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Yeah 8-31 was a massive hole, and I knew of all the injuries, Quickley just got back and is on limited minutes, I think this is the first time the last 2 games with their full rotation, all of a sudde

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Cool - that's reasonable enough.  However, after seeing the G-League lineup they played last night, I think I better wait until the start of the next season to go...

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Raptors have the easiest remaining schedule in the league. Unfortunately the Bucks have the second easiest, not too far behind. I guess that's a function of having an East schedule where you face one of the top two teams only once more because you're the other top two team.
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It sure is nice watching Norman Powell minutes instead of CJ Miles.

 

It would be nice if Powell could get hot for a stretch and potentially make his contract tradeable. I was at the game last night and the offence looked pretty broken to my eye without Kawhi. A lot of dribbling to nowhere, last second shots that luckily went down. The Raps have no penetration with Kawhi out, and no inside game with JV out, Serge Ibaka just looks for mid-range jumpers and Greg Monroe has no back-down game. Siakam couldn't penetrate at all last night and Anunoby might be slipping below Norm on the depth chart at this point. If my memory serves me there was only two dunks all night, Norm on a steal and a soft little dunk by Siakam on a fast break. Kind of a sloppy game, I'm surprised they were able to score 120+.

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It would be nice if Powell could get hot for a stretch and potentially make his contract tradeable. I was at the game last night and the offence looked pretty broken to my eye without Kawhi. A lot of dribbling to nowhere, last second shots that luckily went down. The Raps have no penetration with Kawhi out, and no inside game with JV out, Serge Ibaka just looks for mid-range jumpers and Greg Monroe has no back-down game. Siakam couldn't penetrate at all last night and Anunoby might be slipping below Norm on the depth chart at this point. If my memory serves me there was only two dunks all night, Norm on a steal and a soft little dunk by Siakam on a fast break. Kind of a sloppy game, I'm surprised they were able to score 120+.

 

Based on that analysis the Raps would've scored 220+ had Kawhi been in the lineup and the offence been cohesive.

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Based on that analysis the Raps would've scored 220+ had Kawhi been in the lineup and the offence been cohesive.

 

One thing they did do well was wind up getting good looks from 3 point range and actually knocked them down last night. Powell and Green in particular. Can't expect to shoot 51.5% from 3 pt every night though.

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It would be nice if Powell could get hot for a stretch and potentially make his contract tradeable. I was at the game last night and the offence looked pretty broken to my eye without Kawhi. A lot of dribbling to nowhere, last second shots that luckily went down. The Raps have no penetration with Kawhi out, and no inside game with JV out, Serge Ibaka just looks for mid-range jumpers and Greg Monroe has no back-down game. Siakam couldn't penetrate at all last night and Anunoby might be slipping below Norm on the depth chart at this point. If my memory serves me there was only two dunks all night, Norm on a steal and a soft little dunk by Siakam on a fast break. Kind of a sloppy game, I'm surprised they were able to score 120+.

 

They made 17/33 threes, that's why they were able to score over 120 points. They actually had 30 assists on 44 field goals which I think is very good, although the 15 turnovers would indeed imply that the offense got sloppy at times, but I think the ball movement was there. Lowry's impact to control the flow and pace of the offense despite his own shooting woes was felt from the start.

 

I agree that we miss JV when we're struggling to get an easy bucket inside, but despite it being a generally inefficient shot, Serge Ibaka literally doesn't miss a long mid-range jumper so he can keep taking them as far as I'm concerned. Also like Siakam scored 30 points last game and 28 less than a week prior so he's fine lol, I'll take this offense any day of the year when they're hitting threes, Danny Green went 5/8 from deep!

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It would be nice if Powell could get hot for a stretch and potentially make his contract tradeable. I was at the game last night and the offence looked pretty broken to my eye without Kawhi. A lot of dribbling to nowhere, last second shots that luckily went down. The Raps have no penetration with Kawhi out, and no inside game with JV out, Serge Ibaka just looks for mid-range jumpers and Greg Monroe has no back-down game. Siakam couldn't penetrate at all last night and Anunoby might be slipping below Norm on the depth chart at this point. If my memory serves me there was only two dunks all night, Norm on a steal and a soft little dunk by Siakam on a fast break. Kind of a sloppy game, I'm surprised they were able to score 120+.

 

I agree with most of this, but that is to say - the team's offense should be great with Kawhi and JV healthy.

 

If I see Greg Monroe miss a layup and then slap his hands in frustration one more time...

 

Anunoby is certainly frustrating. A lot of indecision with the ball. I feel like he's still a solid defender though.

 

You can see some indecision creeping into Siakam's game too. He's making a lot of bad decisions on drives now, weird passes etc.

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The Raptors have played without two of their best three players in any given game for the last month and there are complaints about the decision making of a couple of 2nd/3rd year players who have been exposed during that time. Meanwhile the team has put up a winning record against a tough road-heavy schedule.

 

This is pretty much what the Raptors would be like if/when Leonard and Lowry are gone, a 45ish win team. Plus whatever experience those guys pick up in 1-2 years plus cap space to go after Antetokounmpo or whoever else Ujiri targets. I'm quite pleased with the overall position the team is in. Let's hope everyone is healthy in three months.

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I agree with most of this, but that is to say - the team's offense should be great with Kawhi and JV healthy.

 

If I see Greg Monroe miss a layup and then slap his hands in frustration one more time...

 

Anunoby is certainly frustrating. A lot of indecision with the ball. I feel like he's still a solid defender though.

 

You can see some indecision creeping into Siakam's game too. He's making a lot of bad decisions on drives now, weird passes etc.

 

You forgot the yell of "AND ONE!" that's audible on TV.

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And while everything else about Norm is preferable to CJ, Powell has to be the worst wing in the league on drives.

 

Just no ability to finish if under any measure of defensive pressure.

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Ugly win, but sometimes you need to win ugly. When Carter launched that shot at the buzzer, I had this bad feeling it was gonna somehow go in. Glad to be wrong.
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Nerlens Noel gets KO'ed by an elbow from Wiggins then cracks his head off the hardwood while unconscious. Graffic video warning!

 

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Lol, Antetokounmpo just whipped a ball across the court and absolutely nailed Harden in the side of the head, knocking him right off his feet.

 

Do you have a video of this?

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This Spurs-Thunder game is incredible. Derozan is so f***ing bad but the rest of the Spurs are amazing, LaMarcus Aldridge is unstoppable in the post and the team has missed 1 three in 17 attempts! 94% from three!
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This Spurs-Thunder game is incredible. Derozan is so f***ing bad but the rest of the Spurs are amazing, LaMarcus Aldridge is unstoppable in the post and the team has missed 1 three in 17 attempts! 94% from three!

 

Probably the game of the year. 147 - 154

 

24 points, 13 rebounds, 24 assists for Westbrook.

56 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks for Aldridge.

 

Unreal that one of those performances was in a losing effort.

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OG this year: 33.6% from the 3, 36.7% from the FT line. How is that even possible???

 

At least he’s not a PG shooting 40% FT. Now that I’m a Lakers fan I have to root for Lonzo Ball and he sucks so bad

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