Why Detroit was guaranteed the win last night

peteyjones13 · Post #1 » by **peteyjones13** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 12:32 pm

Nostalgic piece showing why the Pistons were guaranteed last night's win. The Raptors have lost every time anyone significant has made their return to Toronto, including when Jose Calderon came back for the first time.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba-toronto-raptors-memorable-homecomings-1.4902888

hoophabit · Post #2 » by **hoophabit** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 1:37 pm

peteyjones13 wrote:Nostalgic piece showing why the Pistons were guaranteed last night's win. The Raptors have lost every time anyone significant has made their return to Toronto, including when Jose Calderon came back for the first time.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba-toronto-raptors-memorable-homecomings-1.4902888

(Obviously, you don't follow the Pistons or you'd know there are no "guaranteed" wins.)

Manocad · Post #3 » by **Manocad** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:53 pm

You know who else was guaranteed to win last night?

Spoiler:

Post #4 » by **Snakebites** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:14 pm

Raptors had a rough night and lost to a lesser team. It'll happen from time to time.

Crymson · Post #5 » by **Crymson** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:38 pm

Raptors did not have Ibaka, the 2nd-leading scorer for the team and a great defensive center. Pistons won by two points.

Uncle Mxy · Post #6 » by **Uncle Mxy** » Sat Nov 17, 2018 1:35 am

Crymson wrote:Raptors did not have Ibaka, the 2nd-leading scorer for the team and a great defensive center. Pistons won by two points.

Moose and Jonas combined for 31 points and Dre had a mediocre game at best.

Crymson · Post #7 » by **Crymson** » Sat Nov 17, 2018 2:14 pm

Uncle Mxy wrote:
Crymson wrote:Raptors did not have Ibaka, the 2nd-leading scorer for the team and a great defensive center. Pistons won by two points.

Moose and Jonas combined for 31 points and Dre had a mediocre game at best.

Valanciunas isn't good at defense and Monroe is horrible at it. Griffin had a great game. Ibaka would have been very nice to have against him.

That's the starting center, man.

hoophabit · Post #8 » by **hoophabit** » Sat Nov 17, 2018 6:02 pm

Crymson wrote:
Uncle Mxy wrote:
Crymson wrote:Raptors did not have Ibaka, the 2nd-leading scorer for the team and a great defensive center. Pistons won by two points.

Moose and Jonas combined for 31 points and Dre had a mediocre game at best.

Valanciunas isn't good at defense and Monroe is horrible at it. Griffin had a great game. Ibaka would have been very nice to have against him.

That's the starting center, man.

It's nice to know you fellows enjoyed the big win. Such is the joy of sports.

Crymson · Post #9 » by **Crymson** » Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:28 pm

hoophabit wrote:It's nice to know you fellows enjoyed the big win. Such is the joy of sports.

I liked the win. But it was a fluke brought on by circumstances.

I would not call this a "big win." The roster can squeak one of these out from time to time if they have a huge game from Griffin and the help of circumstances. There is not much joy to be had in this specific sports team, because of the fact that it does not have the personnel to compete in any meaningful way. Mediocrity is its ceiling. And it plays basketball that is not very enjoyable to behold.

DetroitSho · Post #10 » by **DetroitSho** » Sat Nov 17, 2018 10:47 pm

Crymson wrote:
hoophabit wrote:It's nice to know you fellows enjoyed the big win. Such is the joy of sports.

I liked the win. But it was a fluke brought on by circumstances.

I would not call this a "big win." The roster can squeak one of these out from time to time if they have a huge game from Griffin and the help of circumstances. There is not much joy to be had in this specific sports team, because of the fact that it does not have the personnel to compete in any meaningful way. Mediocrity is its ceiling. And it plays basketball that is not very enjoyable to behold.

Do you watch every game?

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Crymson · Post #11 » by **Crymson** » Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:05 am

DetroitSho wrote:Do you watch every game?

.

I do.