Game# 68: Raptors @ Lakers, Mon March 14, 10:30pm EST

[Yuri Gagarin]

Will Lou works for Sportsnet now. He has a reaction pod cast. Also a daily show from 2-3 with his producer Alex Wong. He's pretty good IMO.

Thanks! Ya hes good. After the game i turn off the tv and tune in to the radio for that

[G__Deane]

[The Great One]

LeBron gets away with so many bullshit. The elbow to Siakam's face should've been a flagrant but the refs didn't even review it. The one where he slammed the ball 3 times should've been a technical. C'mon on man.

[golden]

Here in LA on a biz trip….

last nights game up close and personal to see the players was a treat….

Crypto arena sections 102 (where we sat), 103, 104, 105 and 106 were mostly Raptors fans….one guy leading the charge, shouting relentlessly Let’s go Raptors and one Laker fan got so annoyed, screaming..’this is our house, go back to Canada” lol.

during the game and on every successful play, the Big Cat Magloire would stand up and cheer.

as I already mentioned, Mr. Trent Senior during half time from his court side seat walk across the court, went up the stairs on section 102 (probably used the restroom there lol) …. Big massive dude and could still probably play for the Rams as a linebacker.

Scottie, Precious and Siakam stayed a bit behind after the game

Scottie signed a Jersey of a kid

Siakam interviewed, waited by the Raptors lead security

Precious was signaling to someone he knew from section 102

what a personal experience for me….

hopefully I can find time to watch tomorrow night game against the Clips

Claw, Represent!

[G__Deane]

Here in LA on a biz trip….

last nights game up close and personal to see the players was a treat….

Crypto arena sections 102 (where we sat), 103, 104, 105 and 106 were mostly Raptors fans….one guy leading the charge, shouting relentlessly Let’s go Raptors and one Laker fan got so annoyed, screaming..’this is our house, go back to Canada” lol.

during the game and on every successful play, the Big Cat Magloire would stand up and cheer.

as I already mentioned, Mr. Trent Senior during half time from his court side seat walk across the court, went up the stairs on section 102 (probably used the restroom there lol) …. Big massive dude and could still probably play for the Rams as a linebacker.

Scottie, Precious and Siakam stayed a bit behind after the game

Scottie signed a Jersey of a kid

Siakam interviewed, waited by the Raptors lead security

Precious was signaling to someone he knew from section 102

what a personal experience for me….

hopefully I can find time to watch tomorrow night game against the Clips

Great spot to be to see a game. More importantly, how were the eats and beer?
I have tickets to see the Raps and Sixers coming up but not as confident yet that we'll have an answer for Embiid/Harden.

[KeonClark]

That's awesome, Claw, glad the Raps gave you a good game!

This is the Claws redemption arc. Not even a single dig at FVV in the whole post

[inthepaint]

yeah raps really got under his skin (which is funny because he was the only one taking cheap shots). he got so worked up he skipped the end of game presser.

Raptors are young but they take no sh*t from anyone. We have a knack from knocking stars off their game. Part of it is the system (aggressively trap and double stars), but part of it is the personalities of our guys too. They have a low key grit and tenacity to them that sometimes goes unnoticed, but sometimes it shows crystal clear during plays and in-between plays.

--Trent is feisty as heck, always on people's grill (westbrook & lebron yesterday), and then if someones tries to get chirpy with him, he harness it and starts draining buckets (eg vs pat beverly recently) .
--Scottie is a large personality, has Lebron and Jokic trying to knock him off his game, and not only it doesn't phase him, he actually goes back at them and elevate his game.
--Pascal is out there spinning guys in the paint like it's nothing all the time, goes for the AND-ONEEE , and/or walks away with that grin and that head bob that must drive people nuts after like, the 5th time
--OG is quiet but he's probably the most physical player on this team on both ends, and of course if you mess around too much you may end up like Schroder and thrown down like a rag-doll
--Fred's got the heady chirp. Also incredibly annoying when he's got the box-1 assignment, and will reverse opponenents chirp onto themselves (like him yelling "YES SIR" back at Portis after Siakam dismantled him to ice the game. Then of course drain daggers 3's and allude to the size of his testicles after.

This team is hard to play against. They've been developing a rabid, chaotic mojo on defence that creates some sort of synergy that can throw people off, especially opposing star players. I've heard Tatum, DeArron Fox, Beal and Embiid allude to this before, as well as a couple of coaches, and there are probably many others talking about it in their own game plans privately.

[DanH]

Here in LA on a biz trip….

last nights game up close and personal to see the players was a treat….

