The AltRaps Blog

- crowd is definitely a lot more sparse. Maybe the draw of Andrea really is weak like some say.

- delfino starting instead of kapono.

- sloppy start. Il Mago missing 2 of 2 FT and bad passes by TJ.

- ukic with a sweet move. somebody should sign that guy!

- allen ray looking pretty good too.

- oh look…Violet Palmer again. Gonna be a long game.

- roko is schooling TJ….2 straight turnovers and on him like a glove.

- the raptors defence is pathethic. Back to the turnstile D.

- how is this for a lineup: humphries, garbo, jose, joey, carlos.

- first fast break basket by the Raptors comes at the 11minute mark.  Suns of the North, huh?

- good first quarter, bit sloppy. Raps are getting caught by lottomatica leaking out. Guess roma has been watching the playoff game tapes.

- best Bargs sequence I’ve seen yet…agressive rebound on the defensive end, runs the floor, takes the ball at the top of the key, puts it on the floor to drive and gets fouled. No reason he can’t do this 10 times a game and hit the free throw line for, literally, 20 FREE throws a game.

- ain’t no d in transition.

- our inability to break the zone makes a nice re-appearance in 2007. I’ve missed you. How’ve you been? See you haven’t changed much.

- bad play by Graham. Horrible foul on a 3pt shot, possible 4 point play. Sam must have just lost a year off his life.

- as an aside, sherman hamilton’s interviews suck large. i think RapsTV let the wrong person go.

- bargs 11, bosh 10.

- parker back in after only 4 minutes in the first half. Wonder if he is the odd man out. No real reason to rest him, is there?

- bargs and bosh are inching toward double doubles

- raps look in disarray to start the fourth, this with a solid unit of Garbo, Jose, Bosh…

- ESPN 2 having technical issues. Maybe Maurizio is pissed at the subpar play and has snipped a few cables.

- great, so the feed finally comes back and we are up 14. What the hell happened?  Oh wait, now it’s 82-75. I love ESPN. They should hire Rod Black.

- oh my god, we have ball movement!! WE HAVE BALL MOVEMENT!!!

- calderon and ukic battling down the stretch.

- 93 - 87 Toronto wins! Toronto wins! Torrrrrrrrrrrrronto wins!!

- sloppy game in a lot of respects, but Sam put the good guys in at the end to wrest away the win.