Bad losses this season

Death Knight · Post #1 » by **Death Knight** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:55 am

Which loss has been the most disappointing to you this season so far? Whether it be a game that the Raptors should have won or a game where the Raptors blew a big lead.

Let's find out.

If you have another game in mind, just put it in your post. Maybe I can add it to the poll afterwards.

EDIT: Only allowed 6 poll options? I have tonight's game on there, but it won't show. If you want to vote for tonight's game against the Wizards, just post it.

raps4life~ · Post #2 » by **raps4life~** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:57 am

what about todays loss??

Tomato · Post #3 » by **Tomato** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:57 am

TheMavs loss was just hilarious to watch. The blazer's one was disappointing as hell.

Post #4 » by **5DOM** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:58 am

milwaukee and seattle ones were the most disappointing for me.

Live Free · Post #5 » by **Live Free** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:00 am

Heartbreaker, you got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh why, did you have to run your game on me
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FKQOTnWb9GU

The_Hater · Post #6 » by **The_Hater** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:01 am

We've had far less bad losses than most playoff teams. We're 17-3 against teams with losing records this year and 4 of the 'bad' losses on that board were to winning teams.

People are acting like anytime you lose a game that you think you should win it's the end of the world. Bad losses happen to every team. Don't get to high with the highs and to low with the lows.

DIEHARD_005 · Post #7 » by **DIEHARD_005** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:01 am

Sonics FTW...err I mean for the FTL...well it was their win. Damn, this is confusing.

Post #8 » by **Schad** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:02 am

Which win has been most surprising?

vs. Houston, 93-80.
vs. Dallas, 92-76.
at San Antonio, 83-73.
vs. Portland, 116-109 (Blazers were 17-1 prior to that game).
at Boston, 114-112.

Frankly, I think this thread is utterly worthless, but I'll allow a more senior mod to overrule me. :wink:

Luv 4 da game · Post #9 » by **Luv 4 da game** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:02 am

Have to say Mavs and Cavs ... had a nice lead and choked in the end.

Death Knight · Post #10 » by **Death Knight** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:07 am

Schadenfreude wrote:Which win has been most surprising?

vs. Houston, 93-80.
vs. Dallas, 92-76.
at San Antonio, 83-73.
vs. Portland, 116-109 (Blazers were 17-1 prior to that game).
at Boston, 114-112.

Frankly, I think this thread is utterly worthless, but I'll allow a more senior mod to overrule me.

You can start "the best win" if you want, but don't trash on my thread and poll. We want fans to be able to express and voice their legit opinions on this board. It's not like I'm making a thread with outerly worthless opinions of my own.

JD225 · Post #11 » by **JD225** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:08 am

Well the Mavs one was frustrating as hell, but Andrea I believe actually showed up that night and showed some flashes. Don't think he did anything in second half though.

The Cavs game was just terrible though. On our own home court as well.

It's pretty much a draw between the Sonics game and the Cavs game for me. :clap:

kcthekid · Post #12 » by **kcthekid** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:09 am

cavs....it was disgusting to watch...its one thing if the team beats you
but LEBRON single handedly beat our WHOLE TEAM

Post #13 » by **Schad** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:10 am

Death Knight wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

You can start "the best win" if you want, but don't trash on my thread and poll. We want fans to be able to express and voice their legit opinions on this board. It's not like I'm making a thread with outerly worthless opinions of my own.

Look, DK, I'm being 100% honest. Your premise is that any loss to a 'bad' team is unacceptable, and we have had at most four (losing to the Mavs on their court or to a good Cavs team isn't a bad loss, regardless of our first half effort in either game). In my mind, you are striving for an impossible ideal; every team loses games which they should win...the good teams compensate by winning games in which they are perceived to have no chance. We have done so, and are poised for a run at home court in the first round.

But again, because I would hate for emotion to influence my modding, I'm acting solely as a poster here.

