Game #56: Miami Heat 112 - Toronto Raptors 115

[consmap]

it's good guys we won the game

[Superjudge]

DeRozan: "It was terrible. It was a terrible win. We can't close out games like that."

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) February 14, 2018

I was just coming here to say exactly what he said, so... I guess my work here is done. hahaha

[Scraptor]

Casey: "I'm upset even though we won because I know whats coming around the corner. Like you’re going down a dark alley, here comes a group of guys with a baseball bat & you say, ‘oh, hey, where’s the baseball game?’ It’s 12:00 at night, you know whats coming around the corner"

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) February 14, 2018

Casey has the best sayings lol. I'm going to say this the next time we're in trouble. "Oh hey where's the baseball game?"

Good win Zainab, keep it going.

[007]

Look on the bright side: we've won 8 of 9, and this was our first lacklustre performance in the last couple weeks. Bounce back and crush the Bulls (or win with good late-game execution) and we can put this game fully behind us

[slaw]

Look on the bright side: we've won 8 of 9, and this was our first lacklustre performance in the last couple weeks. Bounce back and crush the Bulls (or win with good late-game execution) and we can put this game fully behind us

Well, they fell asleep in the fourth on both ends but that happens. I guess it's good they recognize it but it's not the end of the world. They got cocky blowing teams out and having them roll over and they got too lax tonight. Still a pretty routine win. On to the Bulls.

[sanyo]

Let the bench mob finish the 4th. Demar and Kyle can pick their noses and watch the real men close games...

[tDotted]

Let the bench mob finish the 4th. Demar and Kyle can pick their noses and watch the real men close games...

Looked like the guys from the starting unit had no idea how to finish the 4th seeing as how they've sat out each of the last 4 of them

[G__Deane]

DeRozan: "It was terrible. It was a terrible win. We can't close out games like that."

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) February 14, 2018

Both Lowry and DD used the same quote "we" when they should have said "I"
Stop heaving 3's after no ball movement and contested jumpers in crunch time

[MixxAOR]

Both Lowry and DD used the same quote "we" when they should have said "I"
Stop heaving 3's after no ball movement and contested jumpers in crunch time

There’s no I in team

[golden]

There’s no I in team

But there is 'me'

[Shaolin Fantastic]

There’s no I in team

There's no U in team either fool!

[planetmars]

That ended up being an overly dramatic win. Up 15 or 16 with 4 minutes to go and they let Miami go on a crazy run. Kyle still can't shoot free throws in the clutch. JV and CJ were really bad. The sad thing is that the Miami run came in with guys like FVV, Wright and Siakam playing. It wasn't just against all our starters.

Can't really blame Casey either. I thought he did well with the rotations. Sure bringing in the starters may have not have been necessary, but I don't think that's why Miami went on that run.

OG continues to worry me. Hope the AS break helps him out, but it would have been nice to shut him down early - especially with that ankle sprain he suffered against the Hornets.

[Other Scott]

Obviously not a great finish, but I'm not OVERLY concerned.

I've seen the Warriors play a ton of games like this over the past few years where they got up big, let their foot off the gas and then struggled to kick it back into gear in time when the other team closed in on them - it's exactly what happened against the Raptors in their most recent game.

I think this was just a bit of a psychological lapse and not really a basketball related lapse, and really this type of thing isn't a pattern. It's still a win and obviously they're saying the right things to make sure they stay engaged next time.

[KeonClark]

Look on the bright side: we've won 8 of 9, and this was our first lacklustre performance in the last couple weeks. Bounce back and crush the Bulls (or win with good late-game execution) and we can put this game fully behind us

Look on the bright side: we won. Work on stuff for next game but all wins count the same.

[KeonClark]

Area 51 is getting strange

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