Playoffs GT: Game 1 of Round 1 - ORL Magic @ TOR Raptors - Saturday April 13th, 5PM EST

Syndrome · Post #201 » by **Syndrome** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:50 am

Should be light work. I would be surprised if this series goes past 5 games.

B-Ball Freak · Post #202 » by **B-Ball Freak** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:51 am

raptorstime wrote:Damn guys im so excited, just 2 more working days until the playoffs + GoT weekend

+ a Leafs playoff game, this weekend gonna be HYPE. I just hope game one isn't a 12:30 Saturday game.

Hit Em Up · Post #203 » by **Hit Em Up** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:51 am

Hoping for a sweep since I leave for vacation on the 19th and don't want to miss too many games

WeTheOther · Post #204 » by **WeTheOther** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:51 am

man this match up looks so bad for ratings they are gonna start the game at 10am

SFour · Post #205 » by **SFour** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:52 am

I understand that Raptors fans are still insecure and have PTSD from Lebronto but the Raptors are for real this year..I'm not worried about any 1st round matchups...if you're scared of .500 teams then I don't know what to say.

DSWC · Post #206 » by **DSWC** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:52 am

Raps in 6 (and a lot of bandwagoners fall off the wagon and panace along the way)

PhilBlackson · Post #207 » by **PhilBlackson** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:52 am

PseudoFan wrote:If we can't beat the Magic we ain't winning **** anyway.

I kid, I kid

Spicy P · Post #208 » by **Spicy P** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:53 am

fedord wrote:
TrustFundBaby wrote:Bro I'm so pissed

2014: We get the 3rd seed, matched up against the veterans BKN nets team that were one of the best teams post ASB

2016: We get PG13 and a 45 Win IND team as the 7 seed (uncharacteristically strong for a 7 seed in the East), have a grueling 7 game series

2017: Get Cavs in the second round instead of ECF (which we would've gotten easily),

2018: Get a talented WAS team that had another gear in the Playoffs, way stronger than an 8th seed

2019: ORL is one of the hottest teams the past 20 game, and is easily the strongest East lower seed team.

So we faced stronger than usual 6,7,8,7 seeds.

Meanwhile BOS gets gifted IND and MIL gets DET

Of course. Its the Raptors we are talking about. Fully expecting this series to go 6-7 games while Philly, Bucks, Celtics all take care of business in 5 or less.

No Casey and Demar. Kawhi and Danny have championship experience. I'm way more confident this season that they will get the job done.

Son Goku 25 · Post #209 » by **Son Goku 25** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:53 am

This is good, warm weather is good for the old men. Sunny Florida will do wonders for ibaka aND Green.

raptor jesus · Post #210 » by **raptor jesus** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:54 am

On one hand, the Magic have some guys who present problems for Kawhi and Siakam (Gordon and Isaac). On the other, those guys, like most of the Magic, have 0 playoff experience, and aren't exactly reliable offensive players at this point in their careers, so I think the Magic's two-way potency is somewhat limited. But at some point during the series, Lowry and Gasol are gonna have to step up as scorers.

I like facing a solid and lengthy defensive team as tune up. If we advance, the offence should be a little sharper for it, and perhaps feel a greater sense of breathing room should the next opponent not pose the same challenges.

hsb · Post #211 » by **hsb** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:54 am

WeTheOther wrote:man this match up looks so bad for ratings they are gonna start the game at 10am

All the East match ups look bad for ratings;

Bucks vs Pistons
Raptors vs Magic
76ers vs Nets
Celtics vs Pacers

What casual fan should be excited for any of those?

Uncle Dennis · Post #212 » by **Uncle Dennis** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:55 am

Boston may have gotten a depleted Indiana team, but they just found out one of their best bench players/defenders is going to be out till the second round. That's horrible. Plus, Indiana plays really hard, I'm not counting them out (Boston still should obviously win though). I'd say we're doing pretty well rn, we'll be fine against Orlando!

Mr.Raptorsingh · Post #213 » by **Mr.Raptorsingh** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:56 am

hsb wrote:
WeTheOther wrote:man this match up looks so bad for ratings they are gonna start the game at 10am

All the East match ups look bad for ratings;

Bucks vs Pistons
Raptors vs Magic
76ers vs Nets
Celtics vs Pacers

What casual fan should be excited for any of those?

Yeah, those are pretty bad matchups for tv ratings.

HiMyNameIsTrey · Post #214 » by **HiMyNameIsTrey** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:58 am

Sweep. Not because I think Orlando sucks, but I believe this team is too good

Yorkex · Post #215 » by **Yorkex** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:58 am

Schedule dropping tonight, can't wait.

Hero · Post #216 » by **Hero** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:59 am

I want to say we win in 4 but we did have some disappointing games in the regular season vs them.

Maybe they get 1 win.

Looking forward to seeing playoff Kawhi.

bape_lovers · Post #217 » by **bape_lovers** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:00 am

also, avengers coming up and long weekend..MY GOD

B-Ball Freak wrote:
raptorstime wrote:Damn guys im so excited, just 2 more working days until the playoffs + GoT weekend

+ a Leafs playoff game, this weekend gonna be HYPE. I just hope game one isn't a 12:30 Saturday game.

Son Goku 25 · Post #218 » by **Son Goku 25** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:00 am

I'm already pissed at mark Davis and Tony Brothers

TR50 · Post #219 » by **TR50** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:01 am

Yorkex wrote:Schedule dropping tonight, can't wait.

Have any idea when?

rapluva · Post #220 » by **rapluva** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:02 am

Ok..so it's Orlando...

TRoss in his last four games has been averaging 24 points a game... So he has been hitting his 3s .. we would need Norm to curl around screens to stop TRoss for shooting a greater percentage.

Vucevic to be stopped in the first qtr.. that should do it. Siakam..needs to figure out how to score against the Magic

TBA