Alvin Williams is coming into his own. He had me laughing out loud a couple times. They show Trent Sr and Matt talks all serious and Alvin goes "I dunno Matt, everytime they show that guy he's eating. Something different every time"
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Game#...III RapsHeat III Tuesday February 1st 7:30pm on SN (and TNT!)
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Was watching the Bulls vs. Magic game and the Bulls announcers kept talking about the Raptors. First they started with how well the Raps are playing, that nobody will want to see them in the playoffs and in a later segment how the Raps were the first to expose that Bulls can't handle pressure. Got me all warm inside, just really proud of these guys.
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golden wrote: View PostOur starting 5 is a great closing 5... built for the playoffs.
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Another Miami/Toronto classic last night. Heat started off well (Raptors were the opposite). Our defense was underwhelming and our offense was puttering along. Everyone looked really tired and sluggish. Was it before half where Vincent threw that hail mary off the backboard buzzer beater to take a 12 point lead? Was really surprised we came into the 3rd quarter with our typical Raptor energy we've been seeing. The defense was just on point in that second half. Heat scored a total of 44 points in the second half, 21 in the 3rd. Seems like Nurse wants to utilize OG more on their best player (Jimmy) in the second half than in the first.. likely to get OG some rest until we really need his defense.
Gary has blown me away. 5 games now where he's scoring over 30. And he was so good down the stretch. The big 3 over Tucker's flop. Then the other one over PJ's stretched arms. And of course he got fouled on one as well. This guy is hot man. And our guys kept feeding him. I have no idea what he's eating but hope he keeps doing what he's been doing.
Fred scaled back really hard.. been averaging over 18 shots a game lately but only took 11 last night. He was selective and it worked. Still ended up with 21 points. Typically great defense. Felt like he was deferring to Scottie a lot, and of course trying to get the ball to Gary late.
Pascal had a bit of a modest game. Les efficient than he's typically been (5/14). Had 3 steals.. Still some really good defense. Bottled up Bam late in the game. Not as good as he was last time. Missed a critical free throw late.. which was a stat our team seems to suck at. But he had that offensive rebound off a missed free throw for an and-1. I believe it was Martin who fouled him, gaining a tech as well. It was like a big 6 point swing there. 14 boards as well which lead the team.
Scottie had the ball a lot.. he took 13 shots, which is more than he's typically taken. That pass to OG at the end was super sweet. Looking at the replay it looks like Miami screwed that one up. Both PJ and Robinson went chasing after Fred and that got OG wide open. Good to see Barnes seeing that happen.
OG was great. That dunk over Jimmy was a highlight reel. He went up for that. Hated the little turnovers. The pass from Siakam that went out of bounds. The offensive charge. He and Precious were fighting for a rebound and screwing it up (although that was more on Precious). But he made up for it with that dunk. Also was 6/10 and bottled up Jimmy again late in the game.
Banton gave us some energy again. Precious was way more good than bad.. that 3pt stroke is so nice man. We need him to figure out how to play around the rim. He's an athlete that has a nice shot, and plays wicked defense. Can also rebound. He's a season or two away from being a stud. I don't remember Boucher at all in this game. Did he play? Boxscore said he was on the court, and for 18 minutes as well.
The only thing I remember of Champagnie was him being out of position on a Fred pass to him. I've never seen Fred pissed off at his own teammate before, but he really wasn't that happy there. We never saw Champagnie again that game after that play.
Great team effort. Great win. Love this team.
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