Game 2, Playoffs Round 1: Orlando Magic @ Toronto Raptors - Tuesday April 16th 8pm ET, TSN

[Mitchell Duong]

I think when he said he didn't realize Kawhi played so little, that his shookness was confirmed.

[Scraptor]

https://streamable.com/o28lc

damn Nurse is shook.

Lol that voice sounded like a teenaged clown about to drop some mom's spaghetti

[inthepaint]

https://streamable.com/o28lc

damn Nurse is shook.

man on that clip he looks like he lost a lot of hair compared to last year...


Nurse needs some husky assistant-coach support this year. He may be a talented X's and O's guy, but he needs some chest haired Phil Handy-ness and whoever else he got to sometimes say, "hey, time to throw that spreadsheet away coach, we need to have our best guys out there more so we can out-muscle the opponent here, otherwise they gonna beat us"

[bertarapsfan]

we need the thread fixed before tip off. I don't feel comtorable going into this one if we don't have a fully functional thread.

[Raptor Jesus]

Clippers, what a game

[The Great One]

The Raptors should still win this series no problem. In fact, they should EASILY win the next 4 games. But this is the Raptors we're talking about so you never know what to expect. But just going by trend, what happened the last 5 years, here's what to expect in these playoffs:

1. Lowry's gonna choke in the playoffs(it happened already). Expect more games like that.
2. The Raptors are going to get BLOWN OUT a lot on the road.
3. They're going to look like a dominant team at home.

[GOLDBLUM]

The Raptors should still win this series no problem. In fact, they should EASILY win the next 4 games. But this is the Raptors we're talking about so you never know what to expect. But just going by trend, what happened the last 5 years, here's what to expect in these playoffs:

1. Lowry's gonna choke in the playoffs(it happened already). Expect more games like that.
2. The Raptors are going to get BLOWN OUT a lot on the road.
3. They're going to look like a dominant team at home.

Thanks for the in depth analysis. You’re like a Stephen A except the A doesn’t stand for the same thing.

[MACK11]

Just get the fucking W tonight

[RandomGuy]

Just get the fucking W tonight

Spoken like a true Mack, hell yeah! I'm with you, get the FUCKIN WIN!

[A.I]

Just get the fucking W tonight

People want a win in a dominant fashion. I’ll just take a win. Sometimes the team that fights through obstacles and hardships make it farther than the teams that look dominant early on.

[MixxAOR]

Game day

[golden]

ya....barely squeaking by in game 2 wont do it...jsut gives the magic confidence that we're very beatable (although I think they are think that)

i saw clifford's speech after they made the playoffs....this guy knows how to coach....I can't imagine Nurse like that

Nurse is a beta personality that blends into the background, like a nerdy professor. He's an intellectual. They need a veteran to step up and make those 'fire up the troops' speeches - either Lowry or Gasol. From the coaching staff, definitely Phil Handy would come in handy for that.

[Scraptor]

Game day

I post this every year:

[KeonClark]

People want a win in a dominant fashion. I’ll just take a win. Sometimes the team that fights through obstacles and hardships make it farther than the teams that look dominant early on.

We all "just want the win" but I'd prefer we look like a 2nd seed in doing so.

obstacles are great but a counter point is often times the team that struggles against the welterweights in the first round gets rolled up when they met the heavyweights. We've seen enough Raptors ball in this era to know if we struggle with Orlando in 7 games it's not a recipe for success against Milwaukee

also, we need to make a statement for future. Magic are now super loose with house money and they (like everybody else in the nba world) are aware of our narrative and do not fear the raptors. A non-last minute win does a lot for both teams mentality as we switch to disneyworld

[Jclaw]

Here's a good look at strategic opportunities for game 2 from Zach Lowe. cc: Coach Nurse

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...s-huge-game-2s