TOR vs. CLE/IND - ECSF Schedule

Dennis 37 · Post #21 » by **Dennis 37** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 2:53 pm

Gang of Four wrote:Only 1 days rest between each game might be good for Raptors, make bench depth more important.

You could see Washington tiring in game six when they only had one day off.

tdot56 · Post #22 » by **tdot56** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 3:51 pm

Excited now that fred is back... second unit will all benefit.. and less dd and ibaka..

rotty · Post #23 » by **rotty** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 4:33 pm

raptor jesus wrote:Anyone else catch Bebe talking to Wall after the game tonight? He had his arm around him and was in his ear like Wall was a rookie. Can't wait to see him do that to Lebron.

anyone have a link to this? lol

Jstock12 · Post #24 » by **Jstock12** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:11 pm

Tanner wrote:That 6 pm start is ass.

For you maybe

Laurier · Post #25 » by **Laurier** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:22 pm

Scheduling won't matter, we're gonna lose this time for sure. If the entire Raptors players couldn't stop Wall and Beal, how could they stop JR Smith, Tristan the cheater, and LeBron?? Last time, the former RealGM-hated Raps PG Calderon made Lowry looking like a Hoop Dome regular baller. How much more if playing against Stephenson, Oladipo and Bojan?

Sherlock · Post #26 » by **Sherlock** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:30 pm

Lew Alcindor wrote:
mowcrowbar wrote:More ESPN and TNT than NBA TV, we made it fam.

Pretty sure this is them banking on the Cavs a TO/Indy series would all be on ESPN News.

Please. You know it'd only be available on ESPN+ and YouTubeTV.

Brinbe · Post #27 » by **Brinbe** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:31 pm

I'm off Tuesday. Will either be at that game or outside at JP

Post #28 » by **niQ** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:57 pm

Gang of Four wrote:Only 1 days rest between each game might be good for Raptors, make bench depth more important.

Except for Ibaka. At least he'll be fresh for game 1.

Drop Shot · Post #29 » by **Drop Shot** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:28 pm

Jets play every other day as well SMH

AreBe · Post #30 » by **AreBe** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 8:04 pm

shotcaller09 wrote:

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It changes to 8 PM if MIL comes out of the BOS-MIL series

Let’s go Milwaukee Bucks!
Don’t need 5 on 8 for Celtics conspiracies
I would rather Indy than going against Lebron and Silver as that really sucks

tdot56 · Post #31 » by **tdot56** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:37 pm

Hard earned home court has and will come in handy for raptors...... expecting both cle and Boston to win on their home courts...

Thats a Rap · Post #32 » by **Thats a Rap** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:47 pm

I dug up the potential announced schedules and to be honest it makes no sense. The entire thing hinges on whether Boston or Milwaukee win tomorrow. If Milwaukee wins, then most of our games will align with the Houston/Utah series, which is fine. Usually you have one Eastern and 1 Western matchup per night.

For some reason, if Boston wins, then ALL of our games align with the Boston/Philly series. This means all four teams are in the Eastern time zone, and therefore on weeknights someone has to play at 6 pm because they won't start the other game later than 8:30.

And if it's Boston/Philly, you have two big markets, whereas even if it's us vs. Cleveland, I suppose even LeBron doesn't draw enough to make it worthwhile to show that series over the other one. And if it's Indiana, then that's a no brainer. But that's just awful planning and it makes no sense whatsoever to play both Eastern series on the same night. If you care about start times, then you should pull for Milwaukee tonight (though they are likely less of a threat to Philly than Boston is).

Here is what I put together:

It's funny by the way all the times are "TBD", as if it's not a certainty that we would get the 6 pm slot every game if up against Boston/Philly.

Sources:

Spoiler:

geokilla · Post #33 » by **geokilla** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:41 am

Why do teams have two rest days in between games in the first round but only one rest day in between games in the second round?

Raptors1991 · Post #34 » by **Raptors1991** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:45 am

Laurier wrote:Scheduling won't matter, we're gonna lose this time for sure. If the entire Raptors players couldn't stop Wall and Beal, how could they stop JR Smith, Tristan the cheater, and LeBron?? Last time, the former RealGM-hated Raps PG Calderon made Lowry looking like a Hoop Dome regular baller. How much more if playing against Stephenson, Oladipo and Bojan?

yogimvp · Post #35 » by **yogimvp** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:47 am

indy/cavs have one day off then have to play us at home. we gonna blow the **** out of whoever on tuesday.

Kurtz · Post #36 » by **Kurtz** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:04 am

This is really good. Lebron is averaging 41 mpg in this series. His two best games came when he had an extra day off in round 1.

In our prior two meetings, we'd faced a fresh Lebron. This time we'd be facing a Lebron on only 1 day rest every game, when he's already played more net minutes this season than he has in 8 years.

Shimso · Post #37 » by **Shimso** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:21 am

Awesome. I look forward to missing the first quarter of the game while commuting home. Great job with the schedules...

Gang of Four · Post #38 » by **Gang of Four** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 5:20 am

geokilla wrote:Why do teams have two rest days in between games in the first round but only one rest day in between games in the second round?

There are 8 teams in the first round, which means more games they need to somehow fit into the TV schedule, especially the national TV schedule. One day's rest between games, 4 games on a weekday, would mean lost revenue for the league and the broadcasters.

Big Mac Biyombo · Post #39 » by **Big Mac Biyombo** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:53 am

I like the 6PM start because I get up for work at 4 every day. Earlier the better for me. :lol:

drshanx · Post #40 » by **drshanx** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 2:45 pm

Thats a Rap wrote:I dug up the potential announced schedules and to be honest it makes no sense. The entire thing hinges on whether Boston or Milwaukee win tomorrow. If Milwaukee wins, then most of our games will align with the Houston/Utah series, which is fine. Usually you have one Eastern and 1 Western matchup per night.

For some reason, if Boston wins, then ALL of our games align with the Boston/Philly series. This means all four teams are in the Eastern time zone, and therefore on weeknights someone has to play at 6 pm because they won't start the other game later than 8:30.

And if it's Boston/Philly, you have two big markets, whereas even if it's us vs. Cleveland, I suppose even LeBron doesn't draw enough to make it worthwhile to show that series over the other one. And if it's Indiana, then that's a no brainer. But that's just awful planning and it makes no sense whatsoever to play both Eastern series on the same night. If you care about start times, then you should pull for Milwaukee tonight (though they are likely less of a threat to Philly than Boston is).

Here is what I put together:

It's funny by the way all the times are "TBD", as if it's not a certainty that we would get the 6 pm slot every game if up against Boston/Philly.

Sources:
Spoiler:

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This is incredible!