Crypto arena sections 102 (where we sat), 103, 104, 105 and 106 were mostly Raptors fans….one guy leading the charge, shouting relentlessly Let’s go Raptors and one Laker fan got so annoyed, screaming..’this is our house, go back to Canada” lol.

during the game and on every successful play, the Big Cat Magloire would stand up and cheer.

as I already mentioned, Mr. Trent Senior during half time from his court side seat walk across the court, went up the stairs on section 102 (probably used the restroom there lol) …. Big massive dude and could still probably play for the Rams as a linebacker.

Scottie, Precious and Siakam stayed a bit behind after the game

Scottie signed a Jersey of a kid

Siakam interviewed, waited by the Raptors lead security

Precious was signaling to someone he knew from section 102

what a personal experience for me….

hopefully I can find time to watch tomorrow night game against the Clips

That's awesome, Claw, glad the Raps gave you a good game!

[The Claw Reborn]

Here in LA on a biz trip….

last nights game up close and personal to see the players was a treat….

Crypto arena sections 102 (where we sat), 103, 104, 105 and 106 were mostly Raptors fans….one guy leading the charge, shouting relentlessly Let’s go Raptors and one Laker fan got so annoyed, screaming..’this is our house, go back to Canada” lol.

during the game and on every successful play, the Big Cat Magloire would stand up and cheer.

as I already mentioned, Mr. Trent Senior during half time from his court side seat walk across the court, went up the stairs on section 102 (probably used the restroom there lol) …. Big massive dude and could still probably play for the Rams as a linebacker.

Scottie, Precious and Siakam stayed a bit behind after the game

Scottie signed a Jersey of a kid

Siakam interviewed, waited by the Raptors lead security

Precious was signaling to someone he knew from section 102

what a personal experience for me….

hopefully I can find time to watch tomorrow night game against the Clips

[G__Deane]

I think that was just the proverbial straw that broke. Lakers are embarrassingly bad. Their season record flatters who they really are. Without AD, they're down with Houston and Orlando. Lebron is already licking his lips looking at that Cleveland core, probably wants to swoop in next year and be the Cleveland king again.

He set that up prior to the AS break so he wouldn't be boo'd there. He's just another rat getting ready to jump ship again.
Then of course, he'd threaten Cleveland to draft baby bronny high or he'd leave again.

I could see him playing for $1 in his final season just to give that last team with baby bronny a competitive advantage in signing whoever else he tampers with to recruit there.

[A.I]

I think that was just the proverbial straw that broke. Lakers are embarrassingly bad. Their season record flatters who they really are. Without AD, they're down with Houston and Orlando. Lebron is already licking his lips looking at that Cleveland core, probably wants to swoop in next year and be the Cleveland king again.

Unless he comes super cheap, I'd stay away if I was Cleveland. He won the team a championship, time to move on with Garland, Mobley and Allen.

[KeonClark]

yeah raps really got under his skin (which is funny because he was the only one taking cheap shots). he got so worked up he skipped the end of game presser.

I think that was just the proverbial straw that broke. Lakers are embarrassingly bad. Their season record flatters who they really are. Without AD, they're down with Houston and Orlando. Lebron is already licking his lips looking at that Cleveland core, probably wants to swoop in next year and be the Cleveland king again.

[chris]

Watching lebron get progressively more pouty and angry as the game worn on was fascinating. Jordan and kobe were assholes, but they still led by example. I don't ever remember displays like that.

I noticed everytime a teammate would bobble a pass he'd throw his hands in the air in disgust, every bricked jumper he'd shake his head and slump his shoulders and not run back. And then of course what happens? His teammates feel uneasy, bobble more passes, and are looking at lebron after the whistle. Even Westbrook seemed uncomfortable. This guy is the tone setter and he's running around like a pouty jack ass who just went into business for himself.

Things like that are why he'll never be Mike.

yeah raps really got under his skin (which is funny because he was the only one taking cheap shots). he got so worked up he skipped the end of game presser.

[golden]

I think Nurse would normally sub Barnes early to make sure that didn’t happen but Scottie was on a roll and Nurse didn’t want to take him out, which led to that funky lineup.

Should have kept either Siakam or FVV in there, then.

[slaw]

It would have been a blowout except for that lineup in the 2nd quarter (Banton, Khem, Boucher, Trent, Thad). That was almost like intentionally trying to let the Lakers back into the game. WTF was up with that?

I think Nurse would normally sub Barnes early to make sure that didn’t happen but Scottie was on a roll and Nurse didn’t want to take him out, which led to that funky lineup.