PG: Overachievers

[steluta]

The warriors literally just lost to the lakers, we're fine...

Did the Warriors hold an 18 point lead at home? No I didn't think so.

The warriors are 55-6 and lost to lakers who are 13-51 we (41-20) lost to rockets who are 31-32 ... relax it happens, I promise it's going to be ok.

[baller16]

Let's get **** straight over here. There are to many optimistic posters here that that think we can make the ECF and take the Cavs to a 7-game series. You all need a **** reality check. The Cavs are going to the finals, and they would most likely sweep us in 4 games. Never underestimate the CAVS, period.

Right now we look like we're going to have a tough 1'st round. Charlotte, Miami, Bulls, Pacers are all probable match ups. I'm most worried about the Bulls. I honestly think thery're going to tank for that 7'th seed to vs us. We are in deep trouble if it happens.

Our game is not to nice (it just won't translate well in the playoffs). Our perimeter defense is absolutely killing us, DD needs to get benched for his trash effort. Our offense is still heavily ISO, DD and his FT will not be effective at all during the playoffs (we've seen it already). Most of all, we've been choking in the fourth recently. This team literally can't close out games at the moment. If this keeps up, were ****.
A lot of you think Casey is a great coach. LOL! Don't let the team's success fool you, we've seen it already. This guy will show his true colours in the playoffs. You'll see.

[Bankai]

They had it and they simply collapsed in the 4th. It wasent the Rockets who did anything special, they were still coasting, waiting to be beat up. Raptors just gave them the game by doing stupid stuff.

[hsb]

The guards have to cherish the idea of drawing the defender and pass it to the big men. They do the first part, but are close/or last in the league at the latter (just check NBA stats page to see where they are now).

JV was open late there a few times but they kept trying to get their own stuff; leading to a block, turnover or miss. Just do a hand off lol. Why work so hard when you have such an efficient scorer beside you?

[Traps13]

Let's get **** straight over here. There are to many optimistic posters here that that think we can make the ECF and take the Cavs to a 7-game series. You all need a **** reality check. The Cavs are going to the finals, and they would most likely sweep us in 4 games. Never underestimate the CAVS, period.

Right now we look like we're going to have a tough 1'st round. Charlotte, Miami, Bulls, Pacers are all probable match ups. I'm most worried about the Bulls. I honestly think thery're going to tank for that 7'th seed to vs us. We are in deep trouble if it happens.

Our game is not to nice (it just won't translate well in the playoffs). Our perimeter defense is absolutely killing us, DD needs to get benched for his trash effort. Our offense is still heavily ISO, DD and his FT will not be effective at all during the playoffs (we've seen it already). Most of all, we've been choking in the fourth recently. This team literally can't close out games at the moment. If this keeps up, were ****.
A lot of you think Casey is a great coach. LOL! Don't let the team's success fool you, we've seen it already. This guy will show his true colours in the playoffs. You'll see.

This is some real talk all these positive posters need a reality check. This team isn't legit. Playoffs will destroy us. You're my favourite ball boy.

[G R E Y]

**** D - once again leaving the hot hands open, especially on 3s; pouting and entitled to calls and selfish play DD; blown lead; rushed panac decisions; loss. Eerily familiar pattern returns when things get tight.

We've yet to see overcoming this barrier against teams especially in the playoffs.

ACCOUNTABILITY.

[Truthrising]

The warriors literally just lost to the lakers, we're fine...

Did the Warriors hold an 18 point lead at home? No I didn't think so.

The warriors are 55-6 and lost to lakers who are 13-51 we (41-20) lost to rockets who are 31-32 ... relax it happens, I promise it's going to be ok.

we're going to be ok as in we'll get past the first round? just like we did against the Nets and the Wizards?

[UnderdogRaptors]

The guards have to cherish the idea of drawing the defender and pass it to the big men. They do the first part, but are close/or last in the league at the latter (just check NBA stats page to see where they are now).

JV was open late there a few times but they kept trying to get their own stuff; leading to a block, turnover or miss. Just do a hand off lol.

Yep descrub had JV open several times down the stretch but decided to go 1 on 3 smh

[raptor jesus]

The transition defense leaving guys like ariza and brewer open time after time again is that doomed us. Also casey is a moron he should have started to hack dwight late in the 3rd.

Yeah, considering we couldn't stop Harden, and Brewer and Ariza were heating up, the hacking strategy definitely should have been in play - Capela is also a terrible FT shooter.

[steluta]

Did the Warriors hold an 18 point lead at home? No I didn't think so.

