12/27 - 7PM CST | G35: Toronto Raptors at Oklahoma City Thunder

[Dadouv47]

LOOOOOOOOL THAT DUNK AHAHAHAHAHA

[ThunderBolt]

This has been an enjoyable evening.

[Osirus89]

Toronto's offense looks how ours did not too long ago. The ball barely moves at all. When it does move, it moves one time.
The defense has been robust after that dreadful first quarter. Great stuff.

[NaturalThunder]

Raptors missing a lot of open looks, but our offense has been amazing

The Raptors also had a 12ish minute stretch of game time (late 1st through mid 2nd quarter) where they made practically everything. They are missing shots, and some of this can be attributed to them being on the second night of a back-to-back, but we've dominated them 85% of this game. Outside of that stretch of PG+bench that started with about 3 minutes to go in the 1st quarter and lasted 3-4 minutes into the second quarter (so 6-8 minutes total of game time) where we got outscored by, like, 20, we've completely and utterly dominated this game.

[slick_watts]

i appreciate donovan flexing dre into the reserve unit for a bit. really stabilized it before rw came back in.

[Osirus89]

OMG!!!!

[ThunderBolt]

What are we doing? Pull the starters.

[Dadouv47]

He won't be, but Steven Adams should be all star this year.

[Thabo Sefolosha]

POSTGAME THREAD

[dakomish23]

Our 5 starters are solid. We just need a ****ing bench

THIS

[NaturalThunder]

Thunder Starters: Russ +26, Robes +26, Carmelo +24, +23, George +11

Raptors Starters: Valanciunas -28, Lowry -27, Ibaka -24, Anunoby -19, DeRozan -18


The only reason George was "only" a +11 is because he was a part of that lineup in the 1st and 2nd quarter that turned a 9-point lead into a 12-point deficit. Our starters ran circles around the Raptors starters tonight and then some.

[getrichordie]

Our 5 starters are solid. We just need a ****ing bench

THIS

Exactly what I've been saying.

My first priority, if I'm Presti, is to find a combo-guard that will be an upgrade over both Felton and Abrines. The second priority is to find a bigger small ball 5 that can match up better with bigger bench bigs so Grant and/or Patterson isn't over-matched.

By the way, has anyone noticed that Grant looks like he has put on some serious muscle?