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2022 Playoffs Round 1, Game 5: Raptors @ 76ers, Mon April 25, 8:00pm EST, SN
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its also pretty crazy how things get flipped so quickly when you win/lose. remember when all of a sudden the 6'9 experiment seemed like a wash? or that maxey was supposedly unstoppable by anyone on this roster? or all the "told you we needed a starting C" talk coming back up again? lol.
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Jclaw wrote: View PostCouldn't watched the game live but just watched the Philly feed. I can't tell you how many times the Philly announcers called our guys "unskilled". Lots of good observations made so far. The natural Raptors fan in me worries that we're no longer the underdog but enjoy this thought. After a few games of watching Pascal hunt down Niang on every offensive possession, this was the game where Precious hunted down Embiid.
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Jclaw wrote: View PostCouldn't watched the game live but just watched the Philly feed. I can't tell you how many times the Philly announcers called our guys "unskilled". Lots of good observations made so far. The natural Raptors fan in me worries that we're no longer the underdog but enjoy this thought. After a few games of watching Pascal hunt down Niang on every offensive possession, this was the game where Precious hunted down Embiid.
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GOLDBLUM wrote: View PostWhat's Philly's counter?
I suspect they will not make any adjustments and hope they play better----which is great.
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KeonClark wrote: View Post
And right on cue, joel embiid throws another point guard under the bus. I love this game.
https://streamable.com/q3u4fl
And to be fair, he followed that up with "we all need to be better offensively"
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The Great One wrote: View PostLol people have such short memories. FVV carried the Raptors in the 1st half of the season. He was a legitimate all star. But he hasn't been the same since the break. Why? because he has a knee injury. Now all of a sudden they're a better team without him? lol. I don't want to hear it. That's just flat out dumb.
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Rudy Bargnani wrote: View Post
This is an interesting question. Doc not known for adjustments. Probably tempted to just say, Embiid and Harden need to play better. Harden should probably get more than 11 shots. Embiid needs more touches. But raps are doing a great job tiring him out.
I suspect they will not make any adjustments and hope they play better----which is great.
this is raptor D on a new level. It feels like they can make a stop on every possession. So much fun to watch. It seems earlier in the series they tried to stop penetration and were on their heels. Now it seems like they’re staying in front and steering penetration instead and using their length to contest the shot. Also after a quick double team they’re flawlessly rotating and getting back on coverage. It seems to work a lot better without fred. Fred cant funnel the ball handler and rely on his length to contest.
3 minutes 12 pt game and they were heading for the exits? So lame. Raptor fans wudda been on fire cheering for a comeback
After watching the team celebrate scotties roy its clear this teams chemistry is really really good. The skies the limit.
go raps!
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big boi wrote: View Post
We are very long starting Scottie at PG, that could help in this series. I think it's good for Scottie's development getting these important playoff minutes at PG so early in his career. But of course we are not better off without a healthy, all star guard. Even if Fred got healthy enough to come off the bench and provide shooting that would be helpful.Mamba Mentality
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The Great One wrote: View Post
Siakam played PG last night not Scottie.
scottie spent the most time guarding harden, but also spent time on embiid and switched onto others. siakam started most possessions on harris, but also switched onto others including ballhandlers.
i mean based on all that, who is the point guard? and why does it matter?
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The big difference of the long lineup vs the Fred lineup is we had a big long player guarding Maxey and he can't deal with it. Maxey was having his way with Fred. Maxey is shooting 9-26 since Fred went down and hasn't scored more than 12 points.
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Primer wrote: View PostThe big difference of the long lineup vs the Fred lineup is we had a big long player guarding Maxey and he can't deal with it. Maxey was having his way with Fred. Maxey is shooting 9-26 since Fred went down and hasn't scored more than 12 points.
If you wanna be a quality starter in today's nba, you need to ball handle, defend and shoot. The Raptors, the warriors and the Celtics are living proof in the new scheme. You'd rather have 5 capable wings, then the positions of old.9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum
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KeonClark wrote: View Post
People always talk about the death of the center, but we might as well say the death of the point guard is just as real. I mean that in the sense of the defacto "short guy that dribbles and passes"
If you wanna be a quality starter in today's nba, you need to ball handle, defend and shoot. The Raptors, the warriors and the Celtics are living proof in the new scheme. You'd rather have 5 capable wings, then the positions of old.
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