The warriors are 55-6 and lost to lakers who are 13-51 we (41-20) lost to rockets who are 31-32 ... relax it happens, I promise it's going to be ok.

we're going to be ok as in we'll get past the first round? just like we did against the Nets and the Wizards?

Are you genuinely comparing this year to last... if you are you can never convince me you actually watch this team, i'm sorry.

[wtcantfw]

This loss is on Casey.

To me, the turning point was James Harden picking up his 4th foul with 8 min to go in the 3rd. Bickerstaff needed to keep him in the game to make a run, so he hid him on D, guarding Scola. We posted him up twice, and the Rockets doubled both times on the catch. Neither possession ended in any points, so what do we do? That's right, completely ignore the fact that Harden is in foul trouble. Idiotic coaching. Even if they're doubling, you post Scola up on Harden 10 times out of 10. You either get (1) a huge mismatch on their superstar with foul trouble or (2) an open man on the second pass out of the double.

Just another great example of Casey's inept in-game decisions. The Rockets dared us to attack Harden and we gave them an easy out. **** punish them for that ****. Ugh.

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

We got Atlanta, Miami, and Chicago after Brooklyn to round out the homestand.

[Thats a Rap]

During Raptors 41 wins, regular season doesn't matter, wait till the playoffs, no positives taken away.

During 20 losses, we're going to choke in the playoffs, this team doesn't have it.

Regular season matters when it supports the narrative someone has in their mind.

This board is such a cesspool after losses it's not even funny. I have no problem with (and in fact think it's appropriate) discussion on how the defense is falling off, why we can't guard superstar perimeter guys, etc. But comments like "this team is a fraud" and "first round failure" lack any sense of looking at a season holistically.

It's like the Raptors not allowed to lose in this league, to anyone, without proving that this team is a fraud. Maybe this team is exactly what its record is - 41-20, and has won 20 of its last 25. A very good team with flaws. OKC has lost 6 of its last 9 games. GSW just lost today to second worst team in the league. Even good teams take bad losses. These things happen, and they don't always mean there's some magical epiphany that proves anything.

All I can say is that I honestly hope to God the team's players and coaching staff aren't as fickle and don't have the same throw in the towel mentality after losses as the people on this forum do.

[MixxSRC]

How can you let Harden go off. Unbelievable.

[Truthrising]

The warriors are 55-6 and lost to lakers who are 13-51 we (41-20) lost to rockets who are 31-32 ... relax it happens, I promise it's going to be ok.

we're going to be ok as in we'll get past the first round? just like we did against the Nets and the Wizards?

Are you genuinely comparing this year to last... if you are you can never convince me you actually watch this team, i'm sorry.

lmao..you sound like previous poster who've said "gimme the nets, we got them" or "gimme the wizards, we got them" tbh...Raptors havent proved $***...so maybe you should be more realistic than a homer..

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

To be honest, the Raptors have been playing so well, particularly at home, that you can kind of see a letdown coming at some point, as it's hard to play at that level, and with how hard they play each game, every time out.

[kidr1211]

Love when people compare us to teams with legit superstars that have proven they can win in the playoffs

[Thats a Rap]

Let's get **** straight over here. There are to many optimistic posters here that that think we can make the ECF and take the Cavs to a 7-game series. You all need a **** reality check. The Cavs are going to the finals, and they would most likely sweep us in 4 games. Never underestimate the CAVS, period.

Right now we look like we're going to have a tough 1'st round. Charlotte, Miami, Bulls, Pacers are all probable match ups. I'm most worried about the Bulls. I honestly think thery're going to tank for that 7'th seed to vs us. We are in deep trouble if it happens.

Our game is not to nice (it just won't translate well in the playoffs). Our perimeter defense is absolutely killing us, DD needs to get benched for his trash effort. Our offense is still heavily ISO, DD and his FT will not be effective at all during the playoffs (we've seen it already). Most of all, we've been choking in the fourth recently. This team literally can't close out games at the moment. If this keeps up, were ****.
A lot of you think Casey is a great coach. LOL! Don't let the team's success fool you, we've seen it already. This guy will show his true colours in the playoffs. You'll see.

It looks like by "literally can't close out games at the moment", this is actually true since they lost today. But seriously, we're 20-5 in the last 25 games, so do only the 5 losses prove your point, with the 20 really being fake wins where we didn't need to close games out?

As for your FT comment that guys don't get the same calls during the playoffs, this has been debunked so many times. That theory is just wrong.

[bballsparkin]

Earlier in the game when the Raps were up big I thought "these guys are playing good!" That's when my spidey senses felt "oh no, they're going to collapse".

That fragrant foul on Howard was weak.

[kidr1211]

Leaving the 3pt line wide open is a huge problem right now