GT#2: Raptors vs Wizards 21/4/15 @8:00 PM on TSN?

[JustWin]

Games 2 and 3 are MUST wins...

[albinorap]

Both teams played like ****

[Northface82]

Raptors straight up lack the testicular fortitude needed to win games.
We lost to a sorry ass Wiz team that was was literally puke-worthy in the 4th.
But still, the Raps managed to emerge as the real undisputed kings of Mediocrity.

This is why the world labels us soft.

[Rapsobsessed7]

It can be a confusing table to read but you got it mostly right.

NBA Prelim all 59-37 (.615) 72-24 (.750)
NBA Prelim H 55-14 (.797) 59-10 (.855)
NBA Prelim V 4-23 (.148) 13-14 (.481)

Road teams only win Game 2 14.8% of the time after winning Game 1, but the 79.7% you're reading is the chance of the home team winning game 2 if they had already won game 1, subsequently leading to 85.5% probability of winning the series. In other words if Raptors had won yesterday we would be in good shape going forward, but it's far from over.

ah that makes sense. Thank you. I still think this comes down to game 7 and i think the Raps pull it off.

[720]

Games 2 and 3 are MUST wins...

Can't even look ahead to game 3, if they don't win on tuesday this series is pretty much over.

[VinBaker6]

Just win this game. Wiz are poor at home and we should steal Game 3 or Game 4. If we have a 2-1 series lead heading into Game 4, its over. They'll choke. Still in good shape. I still have us winning in 5

Ah **** it its the Raptors, who am I kidding.

[Sherdognba]

This team isn't going anywhere with Casey as the coach. He simply can't coach & can't recognize who to put out there. Hansborough shouldnt be starting & Vasquez shouldnt be playing 30 mins

Casey needs to be GONE !!!!

[720]

Just win this game. Wiz are poor at home and we should steal Game 3 or Game 4. If we have a 2-1 series lead heading into Game 4, its over. They'll choke. Still in good shape. I still have us winning in 5

Ah **** it its the Raptors, who am I kidding.

The thing is even with everyone playing so poorly they came back with that epic run. When was the last time Lowry fouled out with just 7 points? It took some extraordinary circumstances for the wizards to win. I strongly believe that if they win tuesday momentum goes back to us.

[steamed hams]

Loss here would be huge.

[rarefind]

This team isn't going anywhere with Casey as the coach. He simply can't coach & can't recognize who to put out there. Hansborough shouldnt be starting & Vasquez shouldnt be playing 30 mins

Casey needs to be GONE !!!!

There are much more glaring issues than the ones you mention.

[SFour]

If the Raptors can't even beat the Wizards in the 1st round then this team deserves to be blown up. Can't beat the Nets, can't beat the Wizards, these aren't even contenders, these are just regular tread-milling playoff teams.

I still believe in the Raps and hope they can win Game 2.

[Hero]

Tough to get excited after what happened in the first game.

Facing a must win game in the 2nd game of the series.

[Tricky_Kid]

Just win this game. Wiz are BETTER at home

Ah **** it its the Raptors, who am I kidding.

FIXED

[dozendonuts]

Just win this game. Wiz are poor at home and we should steal Game 3 or Game 4. If we have a 2-1 series lead heading into Game 4, its over. They'll choke. Still in good shape. I still have us winning in 5

Ah **** it its the Raptors, who am I kidding.

I think we'll know if we have a chance in this series by the end of the first quarter/beginning of second. If Casey makes no adjustments to the starting lineup or bench rotation, we're screwed.

[Northface82]

I hate Lebron, but what he says at 2:00 is as real as it gets.
THIS, is what separates us from real contenders:
(not that we are contenders anyway)

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_LpVwYr57g&spfreload=10[/youtube]

Mentally, we are nowhere near the expected level of preparation.
Paul Pierce is a douche, but he is truly speaking from experience when he says we lack the "it" factor.
Its true, we really do.

[TeeDot]

Just win this game. Wiz are poor at home and we should steal Game 3 or Game 4. If we have a 2-1 series lead heading into Game 4, its over. They'll choke. Still in good shape. I still have us winning in 5

Ah **** it its the Raptors, who am I kidding.

I think we'll know if we have a chance in this series by the end of the first quarter/beginning of second. If Casey makes no adjustments to the starting lineup or bench rotation, we're screwed.

we were up by like 7 or 9 in the 2nd Q of game 1 and looked quite comfortable. It's not how you start games, but how you finish.

[dozendonuts]

This team isn't going anywhere with Casey as the coach. He simply can't coach & can't recognize who to put out there. Hansborough shouldnt be starting & Vasquez shouldnt be playing 30 mins

Casey needs to be GONE !!!!

What if I told you Vasquez was our best guard yesterday? He wasn't the problem.

[TeeDot]

All of our troll-jobs backfire spectacularly.

exactly what I was worried about. We have proved nothing thus far as a team (3-0 in regular season means nothing) and everyone wants to start trolling the other team. You gotta be able to back up your mouth because talk is CHEAP. When you don't, it's embarrassing.

[hands11]

Just win this game. Wiz are poor at home and we should steal Game 3 or Game 4. If we have a 2-1 series lead heading into Game 4, its over. They'll choke. Still in good shape. I still have us winning in 5

Ah **** it its the Raptors, who am I kidding.

Wizards were 29-12 at home this year. 3rd in the CONF. It was the previous year when they weren't good at home.

[dozendonuts]

Just win this game. Wiz are poor at home and we should steal Game 3 or Game 4. If we have a 2-1 series lead heading into Game 4, its over. They'll choke. Still in good shape. I still have us winning in 5

Ah **** it its the Raptors, who am I kidding.

I think we'll know if we have a chance in this series by the end of the first quarter/beginning of second. If Casey makes no adjustments to the starting lineup or bench rotation, we're screwed.

we were up by like 7 or 9 in the 2nd Q of game 1 and looked quite comfortable. It's not how you start games, but how you finish.

It doesn't matter. Everyone was asking for James Johnson even at that point. I don't think anyone thought that the Wizards wouldn't start hitting their shots and go on a run. In the 2nd quarter when Paul Pierce scored 10 points (2 3's I believe) and Amir/Tyler couldn't guard him, the fact that Casey was too stubborn or dumb to try and see if JJ could help was the game right there.

And in regards to what you said about finishing games, we finished well, considering they had a 15 point lead in the 3rd and we tied it up to take it to overtime.