PG: JV Shares Spirit Bomb, Raps Drop Purple Rain

[Potential]

LETS GET GREEDY. WHO’S WITH ME??? GO BACK TO THE T DOT FOR GAME 5 AND CLINCH THE SERIES AT HOME.

I'M HYPEDDDDDDD

[SaveTheHens]

key to winning series play less DD more Powell and Ross. That's it nothing more to be said or done GO RAPTORS!!!

Im all for smoking the ganj but **** might be blindin u bro

why you say that everyone else has played solid the last two games. Even Ross and I'm no fan of his game. Powell has looked good in limited action more so defensively.

They have played well and I'm glad we have them on this team. DD played a great game for us, hung with them early on & got us the early lead, no need to wish Powell or Ross was in there instead. They're options for when our guys are playing off or need a break.

[MS13]

Love how Casey puts in Wright even during garbage time to play in the playoffs

[alienchild]

I'd really love to know what Demars shooting % is in end of quarter ISO plays?

decimal not much.

[Deadpool Raptor]

After fouling DeRozen all game, and his team shoot twice as many FTs...


Paul George: Carroll is hitting my elbow every single time.

[UnderdogRaptors]

Lmao pacers fans calling val a flopper

[olu]

Chill bro, Whiteside will eat Jonas alive

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chill

Not saying Raptors would win against the beat for sure, but your ****ing wack if you think Whiteside would take Jonas. But hey..

Getting overly excited of Jonas playing against a team with no presence I the paint

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[DreamTeam09]

Oh I wanna hear the Indiana announcers. Any clips or quotes?

George is an excellent defender but Derozan needs to get his head out of his ass. The only Raptor will a negative +/-. Too many forced shots yet again.

+/- doesn't tell the whole story at all man. I've heard announcers all over the nba **** on that stat for good measure. It works better for hockey because so few goals are scored. In basketball that number can easily be skewed based on runs, which basketball is a game of.

Demar definitely could've played even better, but he was instrumental to this win tonite.

Are you kidding? It's worse for hockey than it is basketball.
+/- isn't that accurate for close games but in a game where your team is ahead for pretty much all of it.. and up double digits from mid-2nd quarter on... and the other 2 guys that had 30+ mins had a +/- above +10... I'd say to have a NEGATIVE +/- in that situation is pretty telling. That's a pretty tough thing to do.

how is it worse for hockey when its a hockey stat and just got incorporated to the nba fairly recently?

[Scott Hall]

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Yo $hits lit in da park

[SonOfRoy]

+/- doesn't tell the whole story at all man. I've heard announcers all over the nba **** on that stat for good measure. It works better for hockey because so few goals are scored. In basketball that number can easily be skewed based on runs, which basketball is a game of.

Demar definitely could've played even better, but he was instrumental to this win tonite.

Ugh I was worried someone would say this. I completely agree, plus minus doesn't really give any kind of reliable evaluation. BUT when you are the only guy on your team in the negative and you won handily it raises an eyebrow. I watched the entire game and I would be really satisfied with his performance, just would like him to pass out of 6-7 of those VERY difficult jumpers.

Seriously, when he drove and got blocked Patterson was open on the side there. He could've passed it instead of taking that on 3 Pacers in the paint.

Absolutely. That play was the most blatant. Just pass out, great job drawing in the defenders, pass to the open man rather than force a hard shot.

[Mr_NC]

Skinny Lowry and DeKobe decided to show up FINALLY!!!!

Mr. 60 mil doin what he came here to do

There is no answer for JV and the BB8

Myles Turner is a stud no lies, Pacers got a good player in him no lies, thats about the only good thing i can say bout that team lol

As great as our starters were, I really think this one was cuz of the bench. PPat clearly kept his garbage play for the regular season and decided to man up for the post season, same with Coin Toss Ross

CoJo man, he showin that playoff exp/Spurs pedigree, young Tony Parker out there.

Them Raptors fans in indy, hats off to you, great to hear you chanting during the broadcast.

ON TO THE NEXT ONE!!!! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Inevitable]

chill

Not saying Raptors would win against the beat for sure, but your ****ing wack if you think Whiteside would take Jonas. But hey..

Getting overly excited of Jonas playing against a team with no presence I the paint

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#Clown

[Volcano]

Except for the 20 point lead he really helped to stake us to in the first half so we could go wire to wire. SMFH. Bother to watch the first half?

He helped us get a 20 point lead in the first half? So he was +20..then helped us lose a 20 point lead and was -21 in the second half?

