Friday: Atlanta @ Toronto

Post #1 » by **HMFFL** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:22 am

Atlanta 15-6 (6-4 V)

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Toronto 10-14 (6-4 H)

The Raptors are apparently a more relaxed team.

Recent Meetings:

12/02/09 ATL 146 - TOR 115
04/07/09 TOR 110 - ATL 118
01/19/09 ATL 87 - TOR 84
11/28/08 TOR 93 - ATL 88
11/07/08 ATL 110 - TOR 92
04/02/08 ATL 127 - TOR 120 (OT)
01/18/08 TOR 89 - ATL 78
12/11/07 ATL 88 - TOR 100
02/02/07 ATL 91 - TOR 103
01/05/07 TOR 105 - ATL 92

Harry10 · Post #2 » by **Harry10** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:09 am

i expect Bosh to put up some better number...... but as long as Al and Josh and bully the post again, it should be okay.

balleramil · Post #3 » by **balleramil** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:28 am

raptors will win

MaceCase · Post #4 » by **MaceCase** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:40 am

Well it's an away game and the Raptors aren't coming off a back to back, I expect a tight one.

evildallas · Post #5 » by **evildallas** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:04 am

I still don't know what to expect on the road from the Hawks.

Hawkeyes · Post #6 » by **Hawkeyes** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:41 am

evildallas wrote:I still don't know what to expect on the road from the Hawks.

Yeah, I was about to post the same thing, lol. The Hawks have proven over the last couple of seasons that they can beat anyone in the NBA at home on a consistent basis. The one problem has been our road performances. So far, this year has been more promising with wins at Dallas, Boston, and Portland. Toronto has been playing better lately, and will want revenge after that embarrassment in Atlanta. Hopefully this Hawk team is different from the last couple of Hawk teams and will be able to string together good road performances all year long.

By the way, your avatar is annoying me. I can't stop looking at it, haha. Easily the best on realgm.

Reignman · Post #7 » by **Reignman** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:14 pm

Good luck Hawks fans, you're team looks to be on another level this year.

I'm hoping we can make it competitive at home.

Post #8 » by **HMFFL** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 4:08 pm

Atlanta favored to win by 4 points. Over/Under 211

HoopsGuru25 · Post #9 » by **HoopsGuru25** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:24 pm

Does Toronto have a key injury or something? I would figure that the Hawks at Toronto would be pretty close to a pick' em. Their home record is identical to our road record. That 140+ the Raptors gave up must have had a huge impact in the gambling world.

azuresou1 · Post #10 » by **azuresou1** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:35 pm

HoopsGuru25 wrote:Does Toronto have a key injury or something? I would figure that the Hawks at Toronto would be pretty close to a pick' em. Their home record is identical to our road record. That 140+ the Raptors gave up must have had a huge impact in the gambling world.

I'm not sure I follow. I would expect the spread to have been bigger than 4 points - way bigger.

HoopsGuru25 · Post #11 » by **HoopsGuru25** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:50 pm

azuresou1 wrote:
HoopsGuru25 wrote:Does Toronto have a key injury or something? I would figure that the Hawks at Toronto would be pretty close to a pick' em. Their home record is identical to our road record. That 140+ the Raptors gave up must have had a huge impact in the gambling world.

I'm not sure I follow. I would expect the spread to have been bigger than 4 points - way bigger.

Way bigger than 4? I'm just going off memory...but I would imagine the Hawks track record in games like isn't that great. They've already lost similar games to NO,Detroit,and Charlotte.

azuresou1 · Post #12 » by **azuresou1** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:10 pm

We didn't just blow out NO, Detroit, or Charlotte by what? 40 points?

HoopsGuru25 · Post #13 » by **HoopsGuru25** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:41 pm

Different team depending on venue. They destroyed New Orleans in Phillips and trailed the entire game at NO.

Post #14 » by **HMFFL** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:35 pm

HoopsGuru25 wrote:Does Toronto have a key injury or something? I would figure that the Hawks at Toronto would be pretty close to a pick' em. Their home record is identical to our road record. That 140+ the Raptors gave up must have had a huge impact in the gambling world.

Jose Calderon and Andrea Bargnani are questionable.

t2thadot · Post #15 » by **t2thadot** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:58 pm

You cant drop 140+ on the raptors and expect to get away with it, NO WAY. A good team like the raptors will most definitely respond back and blowout the Hawks. I'm expecting some beef to go down today. Raptors win 125 - 80.

MaceCase · Post #16 » by **MaceCase** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:11 am

I forgot we would be wearing the reds in this game. We are 0-1 in them so far hopefully we get to .500 tonight 8-)

HoopsGuru25 · Post #17 » by **HoopsGuru25** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:46 am

Here's to hoping that Teague never reverts back to the 'deer in headlight" stage again. It looks like he settled into his role recently.

JoshB914 · Post #18 » by **JoshB914** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:13 am

Selfish from JJ on the last play of the half to throw that one up. Crawford was wide open for three as Jack was forced to help in the lane.

Other than that, it's hard to complain. If the Raps hadn't hit several really tough shots we'd be up 20 right now. Very nice coaching from Woody in that 2nd quarter to let the bench stay in the game while we made that run. Then when he brought Smoove back in he made sure to leave Mo in the game and take Marv out instead.

Also, Nique REALLY doesn't like Bargnani. Dude hit a few nice jump shots and he clearly just hated the idea of a 7-footer taking those. Hilarious.

If we make the first run of the second half Raps are toast. Let's go finish this one off quickly, shall we?

evildallas · Post #19 » by **evildallas** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:44 am

Teague will still make mistakes, but his overall confidence is definitely up. Big play by Mo Evans. Very little D from the Raptors again.

I like the red unis. I wonder if they sell them in my size yet.

HoopsGuru25 · Post #20 » by **HoopsGuru25** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:53 am

The bench has been ridiculously good in this game.

I think I may be underrating the gap between the Hawks and the 5th best team in the East.