4/5 wrote:I'm still skeptical that the Raptors actually manage to blow this series. They were outrageously bad over the last 10-12 minutes of that game and it still took everything the Cavs had to scratch out a victory.
Valanciunas isn't going to have the same type of game he had last night. Lue (hopefully) will go to Thompson sooner if he has to. I'd start him if it were me. Plus how many more games like this from LeBron are you going to get? I would guess not many.
Toronto loves their 3-guard lineup but it's going to get them killed in this series.
The sequence last night where Lowry called the timeout and then couldn't get the ball in bounds after that...typical playoff Lowry.
verb_to_trust wrote:The Raptors are supposedly deep and that is a strength but being deep in the playoffs isn't as important as having guys who can make the tough clutch shots. DeRozan is good but his 'improved' three point shooting isn't enough. I don't believe in Lowry either.
Depth matters, but once you go to OT it's basically irrelevant as we saw again last night.
"I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
verb_to_trust wrote:Fred Van Fleet took the clutch shots last night where LeBron hit that tough fade. Tells you all you need to know about the two teams.
As LeBron took that ridiculous turnaround fade I was opening my mouth to criticize him for not taking the baseline to the basket but before I could, splash.
"I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
verb_to_trust wrote:Anybody listened to the latest Bill Simmons pod? Fat fuck Windhorst was on and talked LeBron for over an hour straight. It was so creepy.
Just because it was Windhorst, it was very creepy to hear him mention LeBron's kids. Sounds like he's stalked him for over 15 years.
