fouls Rondo hard (but completely legal) and Rondo lands awkwardly on his wrist. His wrist got stuck behind him as he fall and it looked like it got pinned between the floor and his back. Glad to see a Raptor finally throw a hard foul there. Rondo has been getting to the hoop way too easily all game long and they have just let him do it. Rondo has been doing quite a bit of acting/flopping on his drives in this game as well, so I'm glad Kleiza fouled him hard there. Such a BS call on the flagrant, though. It wasn't even worth a flagrant, let alone a flagrant two. At least they downgraded it to a flagrant 1 after reviewing it, but it was still not nearly bad enough for a flagrant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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