Official Game Thread: Raptors @ Wolves 10/2/08

[Live Free]

Date: Sunday/Feb10/08
Time: 6:30pm EST.
TV:

Radio:

Arena:

Teams:
Raptors (26-22) @ T'Wolves (10-38.)


Starting Lineups For The Wolves:

Randy Foye


Rashad McCants


Marko Jaric


Ryon Gomes


And The Beast, Big Al Jefferson


And Now...



Would You Please Rise..



For Our Very Own....



TORONTO RAPTORS!



At Point, Numero Ocho.. Joseee Calderon!


The Man On A Mission.. Straight From Parkerville.. AP, Anthonyyy Parker!


Flyin In From The Moon, Jam-Mario MOOOOON!


Il Mago, Andreaaaa Bargnani!


And Now Make Some Noise For...



C!!


B!!


FOOUUR!!




Let's Go Raptors!



Keys To Victory:
- Contain Big Al
- Contain Big Al
- And Contain Big Al Some More

I Call:


No way are we giving up two winnable games in a row, look for Sam to make sure our players are giving one hundred percent effort against his former team. As long as we can contain Big Al and make the rest of the Wolves scorers we will be in good shape to win this.

[El Presidente]

They played Boston tough last night, just like the Clippers had done. I wouldn't be surprised if we have a letdown. But we generally play more focused on the road so it might not be that bad. We got to be weary of Al Jefferson, make a plan for him Smitch!

[Bankai]

Letdown game, Raptors arent mature enough to have those winnable games in the bag, they have the mentality thinking they can coast against bad record teams, which plenty of times that doesent happen.

Potential letdown game this is. Expect Big Al to carve up the soft interior D of the Raptors though

[Live Free]

c'mon guys lighten up, there is no way we're given up two winnable games in a row.. we're better then that, expect every player to come up big tomorrow

[The Boshpit!]

Raps Stats

The Raps are 26-22 in the 2007-2008 season
The Raps are 4-3 when Raptors TV broadcasts the game
The Raps are 4-4 on Sundays
The Raps are 23-17 on night games
The Raps are 12-12 on the road
The Raps are 13-11 with 1 days rest
The Raps are 0-0 when mad-mo makes the gamethread
The Raps are 9-10 against Western Conference teams this year
The Raps are 1-3 against Northwest division opponents
The Raps are 0-0 against the Timberwolves this season

More Stats Here

[Luv 4 da game]

Raps choke in the 4th quarter as always. This is a loss.

[/reverse psychology]

[DIEHARD_005]

Al Jeferson will have 25+ boards...you heard it here first.

[dillio]

raps will blow out the timberwolves after last night's disappointing loss

[anon2222]

raps will blow out the timberwolves after last night's disappointing loss

Exactly what I feel. They'll win big vs twolves and temporarily get back to 5 games over .500 before falling to SA the night after and then win again over NJ before the all star break to go back 5 games over .500.

5 games over .500 seems to be raps' plateau.

[mintsa]

Sam wont let that type ofeffort happen against his former team look for the raps to bounce back quite handely.

[TR50]

Cant take anything for granted, we need a solid 48 minutes of real Raptor ball

[CreaM]

I wonder who is guarding big Al. Im guessing Bargs, so that Bosh does not get into foul trouble.

[TheRaptor!]

Where'd u get tht AP pic?

[UnRealGM]

al jefferson 20/20!

[Live Free]

Where'd u get tht AP pic?

i think it was google

[sycammer]

since we took a dip in the lolltery after last game, its only fitting raps win this game & make it seem like we won the NBA championship. just cheer this forum up.

[vi3t]

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Exactly what I feel. They'll win big vs twolves and temporarily get back to 5 games over .500 before falling to SA the night after and then win again over NJ before the all star break to go back 5 games over .500.

5 games over .500 seems to be raps' plateau.

I actually see the SA game as winnable, the knicks took them to overtime and they're missin Parker. I don't think we should take the T'Wolves too likely, they have been playin better as of late and had some big wins this yr, Bosh won't be able to guard Jefferson, vice versa so it'll even out

[anon2222]

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I actually see the SA game as winnable, the knicks took them to overtime and they're missin Parker. I don't think we should take the T'Wolves too likely, they have been playin better as of late and had some big wins this yr, Bosh won't be able to guard Jefferson, vice versa so it'll even out

I hope you're right. With the way the raps have been all season, anything can happen.

[gangstaff]

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I hope you're right. With the way the raps have been all season, anything can happen.

Yup. Who knows what team will show up. We could blow their doors off or lose a close one. You just never know with this team.

If I had to guess, I'd say we win by 7-8 in a game that we control but never put them away. Jefferson will have a good game, also one random average T'Wolf wing will light us up, I'd say that kid from UNC, whatever his name is.

[MjM2xTreMe]

isnt smitch perfect against his former team? I read somewhere he hasn't lost against them as a coach.