So.. Who thinks we'll beat the Hawks?

[raptors999]

My prediciton.

Raps up by 10 points at half.
Completely blow the lead in the 3rd, all tied up going into the 4th.
We go into full iso Lou mode for the 4th. If Lou is hot, we win, if he's not, we lose.

That was easy since that's how we've played the last 15 games or so.

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[iblastoff]

well, a lot of money are going on the total over.... that means we'll lose.

By the way, we're already dogs in the bookies.. people are betting hard on hawks tonight too. No surprise here.

they did raise it from 207 to 208.5 though. bookies are getting scarrreeeeed!

[Bendit]

My prediciton.

Raps up by 10 points at half.
Completely blow the lead in the 3rd, all tied up going into the 4th.
We go into full iso Lou mode for the 4th. If Lou is hot, we win, if he's not, we lose.

That was easy since that's how we've played the last 15 games or so.

Hard to disagree with the first 3 qtrs scenario and partially the 4th....except that DD wasnt around for the 15 games and he is back now so likely he gets first choice on the iso-ing....and destroys all the goodwill he picked up in the last game!! Wished they mixed it up going inside to JV as well.

[iblastoff]

Hard to disagree with the first 3 qtrs scenario and partially the 4th....except that DD wasnt around for the 15 games and he is back now so likely he gets first choice on the iso-ing....and destroys all the goodwill he picked up in the last game!! Wished they mixed it up going inside to JV as well.

i think DD has a tendency to start driving more in the 4th to get calls which would be great. i have no stat to back this up though.

[hotfuzz]

My prediciton.

Raps up by 10 points at half.
Completely blow the lead in the 3rd, all tied up going into the 4th.
We go into full iso Lou mode for the 4th. If Lou is hot, we win, if he's not, we lose.

That was easy since that's how we've played the last 15 games or so.

I'm sure Lowry will start chucking too.

[TorontoRaptors4Eva]

DeMar actually played in both games against them

[DanH]

i think DD has a tendency to start driving more in the 4th to get calls which would be great. i have no stat to back this up though.

DD on the whole has 56/273 (just under 20%) shots classified as driving shots, and he draws 8.1 FTA/36 minutes.

In the 4th, he has 8/56 shots classified as driving shots (about 14%), and he draws 13.1 FTA per 36 minutes. Hard to say if they come from drives or not, but he definitely gets to the line, even if he gets less shots from driving.

[iblastoff]

DD on the whole has 56/273 (just under 20%) shots classified as driving shots, and he draws 8.1 FTA/36 minutes.

In the 4th, he has 8/56 shots classified as driving shots (about 14%), and he draws 13.1 FTA per 36 minutes. Hard to say if they come from drives or not, but he definitely gets to the line, even if he gets less shots from driving.

wait so thats this seasons total? hes shot 56 times in the 4th and only drove 8 times?

[Mack North]

Me. I do.

Is it too late to change my mind?

I don't think they're gonna win.

[Scraptor]

Thank god I didn't put money on this. So disappointing. Bah.

I guess I need to return to my natural pessimism lol

[OldSkoolCool]

We can win if:

1) Our bigs are hyper efficient as usual
2) Casey pulls head from backside and plays JV 30+ minutes
3) GV plays <12 minutes
4) Lou plays <20 minutes

Lol none of these things happened and we lost by 21...

[white men can't jump]

Well, I really want the guy here..... he's such a glove fit for us.... basically a younger version of JJ with a 3

I like Carroll

I just want to point out he's actually a year older than JJ. Carroll's just a late bloomer.

[Jangles]

I think the Hawks blow us out. 112-98. Not as close as the score suggests. Unless we somehow play like an nba team in the first Q, we will be playing from behind all game.

Pretty close.

[DanH]

wait so thats this seasons total? hes shot 56 times in the 4th and only drove 8 times?

Only took a shot off a drive 8 times. Getting fouled on a drive doesn't show up.

[MixxAOR]

oops