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alcstarheel
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I'm surprised Diawara is still starting with his [expletive]ty offensive game, but he's playing some pretty good defense out there, though.

 

Another big surprise for me is that Arroyo is actually starting the game. I wonder what made Spoe choose to do this. Hopefully this will wake up Chalmers and get him to finally play some [expletive]ing defense like the so-called "defensive minded" PG that he's supposed to be.

 

Also, Beasley is finally waking up out there. Either that, or the Toronto defense is really that bad, since a lot of his points are in transition. I wonder how many points the Heat have on fast breaks all together. The Raptors aren't looking so good transition D for a team that looks to push the break on their own offense.

 

O'Neal needs to rebound more. I don't know what's been up with him lately, but he had only 2 total rebounds last game, and 2 rebounds in the first half of this one. I suppose that's an improvement, but he needs to have 8+ EVERY game. What's up?

 

Everyone else on the team is looking good except Cook and Wright. Both of their shot selection has been horrendous, and Dorell's defense isn't living up to expectations at this point.

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Also, Beasley is finally waking up out there. Either that, or the Toronto defense is really that bad, since a lot of his points are in transition. I wonder how many points the Heat have on fast breaks all together. The Raptors aren't looking so good transition D for a team that looks to push the break on their own offense.

 

He has Andrea Bargnani on him. Something would be wrong if he didn't drop 25 plus on Bargs considering Beasley's offensive abilities. I'm not trying to take anything away from Beasley because I still think that he can become a damn good player in the NBA, especially on the offensive end of the floor, but I should hope a player like him lights up a defensive liability like Bargnani.

 

Also, on the transition issue, the Raptors really don't look to push the tempo that often. Don't get me wrong, they will run when the opportunity presents itself, but they don't really look to run all that often, if you know what I mean.

 

In regards to your comment about the Raptors struggling to get back on D, the sad thing is that the Raptors only ever have 1 player crashing the glass looking to get offensive rebounds. Bosh is the only one that is usually down there fighting for boards (other than Amir when he is in the game) and the rest of the 4 Raptors stay around the perimeter. The fact that Miami was getting so many easy looks in transition is absolutely inexcusable when you consider that.

 

I can't really comment on the 2nd half of the game because I haven't bothered to watch it. I knew that the Raptors would get their asses handed to them tonight after watching the first 10 minutes of the game, so I figured that I would go and do some homework instead. By the looks of things, it is the same old [expletive] that has plauged the Raptors all season long, as well as them having a stagnant offensive game.

 

Whats up with Bosh only having 2 boards though? The 28 points are nice and the FG% is even nicer, but those 2 boards are UGLY.

 

At least Triano is resting the starters (minus DeRozan) for tomorrow night against Orlando. Usually he would keep the starters in the game way too long despite the fact that there is absolutely no chance to win the game.

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Man, I feel ya. The Raptors don't appear to be hustling much at all. They gave the worst fast break team in the league a good 19 fast break points, 52 points in the paint, the Heat only shot 22 FTA versus the Raptors 34 FTA, and they gave up 45 rebs compared to their 32. I mean, the numbers says it all right there about their overall effort out there.

 

The Raptors really do have a lot of potential as a team.. if only they actually tried. What is it that's making them lose motivation? I would think a better coach would get them to care more, but I could be wrong. Personally, I don't think a trade is necessarily in order. This team needs to improve from within.

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