Oh hush, KD went 7-33 the other night. It's the playoffs, defence is far more intense. Expect inefficiency. Playoffs are about winning, not stats.

Didn't OKC lose that game? Dallas is one of the worst teams in the playoffs. They're starting Felton, Zaza, Deron Williams, Matthews (who has regressed since he came back from injury). The fact that you need to fish out such a terrible game by a player to justify DD's performance is just sad. OKC lost to a horrible team. You're essentially saying it's ok for us to lose too. Not to mention, we need to talk about consistency. KD has been consistently elite throughout his career (but might have regressed a bit post-injury) while DD has been consistently poor to average.

I think you guys are going about it the wrong way. It's time to just call it as it is. DD's a solid, but flawed volume scorer who's unnecessarily taking on a lead role. He's not as bad as this series has shown us, but he's not as vital to the team either due to the added depth we have this year.

As for today's game, he had a solid 1st Q shooting wise, but the game isn't just about making shots. That's why we hear a lot less whining about Lowry. It's not because people hate DD and are Lowry fanboys..it's basically because Lowry adds other dimensions to the team to help us win. DD is much more one-dimensional and he's currently struggling at his one strength..maybe partially because the refs aren't giving him those easy calls and partially because PG's length is bothering him.

Fans react based on how a player plays. They like defense, hustle, good IQ, consistency. If one or more of those things aren't happening, you start getting complaints. If DD was playing well (even with a bad FG%), there wouldn't be so much commotion. Simple as that.

Stop trying to play some storyline, team effort got us a team win. Take out DD and who knows what happens. He got us the momentum early to take a nice lead & I can care less about the rest. He had a great game compared to his other ones & he played the role of early scorer - no problem with that. Be thankful this team has so many options rather than nitpicking some BS, it was a TEAM effort and everyone played their part

So you want to overlook everything whenever we win and not try and improve? It's about building a winning culture.

People ignored our problems all of last season saying it was our best year ever. First time to 49 wins. Yet we get swept in the playoffs, our entire assistant coaching staff is gone, we get 8 new players in the off-season. If everything was so perfect, why the discontinuity and drastic change?

You can care less about the rest as long as your favourite player gets his 20 points. That's what makes you a player's fan and not a Raptor's fan.

[dalton749]

Lmao pacers fans calling val a flopper

Haha just to make the game playable the pacers are aloud to hold jv down all game, and he's aloud a little more freedom on the defensive end.

[LRJ]

+/- doesn't tell the whole story at all man. I've heard announcers all over the nba **** on that stat for good measure. It works better for hockey because so few goals are scored. In basketball that number can easily be skewed based on runs, which basketball is a game of.

Demar definitely could've played even better, but he was instrumental to this win tonite.

Are you kidding? It's worse for hockey than it is basketball.
+/- isn't that accurate for close games but in a game where your team is ahead for pretty much all of it.. and up double digits from mid-2nd quarter on... and the other 2 guys that had 30+ mins had a +/- above +10... I'd say to have a NEGATIVE +/- in that situation is pretty telling. That's a pretty tough thing to do.

how is it worse for hockey when its a hockey stat and just got incorporated to the nba fairly recently?

As a person who's into hockey analytics, trust me, plus minus is a horrible stat.

[Scott Hall]

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[teamLeiweke]

This board is so bi polar. All analysis is based off raw emotion. Too funny. People were having a meltdown after game 1. Now we're in the finals. Lol. Wow.

[wille-dynamite]

Im all for smoking the ganj but **** might be blindin u bro

why you say that everyone else has played solid the last two games. Even Ross and I'm no fan of his game. Powell has looked good in limited action more so defensively.

They have played well and I'm glad we have them on this team. DD played a great game for us, hung with them early on & got us the early lead, no need to wish Powell or Ross was in there instead. They're options for when our guys are playing off or need a break.

The one thing your forgetting is Demarr plays zero defense. Powell is great on D and ross is solid. Anyways a win is a win I will take it

[supra2k8]

BIGS EATING GOOD

CARROLL EATING PG GOOD

LOWRY + BENCH EATING GOOD

CASEY EATING VOGEL GOOD

RAPS FANS EATING INDY FANS GOOD

LET'S GOOOO

Lupe! great win, lets win game 4 so we can finish them at home!

[Bankai]

Demar did NOT play good, he had a good start and salvaged himself at the end, but in the middle of the game he was bad. As a whole, he was okay. But he was costing his team momentum and dragging them down in the 2nd and 3rd quarters on his own.