Game #6: Toronto Raptors 84 - Indiana Pacers 91 (F)

[S.R.]

The Raps are toast and this game will be ugly.

[rocwell]

If there ever was a season to play like ass and tank this is the season.... People are hyping this draft to be like 03 :O I mean holy shit.

A lot stuff can change before next summer..

[Joey]

and Jonas plays 3 minutes in the 4th (lol).

Which, as sad as it is to say, would be an improvement over the minutes he's received in the past few games.

[KazanTheMan]

If Casey doesn't go big this game, he is officially the worst coach in NBA history.

edit: in my opinion

[Joey]

If Casey doesn't go big this game, he is officially the worst coach in NBA history.

edit: in my opinion

Hahahahah Still chooses Small-Ball while playing Roy Hibbert, David West and Scola. Would be amazing.

Tonight of ALL nights, Jonas should be the one who dictates his minutes.
He is the ONLY one who body-up against Hibbert on this team.

But seriously, Jonas should be dictating his minutes from now on.
Just say "Screw it, I'm going on Coach!"

[Employee]

What's scary is Raptors have had some serious luck playing teams with important guys injured and haven't done much with it:

Celtics: Rondo
Bucks: Knight and Ridnour (their starting AND backup PG!)
Heat: Bosh
Bobcats: Jefferson

And today the Pacers have their starting PG injured.

[mcHAPPY]

What's scary is Raptors have had some serious luck playing teams with important guys injured and haven't done much with it:

Celtics: Rondo
Bucks: Knight and Ridnour (their starting AND backup PG!)
Heat: Bosh
Bobcats: Jefferson

And today the Pacers have their starting PG injured.

I've made the Celtics and Bucks point a couple of times.

This team could easily be 0-5.

[slaw]

The Pacers dismantled the Bulls and that was without George Hill and with Paul George and Stephenson shooting it like Gay and Derozan.

Hopefully Hansbrough will get a nice hand and have a good game. Tough match up for Valanciunas though he did play Hibbert tough last year.

[JimiCliff]

The Raps are toast and this game will be ugly.

The bookies have Indiana favoured by nine.

I have Indiana favoured by 25.

I wish there was a legal place in the city where I could bet on this.

[ebrian]

The team is playing terribly so much for the hype, losing to the Bobcats the Raps showed no defense no real offensive sets. Question is how long will Masai keep watching this?? Lowry isnt the answer he is a terrible PG, Casey continues making questionably rotations... Gay is playing out of position and not being an SF that we were chasing for years.

This is what I keep coming back to when reading reactions to losses. Did I miss something? What hype?

[Raptorsnz]

Hansbrough's first game back at Indiana. Considering how much energy he usually brings to game he might break someone's nose today with the extra motivation.

It's also Augustin's return but who cares about him.

[rocwell]

The bookies have Indiana favoured by nine.

I have Indiana favoured by 25.

I wish there was a legal place in the city where I could bet on this.

Well if you're so sure, you can bet on -16 line @ bet365. Odds +245

I'm considering to bet on under 187.5 than on game line.

[peanutwoozle]

We always seem to play well against the Pacers though don't forget.

[S.R.]

Hahahahah Still chooses Small-Ball while playing Roy Hibbert, David West and Scola. Would be amazing.

Tonight of ALL nights, Jonas should be the one who dictates his minutes.
He is the ONLY one who body-up against Hibbert on this team.

But seriously, Jonas should be dictating his minutes from now on.
Just say "Screw it, I'm going on Coach!"

Just watch Aaron Gray get minutes while Jonas sits on the bench. "We needed Gray's size" will be the post-game quote from DC.

[BadDinosaur]

If Raps continue playing crap basketball and lose these 2 games against Pacers and Jazz, I really would be OK with blowing this team up, trading everybody except JV and letting him play ALL the minutes he can handle the rest of the season.