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Everything the Raptors did wrong in Orlando they did right on a night where they could do no wrong and when the Magic couldn’t sustain any extended run.

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Bargnani - after taking flack all year long on his D, who would think that a major part of Dwight Howard not having a great game would be Bargs? Not great on the offensive end, except as being used as a pawn to make the Magic need to think about covering him. No complaints from [...]

 
Here we go, for the last time and I only bring it up now because I’ve read too many comments about it to let it go unmentioned:
There was a play, it was the high screen and roll, a play they’ve run about a billion times, best one they’ve got in their playbook.
It was [...]

"It’s now a five-game series and you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do," Mitchell said after yesterday’s practice at the Air Canada Centre. "The worst thing that can happen is what, we lose? We lost the first two, so we’ve got to do something … As a coach you can’t be afraid to [...]

Why is it that 2 games into this series I get flashbacks to the Butch Carter playoff era…and not it a good way. The only difference this time is that the current coach is the target of fan and media displeasure. Toss in some criticism of a #1 pick during the most important time of [...]

It’s the NBA recipe for spine-tingling memories: the Raptors put the ball in the hands of their best player in their season’s biggest moment. Chris Bosh let fly a 19-footer with 1.9 ticks left in Game 2.
And so much would be different this morning in Raptorland if Bosh produced the swish instead of the [...]

Bargnani - quick 3 fouls in the game with his third being called before the 8 minute mark of the first quarter. Had a good second half where he hustled and buried a few. Gathered in only one rebound, though, and that is still a tough stat for a seven footer to swallow.
Bosh - for [...]

"We’re feeling good. We understood what happened," point guard T.J. Ford said. "They came out and they were very aggressive. I think everyone understands what their game plan against us is and from the second quarter on … well, without that first quarter, I think we win the game."
"We’ve played the same way all season," [...]

How many ways can one team screw up one game? The short answer: Lots of ways. The long answer: Watch Sunday’s playoff debut from the Toronto Raptors, and start counting.

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Okay, I decided to dust off Scotts Shots from the old newsgroup days, just for the hell of it and a tip of the cap to you old school folks….RaptorsTalk does it better, but what the hell. I was doing it when Hulk Hogan was still wrestling, not a TV show star.
- Andrea instead of [...]