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Doug Smiths Toronto Raptors blog
When to cheer, when not to

Okay, I like pizza as much as the next guy, although I do admit having been at camp in Italy, the slop some chains pass off as pizza over here barely counts. But, really, down eight with less than five seconds to go and the remnants of a sell-out audience goes nuts – and the over-exuberant PA announcer makes it sound like the greatest thing ever – when Delfino dunks to get the Raptors to 100?

Really. Come on.

I know it’s a bit of solace after a loss but doesn’t that strike anyone but me as a tad over the top? I bet the sponsors were so happy they wanted to invade the locker room after the game while we were doing our jobs and the players were changing so they could shake hands and tell ‘em how great they are.