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Restart Game #3: Toronto Raptors vs Orlando Magic - August 5, 2020 - 8:00 PM ET
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Jclaw wrote: View PostI know I said the Miami game was a sneaky big game but hear me out,,,the Boston game is a sneaky big game. After that game, the Celtics have Magic/Grizz/Wiz. That's an easy 3-0. We have Grizz/Bucks/Sixers/Nuggets. Even if we lose to the Celtics we can wrap up the 2 seed with a win over the Grizz. But that puts a lot of pressure on securing a win in the Jonas revenge game. There's not a sure win in the next three. Incidentally, we are only 2 games back of the already-clinched Lakers (with the tie breaker ). They have a similar schedule to us the rest of the way. Coach Nick mentioned he does believe in home court advantage down there. Let's get it.
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The Great One wrote: View Post
All he's been doing since the restart is shoot 3's. He's very clumsy on offense. Why is he not posting up more? the Magic don't have Isaac, they don't have any rim protectors. If the Raptors want to go deep in these playoffs, they need Siakam to be a lot more aggressive on offense.
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One thing I thought was cool, and speaks to how smart Nurse is, was having RHJ handle the ball so much in the fourth. You want buy in from your bench guys? How much more love can you show RHJ than giving him that opportunity and doing it against the Magic costs you nothing. Anyway, thought that was a great gesture by Nurse for a lot of reasons and would suspect that it didn't go unnoticed by players and agents with both the Raps and other teams.
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slaw wrote: View Post
Raps just ran the Lakers off the floor, beat Miami and played a practice against the Magic and still won. Do you really think this team is going into the playoffs on a 5-game losing streak? 8-0 is more likely than that.
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Jclaw wrote: View Post
As an aggregate, 0-5 is very unlikely. But each individual game (other than the Grizz) is close to a 50/50 proposition. It's unlikely that they would lose four in a row but it's certainly possible they could lose one game four times. Also don't want to have too much riding on those last couple of games. Take care of Boston and if not, then the Grizz. Very pleased with everything the team has done thus far to get the magic number down to 1 so soon
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I was worried about Pascal before the restart. He described his time off as not leaving the house, playing video games. I don't think he was working on his game the same as other guys were.9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum
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slaw wrote: View PostOne thing I thought was cool, and speaks to how smart Nurse is, was having RHJ handle the ball so much in the fourth. You want buy in from your bench guys? How much more love can you show RHJ than giving him that opportunity and doing it against the Magic costs you nothing. Anyway, thought that was a great gesture by Nurse for a lot of reasons and would suspect that it didn't go unnoticed by players and agents with both the Raps and other teams.
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Jclaw wrote: View PostI know I said the Miami game was a sneaky big game but hear me out,,,the Boston game is a sneaky big game. After that game, the Celtics have Magic/Grizz/Wiz. That's an easy 3-0. We have Grizz/Bucks/Sixers/Nuggets. Even if we lose to the Celtics we can wrap up the 2 seed with a win over the Grizz. But that puts a lot of pressure on securing a win in the Jonas revenge game. There's not a sure win in the next three. Incidentally, we are only 2 games back of the already-clinched Lakers (with the tie breaker ). They have a similar schedule to us the rest of the way. Coach Nick mentioned he does believe in home court advantage down there. Let's get it.
That said, Raps are shooting for 8-0. so every game is a big game in that sense.
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