PG: Raps Drain the Swamp In Washington

[ThatClockWork]

I don't think Lowry was ever a choker. The man has balls and came up big for us in G7 vs Miami. He played well against Brooklyn in first series for us. The struggles were a combination of

- Injury/getting worn out by playoffs
- Too many isos leading teams to load up on Derozan and Lowry
- Overperformed in regular season by playing hard and the system. He is a good scorer but 16-18ppg with an all around game is probably closer to right than 22ppg. Billups and Porter didn't have 22ppg seasons, never broke 20 in fact

Overall Lowry is the most important player now as he was always. He was our best player in 6 games combined. The only little issue I have with his play in first round is that he should be more active and take over.

Lowry haters (that don't need to be named) will never admit to this. Yes he's playing within the structure of our game plan. Provides more stability and consistency for the team.

[mtcan]

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Bum is always gonna be bum. Pierce of ****

Washington isn't a real 8th seed. Wizards have 2 bonafide all-stars which includes a guy making the super max. Can Milwaukee and Miami say the same thing? Washington was only 8th because Wall missed a few months. They might have been 5th or 6th seed if they had both Wall and Beal healthy all season. Pierce is ridiculous. Raptors took care of business. It wasn't a sweep or end in 5...but at least it isn't going to 7. Lowry and Derozan didn't disappear. We won a game 1 for a change. We exorcised the spectre of the Washington sweep of a few years ago. We managed to shut up the trash talking Wizards and Pierce. Mission accomplished for this particular round.

[Scott Hall]

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Bum is always gonna be bum. Pierce of ****

Pierce of S(hamble).

[Vlade Divac]

Scott Brooks is a class act.

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[mcgrady_1]

damn during the series "raptors about to get beat by an 8th seed!"
after the win
"raptors struggled against an 8th seed!"
bro when can we win

Only after our second championship. Cuz the first one won't count.

[sidsid]

After OG I think he did the best job on Wall we've seen this series.

Firm believer we sweep the Wizards if we had Fred

Honestly Siakam was the best after OG. FVV was good too.

Really? No love for Delon? He had some good moments vs Wall.

The best defense has been either of Siakam or Ibaka when they were switched on him.

Two things happened: 1. Wall would often forgo screens because he thought could take them one on one (he couldn't). 2. They would sag off of him baiting him into his jumper.

They were by far the best matchup. Although OG got some great turnovers on him each game.

[Vlade Divac]

Scott Brooks: "Lowry is not a volume shooter, he is a volume winner".

[niQ]

Attack em like Freddie, then we toasting over spaghetti - Nas

[Dennis 37]

I don't often agree with his decision making but I want to give credit to Casey for actually benching Demar for a stretch late in the fourth for once.

Why do people keep saying for once?

Casey has done this multiple times including earlier this series, during the playoffs last year and the year prior.

Is this the first Raptors game you've watched?

Yes this is my first time watching the basketball match.

Mr. Cooper doesn't watch basketball?

[mcgrady_1]

True. Man Wall carved us up yet I feel like all our guys did good on him LOL

It's gonna be a bit tougher vs Dipo due to his range but I expect much of the same during crunch time. Dipo will get worn down.

Yeah, we just handled a top 3 backcourt. What a versatile group we have. Delon,OG,Pascal,Lowry,FVV can all defend PGs and combo guard. OG,Pascal can even go up to SF. Not afraid of Oladipo

Bigger SFs and Power Forwards are we struggle. Noticed Morris had his way with OG and Pascal this series.

Well there really is only one SF/PF we should fear. But we might not see him.

[Kabookalu]

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Jonas 31 minutes

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[Buff]

Need a clip of Fred shutting down and staying in front of John Wall in the 2nd quarter.

I could frame that sequence and hang it on my living run. Poetry.

[Kabookalu]

It's gonna be a bit tougher vs Dipo due to his range but I expect much of the same during crunch time. Dipo will get worn down.

Yeah, we just handled a top 3 backcourt. What a versatile group we have. Delon,OG,Pascal,Lowry,FVV can all defend PGs and combo guard. OG,Pascal can even go up to SF. Not afraid of Oladipo

Bigger SFs and Power Forwards are we struggle. Noticed Morris had his way with OG and Pascal this series.

Well there really is only one SF/PF we should fear. But we might not see him.

Yeah I do not want to see Joe Ingles in the playoffs.

[Sakkreth]

Ibaka 22 minutes
JV 30 minutes

Does Cqsey finally get it?

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https://imgur.com/a/Fc2qkXP

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[mcgrady_1]

Ibaka 22 minutes
JV 30 minutes

Does Cqsey finally get it?

Chances are he forgets for the first 4 games.

[Revolt]

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High praise for the bench.