The AltRaps Blog

- arrggh…seriously, RaptorsTV needs to re-think these two tools they have as hosts. Listening to them babble on instead of watching the opening introductions?!

- my God..Rasho with a thunderous dunk in the first 30 seconds. Sweet Lord. Am I dead? Who will look after my dogs?!?

- parker, bargs, rasho, parker, ford are your starters.

- Graham got the start….and already a bucket.

- Raptors spanish unis make it look like they will break out in a dance pretty soon. Red with gold. Yikes.

- it’s early, but this is by far the best I’ve seen TJ play thus far.

- Bargs will have 82,000 travelling violations this season. Book it.

- Garbo and Jose coming in with 5min left in the 1st. The ovation when they simply got up from the bench was nice to hear.

- wow, they keep showing some pretty hot women in the stands. Pardon me while I go to travelocity to check out flights.

- garbo with a sweet 3. The 2 Spaniards look more proud than nervous. Different vibe from Bargs last week.

- my man Humph is looking bad on the boards.

- starting the second: delfino, humph, garbo, calderon, kapono. Hmm.

- 3 minutes in, this squad is sucking large, especially on the….wait for it….defensive end.

- 7-0 run for Madrid.

- Graham is playing very well. Following his misses, determined. Great to see.

- hey, Bargs just travelled. This could be the new drinking game craze!

- Speaking of death knocking at my door: Rasho is playing like a fiend. Great game so far, especially defensively.

- bargs scores in the post! You heard it here first!

- luke jackson sighting…and a bucket.

- TJ has Forditis: let me do it all myself and ignore my guys that are wideopen on the wing. We must be close to the regular season.

- 10-0 run by Madrid. Pathetic Raptor play.

- another 10-0 run to open the 3rd quarter. Could this be indicative of what to expect all year?

- first time all game Bargs has started from the top of the key and drive to the hoop and not be called for a travel. My rum is sad.

- rasho is looking tired. really tired. BUT he has done his job and made Real play him.

- Can’t put into words how poorly the Raptors played in the third. Flashbacks of a few years ago.

- completely frustrating. No boxing out, no hustle on the boards, no shots falling. Uggh..

- offensive boards: 16-9 for Real, who are hardly a team of trees.

- bargs for a big board and put back. Good job.

- ford is getting schooled by the Real 3rd string point guard. Seriously.

- Real on 9-2 run….again.

- Garbo calls the bank and it answers.

- parker close to fouling out. How often has that happened?

- Smith hits a bit 3 and Real is up by 5.

- Raps can’t hit an outside shot to save their lives.

- Garbo and Parker hit heads and they are down.

- bargs hits a 3 to lower it to a 2 point lead.

- Raps down 3, TJ throws the ball away…….Maybe a tip of the hat to Jose??

- TJ gets fouled shooting a 3. 2pt lead Real .

- 104-103 win by Real Madrid.

- Pathetic looking performance by the Raptors and it must be a huge disappointment to Jose and Jorge. I also question Sam’s use of them. He should have had those guys in there until they were dog tired just to appease the crowd. Not impressed.