PG: Wasted a Miracle

[VinBaker6]

I hate to break it to you guys but Richardson is a lot better than Norm. We overrate our players too much.

I haven't seen enough of Richardson but I wouldn't base an opinion by comparison tonight. This game was there for the taking but the raps were fried. Perimeter D was just like when George was going off. Miami does not have one player half as good as George. That is how bad we played and somehow playing very badly we almost sleep walked to the win..

Richardson has been shooting 40% from 3 in the playoffs. He's also really good defensively. They were just leaving Powell and did a terrible job locating to corners. Didn't even get a single corner 3 up I don't think

[TheGoodDoctor]

Evading the language filter, baiting

[Inevitable]

How come Biyombo only played 11 mins?

Whiteside wasn't even guarding him, we were 4 vs 5 on offense.

[YogurtProducer]

Lowry set the tone for us defensively. He was a +7 so he played well for us.

Casey trolling.

It's true. The hate on here is ridiculous.

You kidding me? You bench Lowry you probably win this game.

Look at what Clementine just posted. We have a net rating of -50 while Lowry sat.

Stupidity.

[Crazomali]

heat have to play their heart out to beat a team with their mvp still missing. Every game from now on will be a nail biter but at least we can hope wade doest turn back the clock every game. lowry's miracle shot sent them into shambles and next time the raps will make sure the heat will stay in shambles

[kieferli]

Thus is a really good game 2 teams figh really hard , I am not even mad at this loss. I still like our chance .

[sauga_raptor]

That half court shot from Kyle was crazy, but he has to do way more than that if we want to win this series. If he resembled a fraction of his former self, we would have won this game easily.

[G R E Y]

We lost, but Miami looks beatable. Not worried at all and now update my prediction of Raps in 7 to Raps in 5.

Wait, so after the last series and this game, you believe that the Raptors will now win FOUR games in a row? Against the Heat?!

Casey: "...until Kyle gets his jumpshots going again..." tick tock tick tock...

"Thought Jonas had one of his best nights..." and yet he barely got touches in the second half.

Couldn't see that coming lol

The only thing as funny as the habits of the Raps during games is the perpetual deluded reaction of fans after games.

[Clementine9]

Statistically Lowry doesn't seem to be hurting is in a big way because the NetRtgs have looked okay/good (best on the team tonight for ex.). The issue is he's a huge part of our offense, so if our OffRtg is sitting around the mid 90s then a lot of it is because of him not showing up. It's unfortunate but at the very least he's not hurting us as badly as it would seem when you factor in both sides of the ball.

[Dario]

Man, way better listening to Alvin than Morris, No offence.

[RalphWiggum]

Good news is Masai has a clear rebuilding plan as our weakness's has been clearly exposed.

DD, KL and coach need to go

Cocaine is a helluva drug.

Yeah you're right we should continue with the brick bros.

I agree with end of your post, you're high if think Masai is going to do any of it though.

[Steelo Green]

Casey. I supported you but this offense has me baffled.

If your guys refuse to listen, you're the coach, sit them.

Either way you shouldn't be a coach if the players don't follow a system or if you don't have one. Both are terrible.

[Tustari]

Is it me or do you guys notice that Lowry isn't really attacking the paint as he should be?

Exactly. As bad as the elbow is there is nothing stopping him from going to the basket and creating for his teammates. He can still shoot floaters and short range shots He has allowed the injury to defeat him mentally. You can tell by the very look on his face. If he's going to act like that, what is the point of him playing at all? He is a liability then and the series is already over.

And the utterly tragic thing is if he was good for 15 points or so Raps would have won. I don't expect anything to change the rest of the way in this series

[Naysorn]

CAN WE FIRE CASEY?

MESSINA.
JVG.
BLATT.

PLEASE.

[OAKLEY_2]

I'm actually more worried about DeRozan than Lowry. Lowry does other things on the floor. DeRozan has become so one dimensional.....he doesn't even move without the ball.

2Pat needs to take the 3 when he is open.

The lack of ball movement is killing this team.

Because they slow it down all the time.

[LRJ]

Lowry has just been awful with his shot. I don't mind him out there, but he needs to stick to passing and penetrating. He can't let the Heat bait him with somewhat open looks.

[VinBaker6]

Statistically Lowry doesn't seem to be hurting is in a big way because the NetRtgs have looked okay/good (best on the team tonight for ex.). The issue is he's a huge part of our offense, so if our OffRtg is sitting around the mid 90s then a lot of it is because of him not showing up. It's unfortunate but at the very least he's not hurting us as badly as it would seem when you factor in both sides of the ball.

It's more psychological. The team gets its confidence from him, and when he's like this it's tough for them to have swagger on offense.

[artsncrafts]

Good game guys, see you Thursday.

I can justify drinking 2 bottles of wine on a thursday night so I will probably watch.

[BBallInSight]

The refs were drawing too much heat so the Illuminati instructed Lowry to suck.

[TheGoodDoctor]

Richardson better than Powell?! lol Don't make the gods laugh...how soon ye forget

Richardson is surrounded by studs, is easy to look good when you play with other great players!

It's hard just to face with the embarrassment Norman has to deal with