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Daily Papers - January 7, 2008 

Post#1 » by supersub15 » Mon Jan 7, 2008 11:44 am

Toronto Star
King James reigns over collapse

Hidden, perhaps, in the wake of Cleveland's 93-90 victory that stunned an Air Canada Centre crowd into silence, will be the way the Raptors blew a 20-point lead with lackadaisical efforts in two key components of any game.

It will be the team's utter inability to finish quarters with a sense of purpose that ticks them off. It will be the abject failure to rebound that makes them angry.


Cavaliers superstar in a league of his own

But helping James' cause was the way the Raptors played him in that decisive fourth quarter, when he outscored Toronto 24-20. Instead of sending a double-team or trapping him to force him to get rid of the ball and then try to deny him the chance to get it back, Toronto played him relatively straight up.

It was a costly decision because even when he didn't score, he made plays
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Post#2 » by LittleOzzy » Mon Jan 7, 2008 12:54 pm

Thanks for the papers.

Sunshine girl is awesome today too!
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Post#3 » by raptorry » Mon Jan 7, 2008 1:23 pm

I am more of a brunette fan myself but damn if anyone complains about her today, they should get suspended. Finally a quality girl!
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Post#4 » by supersub15 » Mon Jan 7, 2008 1:25 pm

raptorry wrote:I am more of a brunette fan myself but damn if anyone complains about her today, they should get suspended. Finally a quality girl!


I take issue with the black panties and the pink bra. Eveything should have been pink! :D
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Post#5 » by rdtx2005 » Mon Jan 7, 2008 2:16 pm

i guess the photographer wants to keep his job
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Post#6 » by Double Y » Mon Jan 7, 2008 5:01 pm

raptorry wrote:I am more of a brunette fan myself but damn if anyone complains about her today, they should get suspended. Finally a quality girl!

Then I should get suspended....
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Post#7 » by Graham's Cracker » Mon Jan 7, 2008 5:22 pm

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Half-hearted?

The topic of Tracy McGrady came up in the Pistons' locker room before a game last week. McGrady is now injured and unhappy in Houston. Reports there say he has told friends he wants to be traded -- again. One player, who shall remain nameless, joked that McGrady was becoming more and more like his cousin, Vince Carter. "They should call Tracy, 'half-man, half a season,'" the player cracked.


A part of me would still love to see Vince and T-Mac together again.

Despited their equally 'half-heartedness'.
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Post#8 » by thecc » Mon Jan 7, 2008 8:50 pm

Yesterday was the most upsetting loss of the season for me for several reasons. Not the least of which is that I had third row platinum seats (XMas present). This was only the second game I've been to all season (the other was the OT loss in early Nov. against Boston).

I'm actually starting to worry that we might not even make the playoffs, esp. if T.J. doesn't return anytime soon.

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