PG: Raps avoid epic meltdown, take series lead.

RaptorSingh · Post #441 » by **RaptorSingh** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:48 am

In a way this melt down is a blessing in disguise. We will be on the attack from the get go in Brooklyn.

Basketball_Jones · Post #442 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:48 am

Patman wrote:The Heat are laughing right now that they have to play one of these two clown teams.

That'll be interesting. Will Derozan get those foul calls if Lebron is guarding him? Doubtful. Lebron NEVER picks up fouls.

RapsFanInOhio · Post #443 » by **RapsFanInOhio** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:48 am

Amir fouling Anderson on that 3 at the end is why we can't have nice things.

chuckdevlin · Post #444 » by **chuckdevlin** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:48 am

Waylanderz wrote:
chuckdevlin wrote:Why no fields? He knows his place on offense, good ball-movement. Steals. Cuts baseline. Would have done much better than salmons -_-

I read that Fields is hurting...

Isnt he apparently feeling better? Hes active now

Regulator · Post #445 » by **Regulator** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:48 am

Lowry is the prophet

visionquest · Post #446 » by **visionquest** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:48 am

Free Landry Fields now...... that boy is our last hope.

emphatikdunker · Post #447 » by **emphatikdunker** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:48 am

Whats sad is that demar has the highest free throws made in a game, and the TNT crew probably still dont know his game...smh. Americans...

m83588333 · Post #448 » by **m83588333** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:49 am

No one was in when the lead was being blown. Casey blew the lead in the fourth Quarter by having Patterson and Hayes together for some reason.

throwbackvault · Post #449 » by **throwbackvault** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:49 am

AkelaLoneWolf wrote:
2pat wrote:Salmons on JJ. If it wasn't obvious enough before how important it is to shut him down, there should be no doubt now. Fishman played amazing d on him.

were u watching the same game i was

simple_jack · Post #450 » by **simple_jack** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:49 am

makaveli191 wrote:Joe Johnson was lighting up Demar and the fish. Was Fields unavailable to play today?

Salmons should never get to lay his sneakers on the court during a playoff game.

gp2015 · Post #451 » by **gp2015** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:49 am

emphatikdunker wrote:
gp2015 wrote:
curryking3 wrote:I don't understand how Teletovic is open almost every half court set, of all the people to leave open on the court they don't want to guard Joe Johnson or Teletovic when then they are camping the 3 point line... crazy!

Patterson and AMir are to blame. They just leave him wide open like idiots.

absolutely right...Thing is patterson's help defense is pretty bad too, for a mobile big.. He has very bad defensive awareness.

20+ point lead, your only job is to defend and contest the 3s. They can't even do that properly and they proceed to foul them on the shot to top it off.

emphatikdunker · Post #452 » by **emphatikdunker** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:49 am

j kidd looks deflated in post game interview

Boogie! · Post #453 » by **Boogie!** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:49 am

dTox wrote:
Boogie! wrote:
barrist wrote:
SOrry this was not one of those "we won the game period" wins. This was a "we're goddamn lucky we avoided the most embarrassing loss in team history" win. Which isn't good.

CAN PEOPLE STOP FOCUSING ON THE NEGATIVES! WE WON THE GAME. WE'RE UP 3-2! WE'VE SHOWN WE CAN DOMINATE. YES, ALL THAT MATTERS IS WE WON! JUST LIKE ALL THAT MATTERED IN GAME 2 IS WE BLEW IT AT THE END! that's it... it's 3-2... the raptors showed theyre better... theyve controlled the past 2 games and have shown why theyre better... get over it... I HOPE NONE OF THE RAPTORS HAVE YOUR MENTALITY! THEY SHOULDN'T! THEY SHOULD STAY FOCUSED, FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG BUT GO INTO BROOKLYN KNOWING THEY CAN DESTROY THEM AT WILL IF THEY FOCUS. jeez man... this attitude is embarassing.

