GT#5 | Wicked Pissahs (2-1) vs F-22 Raptors (2-2) @ - 7:30PM EDT Fri Oct 14 TSN

Mikistan · Post #921 » by **Mikistan** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 5:35 am

I liked what I saw.

Son Goku 25 · Post #922 » by **Son Goku 25** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 5:52 am

Mikistan wrote:I liked what I saw.

Potential devastating loss turned into biggest win of the year

Raps in 4 · Post #923 » by **Raps in 4** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 6:16 am

Scottie haters in shambles after that.

720 · Post #924 » by **720** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 6:26 am

That stadium in Montreal is so vertical, gives me old school arena vibes.

Dalek · Post #925 » by **Dalek** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 7:10 am

That was a great weird game. Like why was Boston playing starters with 5 mins left in preseason?

Why did Grant Williams who is like their one healthy big play the whole fourth and OT?

Why was Marcus Smart flopping so hard until he injured himself?

Raps seemed resilient and Boston seemed fragile. Wild difference from the first game.

ATLTimekeeper · Post #926 » by **ATLTimekeeper** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 12:06 pm

Seemed like more of an effort to push the ball whereas the first game against Boston was more about the half court. Precious probably had our top 5 highlights of the pre-season, but he was also the worst Raptor. He's going to have to time and score all his drives, but more importantly he needs to move the ball a lot quicker on offense.

Koloko fouled out in 17 minutes, but he did his job.

OakleyDokely · Post #927 » by **OakleyDokely** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 12:33 pm

Nice to see OG,/Barnes explode offensively like Grant Williams shoe.

Gold Dragon · Post #928 » by **Gold Dragon** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 12:38 pm

Dalek wrote:That was a great weird game. Like why was Boston playing starters with 5 mins left in preseason?

Why did Grant Williams who is like their one healthy big play the whole fourth and OT?

Why was Marcus Smart flopping so hard until he injured himself?

Raps seemed resilient and Boston seemed fragile. Wild difference from the first game.

Smart had 3 falls I think all on the same leg and ended up limping to the lockerroom with what could be a significant injury. What are they thinking?

We only shot 7 3 pointers at 24%, 4 by OG. While they scored 19 at 35%. We found very little resistance getting to the paint even without pascal. They are going to have a lot of problems depending on heavy minutes inside from Horford and Griffin.

Quattro · Post #929 » by **Quattro** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 1:08 pm

Bad look for us on Smarts injury. That court was a joke. If they’re going to put a court on top of ice, they should be doing it the right way.

will · Post #930 » by **will** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 1:17 pm

Dennis 37 wrote:
HumbleRen wrote:It sucks because i really like Champaigne but man, Dowtin is showing he belongs

There is room for both.

Also, welcome to page 37.

You successfully managed to snap up real estate on the 37th page. I like.

Mikistan · Post #931 » by **Mikistan** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 1:22 pm

Quattro wrote:Bad look for us on Smarts injury. That court was a joke. If they’re going to put a court on top of ice, they should be doing it the right way.

Counterpoint, Celtics shouldn't have had any rotation players on the court at that point sheesh

ATLTimekeeper · Post #932 » by **ATLTimekeeper** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 1:57 pm

Quattro wrote:Bad look for us on Smarts injury. That court was a joke. If they’re going to put a court on top of ice, they should be doing it the right way.

He slipped on his own sweat from flopping on the play before. That wasn't because of the ice. The dude is a dirty player who undercuts and dives at knees, so no one should feel too bad here.

lobosloboslobos · Post #933 » by **lobosloboslobos** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 2:08 pm

My biggest hope is that Nick tells Pascal "see? you're not the only guy who can put up 25-30 points for this team. You need to focus on sharing the ball so that we get balanced scoring. I'd rather have you getting 23 points and 7-8 assists than 28 points and 3-4 assists."

As good as Pascal is we still shouldn't be giving him way more shots than the other starters. It messes up the offence. I think if we balance the load so that Scottie and Gary and OG can all go off for 25+ on any given night just like Pascal or Freddy we will be a lot tougher to beat. Those guys need to grow into scoring stars too.

dTox · Post #934 » by **dTox** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 2:35 pm

OG and Scottie need to be this aggressive even when Pascal is in the game.

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Jef · Post #935 » by **Jef** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:22 pm

OakleyDokely wrote:Nice to see OG,/Barnes explode offensively like Grant Williams shoe.

Jef · Post #936 » by **Jef** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:25 pm

ATLTimekeeper wrote:
Quattro wrote:Bad look for us on Smarts injury. That court was a joke. If they’re going to put a court on top of ice, they should be doing it the right way.

He slipped on his own sweat from flopping on the play before. That wasn't because of the ice. The dude is a dirty player who undercuts and dives at knees, so no one should feel too bad here.

Thought the same thing when it happened. Karma at its finest.

Truthrising · Post #937 » by **Truthrising** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:43 pm

lobosloboslobos wrote:My biggest hope is that Nick tells Pascal "see? you're not the only guy who can put up 25-30 points for this team. You need to focus on sharing the ball so that we get balanced scoring. I'd rather have you getting 23 points and 7-8 assists than 28 points and 3-4 assists."

As good as Pascal is we still shouldn't be giving him way more shots than the other starters. It messes up the offence. I think if we balance the load so that Scottie and Gary and OG can all go off for 25+ on any given night just like Pascal or Freddy we will be a lot tougher to beat. Those guys need to grow into scoring stars too.

I think they just need to stagger the lineup so that Scottie gets more time to play with the bench where he'll be given more shots, but yeah I agree Pascals should not be given free reign to be the number 1 option when we have players that's just as good as Pascal offensively in Barnes and OG.

JB7 · Post #938 » by **JB7** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:44 pm

With a core of Barnes, OG, Precious, Banton and FVV, it looked like what a potential future of this team could look like, if they are to swing a big deal mid-season.

Imagine what that team on the floor last night could look like if PS & GTJ are swapped for Durant.

ImaBeatDatAzz · Post #939 » by **ImaBeatDatAzz** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:47 pm

Wish we kept gabe brown, looked like our best shooter

Quattro · Post #940 » by **Quattro** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 4:35 pm

ATLTimekeeper wrote:
Quattro wrote:Bad look for us on Smarts injury. That court was a joke. If they’re going to put a court on top of ice, they should be doing it the right way.

He slipped on his own sweat from flopping on the play before. That wasn't because of the ice. The dude is a dirty player who undercuts and dives at knees, so no one should feel too bad here.

He wasn’t the only guy to slip on that spot. It was constantly being mopped up. It was the ice