99 Problems · Post #14 » by **99 Problems** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:14 am

Cleveland by far... Lebron just alpha maled our entire team and showed everybody who had the biggest balls on the floor... and which team had more *******......

Dallas was just funny to me, even before Dirk made those 100 threes in a row I knew we were going to collapse.. Thats more of a matchup situation.. still second worst loss..

This one is probably third after those two..

The Bucks one was early in the season, the Seattle and Philly were just trap games that every team loses to a celler-dweller, and in Portland we were kind of playing above our heads since Roy was killing us all night long and we couldn't establish our tempo...

Trilogy · Post #15 » by **Trilogy** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:16 am

Out of all the games, including this one, I'd order them like this

Washington -> Cleveland -> Seattle -> Philadelphia -> Portland -> Dallas -> Bucks

The 1st 5 are the ones that really irked me when they happened.

I was disappointed at the Mavs lost, but not so much and the Bucks loss was so early in the season it didn't matter so much to me.

Coming up small against direct playoff competition hurts alot, especially when we should have won the game in Cleveland with a sizeable lead at one point & Caron out.

Death Knight · Post #16 » by **Death Knight** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:23 am

Schadenfreude wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Look, DK, I'm being 100% honest. Your premise is that any loss to a 'bad' team is unacceptable, and we have had at most four (losing to the Mavs on their court or to a good Cavs team isn't a bad loss, regardless of our first half effort in either game). In my mind, you are striving for an impossible ideal; every team loses games which they should win...the good teams compensate by winning games in which they are perceived to have no chance. We have done so, and are poised for a run at home court in the first round.

But again, because I would hate for emotion to influence my modding, I'm acting solely as a poster here.

If the Raptors are truly a young team on the rise, better effort needs to be shown out there.

I will gladly trade tonights loss with the win against Boston anyday of the week and year. Beat Wizards tonight, but lose to the Celtics last week. Anytime you lose games that you are supposed to win, those big wins in the past will only be seen as pure luck and aren't really legit.

You would agree that it doesn't make sense for a team to win games that they shouldn't win, but lose games that they should win right? That is totally the opposite of what a team on the rise is supposed to show. You must take care of the weaker teams and win the games when you have a good lead. Blowing leads (no matter what team) or losing games that you should have won is not a good indication of a team on the rise.

Death Knight · Post #17 » by **Death Knight** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:26 am

I just don't see those big wins you mention as big as you see it. I consider them to be pure luck more than anything when I see a disgusting loss like tonight.

raptor21_85 · Post #18 » by **raptor21_85** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:28 am

Death Knight wrote:Which loss has been the most disappointing to you this season so far? Whether it be a game that the Raptors should have won or a game where the Raptors blew a big lead.

Let's find out.

If you have another game in mind, just put it in your post. Maybe I can add it to the poll afterwards.

EDIT: Only allowed 6 poll options? I have tonight's game on there, but it won't show. If you want to vote for tonight's game against the Wizards, just post it.

SO YOU JUST WANT EVERYBODY HERE TO BE EVEN ANGRIER AFTER THIS LOSE

:noway:

YOUR THREAD DOESN'T HELP THIS BOARD BE BETTER, AND IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO POST SOMETHING LIKE THIS

Post #19 » by **Schad** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:32 am

[quote="Death Knight"][/quote]

Death:

There will always be a degree of uncertainty in the NBA. I guarantee that you cannot find a single team that does not have at least four games that they should have won, whether they be veteran, defending NBA champions, or up-and-comers. That is simply the nature of the sport.

Death Knight · Post #20 » by **Death Knight** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:39 am

Schadenfreude wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Death:

There will always be a degree of uncertainty in the NBA. I guarantee that you cannot find a single team that does not have at least four games that they should have won, whether they be veteran, defending NBA champions, or up-and-comers. That is simply the nature of the sport.

Those same teams will still win 55+ games, while the Raptors will struggle to even win 45.