Dude relax. this is a serious issue, not just for the Raptors but any team, case in point: Spurs were up 3-1 against the Lakers (2004), up 20+ points in game 4 only to see the Lakers come back and win by a single point, and then they lost the remainder of the series. Basketball is a game of runs and momentum, and we blew this game pretty hard, fans have a right to question the coach and team.

the key is BROOKLYN DIDN'T WIN. WE DID. IF WE HAD LOST, I WOULD'VE FELT THE SERIES MIGHT BE OVER. BUT WE DIDN'T! at the end, our guys came through in the clutch, showed the resiliency theyve shown all season and showed how bad they wanna win.... THIS IS WHY WERE A GOOD TEAM. WEVE BEEN IN THESE SITUATIONS MANY TIMES THIS SEASON... yes they ALMOST blew it, but they didn't... and they shouldnt go into brooklyn thinking "oh no, momentum swing..." they should go into brooklyn FINISHING WHAT THEY STARTED HERE... MAKING A STATEMENT... COME IN SAYING, **** IT, THIS TIME WERE KILLING YOU ALL 4 QUARTERS! and thats what theyre gonna do... BROOKLYN FEELS LIKE **** RIGHT NOW? think about it, all the pressure is ON THEM... they ALMOST came back and guess what, THEY BLEW IT! they worked so hard to come back from such a big lead, even tied it at one point but THEY CHOKED. **** THEM! they're the ones who feel like **** right now... **** BROOKLYN! RAPS IN 6!!!!!

6ixSideSniper · Post #454 » by **6ixSideSniper** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:49 am

rarefind wrote:Say what you want, but this team in the past loses this game. As soon as BKN fights back, team becomes rattled and loses all composure.

Teams take after their leaders. Thats what happens when you have RuPaul leading your team. I'm glad we got guys like Lowry and DeRozan now.

jak_d_ripr · Post #455 » by **jak_d_ripr** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:49 am

Raps Maniac wrote:
sule wrote:teams that go up 3-2 take the series 83% of the time.

Teams that are up 22 going into the 4th probably win 99% of the time. You think any of these stats apply to the Raptors?

We won though...... a win by 1 or a win by 26 in a win. I don't know why everyone was so surprised, this was our m-o all season, I actually stopped being nervous the moment the game got tied.

The stat doesn't mean **** though, even if it's 100% it doesn't mean ****, we gotta come out and bury them in game 6.

Rapsalot · Post #456 » by **Rapsalot** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:49 am

48 F'ing minutes guys! This is the playoff and you are playing a Vet savy team!

J Kid put out a few guys with hot hands to take a shot at stealing one while resting KG and PP for game 6 and beyond.

Almost worked. K low had an Awesome game!
Ross did OKfor the first time. Not good but OK. This is a good sign in case there is a game 7.
Maybe go back to fields as Salmons sucked on Off and D on JJ not as good as LF.

cruwinas · Post #457 » by **cruwinas** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:50 am

barrist wrote:
cruwinas wrote:
TorontoRapture wrote:You heard Jack..."The team that wins game five, has gone on to win the series 83% of the time".

83%
83%
83%

I hope he's 100% right.

What stats are if the winning coach is Casey

I'm sure the percentage of teams with a +20 point lead going into the fourth have usually gone on to win the game too but we almost defied that tonight.

Not plural, not we - "HE".

bakafool · Post #458 » by **bakafool** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:50 am

knickerbocker2k2 wrote:Typically the reason we give up leads is because we play conservatively, waste the shot clock, and then just get a shot up. Teams run off the misses and able to get into their sets much quicker, and get good opportunities.

This time though it was like they were so careless on the offensive side. Quick shots. TOs leading to like 6-8 PTs. I think we had 3 and 1s + 3 fouls on 3pointers? JJ was playing like man possessed. They were also hitting 3s with Anderson / Mirza.

We kept JJ in check. I think if they play Plumlee and/or Livingston, our strategy was perfect. Double off that guy and recover. We did that beatuifily in the first 3 quarters. Kidd to his credit brought in Mirza/Anderson/Blatche, and did good job of spacing. It will be interesting to see what lineup Kidd goes with in the 6th game.

Put in Pierce for Anderson and that would be scary. Kidd would be wise to start Teletovic in place of Garnett.

TheGoodDoctor · Post #459 » by **TheGoodDoctor** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:50 am

The one thing I can say we didn't pull a "Leafs" *ahem* Bruins

Death Knight · Post #460 » by **Death Knight** » Thu May 1, 2014 2:50 am

This cannot go unoticed for tomorrow. I expect long teaching lessions tomorrow. Anything short of serious **** going on in the film session and practice tomorrow should not be tolerated.

Still trying to calm myself down from this BS I just witnessed. I give 50% credit to Joe Johnson, but that other 50% of the collapse is on the Raptors.