Game #22: Toronto Raptors 126 - Phoenix Suns 113

[MixxAOR]

Agree that team defensive rebounding has been an issue so far..it needs to be better than it is right now. Giving up second chance points to the likes of Indy and NY is one thing and it hurts....but giving them up to the Spurs, Cavs is death. They really limited Houston on 2nd chance points and they won that going away.

For whatever reason they are OK on the other end ...Poeltl and Siakam as well as Jonas really get after it on the offensive glass. Go figure.

Why do I feel that with Raptors luck, Suns will out rebound us lmao

[DanH]

We're not exactly rebounding powerhouse. So Suns shouldn't be worried. One thing that upsets me this year is the fact that Raptors don't strike fear into opponents. Raptors will beat you but they won't embarrass you

Yeah, it's not like the Raptors have 2 of the 8 biggest blowout wins of the season league wide or anything, in spite of having one of the tougher schedules to date...

[Demographic Shift]

Why do I feel that with Raptors luck, Suns will out rebound us lmao

Just watch that clip someone posted on the Suns intense rebounding effort against the Chowders .....
Still concerned

[Jclaw]

Poeltl is under the weather and the Raptors sent him home from practice. No word on his status for tomorrow

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) 4 December 2017

[consmap]

Poeltl is under the weather and the Raptors sent him home from practice. No word on his status for tomorrow

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) 4 December 2017

[planetmars]

Making of a trap game for sure. Playing a terrible team at home after 4 days of rest against a team coming off a b2b and 3rd game in 4 nights.

[inthepaint]

It's going to even out of course, but after tonight the Celtics will have played 25 games and the Raps just 21. C'mon Is it Tuesday already??

[MixxAOR]

More rest for Lowry the better

[planetmars]

JV could get 35 minutes if Poeltl is out too. Or we'll see a lot of small ball with Siakam at the 5.

[S.R.]

20 point win and lots of bench in the 4th quarter. Call up Bruno, it's time.

[G__Deane]

Main thing with playing teams like the Suns is to crush them early so they have 0 confidence. If they get a taste that they could possibly win the game early, they'll come out to play. If we're up by 10 by the end of the 1st it'll be over.

If we're up by 10 at the end of the 3rd, it'll be over....

[Nilanka]

Poor Jay Triano, dude must have broken twenty clipboards during this play alone. Also makes me glad that I was wrong about Chriss if this is the kind of effort he gives. Pathetic.

I dunno....looks like a typical Triano defensive scheme to me.

[planetmars]

Not just a B2B and the 3rd game in 4 nights for Phoenix, but it's also the end of a 6 game road trip.

Per ESPN's "Schedule alert!":
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...-lose-december

Dec. 5: Phoenix at Toronto | MahScore: 8.5

Hope you packed your winter gear, Suns. This game will mark the end of a six-game road trip that starts in Minnesota, weaves through Chicago, Detroit, Boston and Philadelphia before stopping, finally, in Toronto, where the Suns will close out a back-to-back set and play their third game in four days. The Raptors will enter this game with a whopping three-day rest advantage and will be in the midst of a one-week homestand.

[The Great One]

What the fuck is up with the long off days?

[rocwell]

What the fuck is up with the long off days?

new schedule format, more rest for grandpas