Game 69: Orlando Magic 100 - Toronto Raptors 105

[Jclaw]

7 pages of posts?

Did everyone die?

No arguments about Derozan today

[planetmars]

I rarely ever listen to the broadcast when watching a game.. especially when Leo is on. But I had other stuff to do, and so had the volume up. Wow.. Leo makes the game so hard to watch. I got to hand it to you guys that listen to him on a regular basis. Don't know how you do it.

[KeonClark]

I rarely ever listen to the broadcast when watching a game.. especially when Leo is on. But I had other stuff to do, and so had the volume up. Wow.. Leo makes the game so hard to watch. I got to hand it to you guys that listen to him on a regular basis. Don't know how you do it.

Yesterday was "vintage" matt and Leo, we got like 15 minutes of analysis on Leo's love of cupcakes.

[S.R.]

Biz actually uses his hops to dunk now. Whenever he tries to lay up a bunny he's still liable to blow it (actually had one this game). Would love for JV to take the same attitude even though his touch is much better than BB's on soft layups.

Biz dunks are great when he has a bit of space and is stepping towards the basket. He's still very blockable on attempted put backs (o-rebounds) in traffic. Can really tell he's undersized in those situations.

[JWash]

Biz dunks are great when he has a bit of space and is stepping towards the basket. He's still very blockable on attempted put backs (o-rebounds) in traffic. Can really tell he's undersized in those situations.

He might be undersized in terms of height. But he doesn't need to get up too high for those dunks around the rim because of his wingspan.

[tDotted]

Biz has been this good finishing around the rim for a couple of seasons now. Just those first couple of months with us, he was trying to be too cute around the rim. Now he's going strong.

[rightsideup]

Well, we got the win. Orlando is really, really bad. Rough to watch them play.

But with so many guys, and KEY guys, sitting, I'll take it hands down. CoJo is the real backbone of our defence (along with PP), not Bismack, in spite of the narrative these days, and you could definitely see it show this game. Great job by Wright to step in and play some meaningful minutes.

Glad they got CoJo and PP some time off. They are two players who have been doing well but have both played a lot more than usual. Would like to see each get another rest game or two before the end of the year. Lowry, too, at some point. And Scola has looked pretty good lately, though playing beside BB (who is a much better fit with him) has helped, so he hopefully will get more rest too to keep him fresh for the playoffs.

This is a no questions asked win. When you are resting/missing guys like CoJo, PP, JJ and JV all in one game? Any win, even a porous defence, free throw missing win against a bad team is a good win.

Now, a couple days off and back at it. Will likely see JV back. Let's see what Casey does with the rotation with BB playing so well with the starters (no surprise considering his better defensive fit beside Scola and the fairly poor opposition we've faced lately).

I agree with what you are saying Biz may do some spectacular things such as athletic blocks but 2 pat does a bit of everything and his defensive game is expanding he is quick barely gets beat gets key rebounds and will block shots excellent team defender. Cory may not be second in the league in steals like Kyle but he pressures the ball carrier very well seldom lets his man beat him and can guard both guard positions because of his foot speed and strength