Everything (2016-2017) Regular Season Game Threads

[Just Is]

Stan's reaction to every JV bucket screams "i wish drummond could do that". lol

also if you guys want to rag on JV's PnR defence, check out andre "super athletic" drummond's. Straight garbage effort.

Perception is a hell of a drug.

[DanH]

Looking at the NBA.com stats for last nights game. They have our drtg at around 112 and ortg at 106 for the game. A negative net rating, yet we still won the game. How does this work?

Two factors: possession differential (for example, if a team gets the last possession of each Q, they will end up with more possessions than the opponent, or flagrant fouls can cause possession differentials), and possession estimation (stuff like team rebounds, technical foul shots, etc, are counted funny for the ORTG calculation - it balances out on average over a season but within a single game can skew numbers slightly in one direction or the other).

It happens fairly often in close games, where the rating vs the score can be flipped. It's happened a few times this season before.

[DanH]

+10? NBA.com says Tucker with the starters was a +84!

Edit: you probably weren't talking about net rating lol.

LOL, yeah, raw plus minus. That +84 net rating makes sense, it would have to be something crazy to generate +10 in 5 minutes.

[Jclaw]

I'm ok with this "We the Other"

Jeopardy! contestant picked the Timberwolves, not the Raptors, in the most obvious final question. https://t.co/ZuLaH984cE pic.twitter.com/o4tMsQDess

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) April 6, 2017

Courtesy of E Koreen and Zach Lowe

[DanH]

I'm ok with this "We the Other"

Jeopardy! contestant picked the Timberwolves, not the Raptors, in the most obvious final question. https://t.co/ZuLaH984cE pic.twitter.com/o4tMsQDess

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) April 6, 2017

Courtesy of E Koreen and Zach Lowe

Ha. In that Yahoo article making fun of the contestant, Dwyer forgets that the Raps played in the conference finals just last year.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been around since the 1989-90 season, whereas the Toronto Raptors have only been in place since 1995-96. Worse, unlike the Timberwolves, the Raps have yet to play in a Conference final on national American television, and they work a good 931 miles farther East from Minneapolis. Scores farther away from the Burbank, Calif. studios that have brought you entertaining and cultured Jeopardy! programming since 1964.

[rocwell]

April JV is beasting again.

[golden]

Ha. In that Yahoo article making fun of the contestant, Dwyer forgets that the Raps played in the conference finals just last year.

Yeah, I caught that immediately. And this was written by one of Yahoo Sports basketball experts for the basketball crowd? smh.

[KeonClark]

I'm ok with this "We the Other"

Jeopardy! contestant picked the Timberwolves, not the Raptors, in the most obvious final question. https://t.co/ZuLaH984cE pic.twitter.com/o4tMsQDess

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) April 6, 2017

Courtesy of E Koreen and Zach Lowe

Came here to post this

One of the comments on facebook

"Actually, the raptors are peaking now, Alex"

[KeonClark]

April JV is beasting again.

April showers bring may power

[Joey]

Ha. In that Yahoo article making fun of the contestant, Dwyer forgets that the Raps played in the conference finals just last year.

Not only that, Jeopardy messed up the question (or "Answer" I guess), since our Primary Logo is no longer the Raptor, but just the Clawed Ball thing.

[KeonClark]

Not only that, Jeopardy messed up the question (or "Answer" I guess), since our Primary Logo is no longer the Raptor, but just the Clawed Ball thing.

Don't be that guy joey

[Cody73]

Not only that, Jeopardy messed up the question (or "Answer" I guess), since our Primary Logo is no longer the Raptor, but just the Clawed Ball thing.

I thought I was the sports logo/uniform nerd, Joey! You steal my thunda?

JK, JK. The question was one that was challenging for a non sports fan anyways.

[slaw]

April JV is beasting again.

Even in his first year, he got better as the season went on. Honestly, with the way Lowry played last night (I know it's only Detroit), Derozan on fire, everyone healthy (more or less), a real solid 9-man rotation...... I'm really looking forward to the playoffs....

[mjt20mik]

I think the best thing that could have happened to this team was for Lowry to go down. Demar is hitting JV so much now because of it.

[KeonClark]

I thought I was the sports logo/uniform nerd, Joey! You steal my thunda?

JK, JK. The question was one that was challenging for a non sports fan anyways.

Don't worry we're all sports nerds. Room for you too Cody