MEDIC wrote:Clutch Carter wrote:I'm oddly more confident now then I was before the series started.
Same. For the following reasons:
- Probably the worst game I've seen from Lowry in a Raptors uniform.
- Amir was invisible
- Derozan was invisible
Those 3 guys having a bad game together pretty much = automatic loss.
Then you add:
- Patterson still trying to find his game. His jumper used to be money.
- Ross was invisible.
- Defense was terrible.
- JV missed some easy shots that he normally makes.
Don't get me wrong.....the Nets sucked too. This game should have been a blowout by the Nets, but it wasn't. The game differential basically came down to timely shots by Pierce & reffing.
You're looking at this clearly one sided. Lets see from the Nets perspective. KG played like crap most of the game and Pierce was also subpar until crunch time when he score half his points. Plumlee, their supposed X-Factor was no factor. They were a pathetic 4-24 from the 3-pt line. Pessimists were saying all that tanking gave them negative momentum and they had the 2nd worst road record of any playoff team. So many negatives and but yet they still managed to get a road win in a game they played poorly and really should've lost... yada, yada.
So, both teams can play "the aww shucks, we played poorly" card.
We were playing catch up the whole game and every time we got close to tie the game or ahead by a point, the Nets switched to a higher gear and got their lead margin back. I expect the Nets to play better next game, stepping it up a notch. So the Raptors - especially DeRozan - better step it up at least 2 notches to the Nets 1, because if they lose Game 2, it's over.