Tuesday December 9 2008 – 9:36pm Eastern
Raptors @ Cavaliers
Final Score:
114-94, Cavaliers
“Alice Fazoolis” Player of the Game:
-LeBRON JAMES
31 points
5 rebounds
4 assists
11/18 FG
“Smith and Jones” Player of the Game:
- MO WILLIAMS
16 points
5 rebounds
5/10 FG
Shout-out to the Raptors:
- JOEY GRAHAM
17 points
4 rebounds
6/10 FG
Stats that stood out:
- Chris Bosh was just 4/11 from the floor: 9 points, 11 rebounds
- Raptors out-rebounded by the Cavaliers 45-33
- 2nd Chance Points: 17-6 Cavs
Thumbs Up:
- Honestly, I’ve got nothing for ya. It was an ugly game
Thumbs Down:
- 19 turnovers leading to 27 points for the Cavs. Toronto was sloppy with the ball all night.
Smith says:
- “Something’s gotta give. The coaching change didn’t shake up this team, so what comes next? A trade? A switch to the starting 5? Something’s gotta give.”
Jones Says:
“Until the roster is changed, Toronto has to play with what they have. It might mean that Jay Triano has to change the line up or speed up the implementation of his philosophy.”
“V-Tech” 3-In-To-Win Give-Away:
The Raptors were 6 of 17 from 3PT range
Next game:
- Pacers @ Raptors
– Wednesday December 10 – Tune in just after 7:00pm Eastern for the “Pizza Pizza” starting line ups
E. Smith
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E Smith,
Bosh can get an extra year in Toronto when he does become a free agent, but isn’t it true that he can get the extra year in a sign and trade with the raptors? Wouldnt this be better for the raptors even if they receive only 50% of Bosh’s new salary than to lose him completely?
- BE, something needs to be done NOW. A trade must happen. Bargnani either has to go and be put on the bench. He isn’t a SF. What was the point of bulking up and working at a big man camp if he is now playing the 3? Is he going to be shooting guard next season. What took the cake for me was JO, Jose and Bargnani looking pissed at the end of the 4th and Bosh was sitting on the bench giggling with his little buddy buddy in Anthony Parker. I guess he finds it funny that he gets exposed everytime he plays a good team. Anyone can drop 40 on Charlotte. I’d love to see him drop 40 on someone who is actually good.
/endrant.
- Happy Raptor FanSo it’s confirmed now, Triano is no magician. But it’s not his fault, even Phil Jackson would struggle with this not so talented roster.
Eric, it’s time for you guys at the fan to question BC’s moves or lack thereof. You simply can’t survive in this league with less than average twos and threes. In my books, Parker, Moon and Kapono are less than average NBA players and it’s time to make drastic changes. This team won’t even make the playoffs and if Chris goes down for a chunk of games than we might have an interesting race with the Wizards for the 15th spot in the conference. Things look terrible in T.O.
- BeburgFirst off. Love the blog and how you don’t hold back from the truth.
The Raptors need to do something about the Shooting Guard position. Let’s talk rebounds. Huh? You say, “rebounds is all about the big men.” But let’s really think about what a slicing to the rim, create his own shot, penetrating SG does for rebounding. Drastically improves offensive boards. Acquiring a legitimate athletic scoring SG is my philosophical difference with Colangelo. He thinks more bigs, I think more cutters and finishers at the rim.
- SlimI would bring back the shooting coach, have Moon & Joey & Adrea watch Rodman videos {not of his wedding}, Jose watch J Kid,guards have too rebound if u want to run, CB4 laughing after a blow-out our self proclaim MVP made need to do another video to make the all star game. Jay how about “half court trap” ? or various zones Adrea can’t guard NBA small fowards one on one, did JK hit a 3 last night? Raps have too win at home when leading by 16 Raptorized john
- john artisRaps are 5-12 in last 17 games .
- Chas CalzBosh and O’Neal combined for 17 pts vs Cavs , both playing 32 mins
We need a major shake-up .. a big trade or new coach before we hit the iceberg .
If we can get anything for andrea. anything half decent we should, this guy is just goin to be an average nba player. NO more than that. Does he know what consistent means? CB4 looks like he has quit on this team since mitchell was fired? Oneal looks old. I agree with raptorized john. JOse has to rebound if you want to run. Moon should never get on the floor. Take a look at his shot selection. He should never shoot a jump shoot. Parker plays hard, but simply isn’t good enough. A solid 6 or 7 guy off the bench is all he is. Would he start or any other team? Someone from the media needs to write about these things?
- Jeff CarterAndrea need to vome off the bench and play against the other team bench players….BC has got something wrong with his vision if he cant see that the team he has right now are just average at best. I thought they were a .500 team at the start of the season but I was wrong they are a BELOW .500 team with the east getting much better. D.Wade and the heat are 3 games above .500 (you gotta be kidding me!!!) Thats all because of D.Wade one of Bosh’s mates from the summer. If the heat are better than the Raps we might as well tank the season and start the rebuilding process over!
- Bila