Sunday December 28 2008 - 12:28am Eastern
Raptors @ Blazers (Saturday December 27 2008)
Final Score:
102-89, Blazers
“Alice Fazoolis” Player of the Game:
* Nobody joined us … so … no dinner at Fazoolis for the Blazers!
“Smith and Jones” Player of the Game:
- BRANDON ROY
32 points
9 assists
14/19 FG
* scored 18 of his 32 in the 4TH quarter
Shout-out to the Raptors:
- CHRIS BOSH
29 points
9 rebounds
9/17 FG
Stats that stood out:
- Rebounding: 40-36 Blazers
- Points in the Paint: 38-30 Blazers
- Jason Kapono (starting SG): 31:39 minutes, 0 for 5 FG, 0 points
- Toronto: ZERO fast break points
Thumbs Up:
- The first half … up 8 … shooting 52+ per cent.
Thumbs Down:
- The second half … only 32 point total. Ouch.
Smith says:
- “Toronto got away from the inside game in the second half - strangely. They forgot to attack and try to go at the Blazers front line. A missed opportunity after a solid first half.”
Jones says:
“You have to be disciplined enough - when things aren’t going your way - to turn it around. Example: the 3RD quarter.”
“V-Tech” 3-In-To-Win Give-Away:
The Raptors were 7 of 19 from 3PT range
Next game:
- Raptors @ Warriors
– Monday December 29 - Tune in at 10:30pm for the pre-game and just after 10:30pm Eastern for the “Pizza Pizza” starting line ups
E. Smith
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Another collapse, ho-hum, what’s your excuse now for the team. You have 3 starters (on most teams), 5-7 bench players (on fewer teams) and 4-6 huge disappointments (lucky to be on a D-League team). How soon will a move be made (best guess)? What is the top priority move to be made (again best guess)? Have a good day off. RSS
- Richard SpackmanKapono with over 30 minutes and NO points? What happened to one of the best 3-point shooters around? And where is the aggressive, versatile player we saw a few games/weeks ago??
- AndreaI don’t worry too much about games like last night. Raptors were NOT SUPPOSED to beat Portland in Portland and they didn’t. As simple as that. But monday night should be a win as GSW would be playing back-to-back against a relatively well-rested raptors. A 3-3 road trip will be taken as a darn good road trip under the circumstances and I think the playoffs talks will begin when Raps come home.
- BeburgWhy don’t we all wake up:
It is a no brainer.
This team is going nowhere over the next year and a half.
Many great ideas.
Few worked out.
If we trade bosh we get two good young players and a pick for a guy who will probably leave anyway. We also get two better picks over the next two years.
Secondly Bosh may come back in a year in a half.
Only a real fan who has lost his mind would try to save this team. We need to start over.
- MilesBradon Roy !!!!!!!!!!
We could have had him!!!!!!
- Raps FanDear Blog and Eric,
Do not be Leaf fans. This story is dead. In two years we have lots of money. How do we best position ourselves for that day. Do we pursue a hopeless reposition or we do for a rebuild by trading a Bosh we may lose for nothing. Who else do we trade for what?
- MilesMiles, why do you assume Bosh is leaving? You know that the Raptors can offer almost $30 million more then any other team that bids on him. So don’t assume Bosh is automatically leaving.
- andrewIf Bosh was our only problem he would not be that big a problem.
- MilesAndrew, I do not think Chris is a franchise player. He is an all star. He is very good number 2 on a championship team but he is not dominant. We do not have the great young players and our middle to older players do not feel like they are the pieces to the puzzle. I think we have to start over.
- MilesMiles…smartin up guy. It’s like you want Bosh to leave. Why don’t you think of considering to getting rid of Bargnani and some other guys to add with. Bosh is a player who would never run away from a problem. BC’s assistant is a part of the problem!!
- StevenI hope Bosh stays at a resonable price and we get another allstar 2 or 3 and a beast at 5. That is my first choice. If we are not sure he is staying I would rather bail on him and whoever else it takes to start over.
- Miles