Game #58: Milwaukee Bucks 122 - Toronto Raptors 119

[Zainab]

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Starting Lineup:

RAPTORS:

PG: Kyle Lowry
SG: DeMar DeRozan
SF: OG Anunoby
PF: Serge Ibaka
C: Jonas Valanciunas

BULLS

PG: Eric Bledsoe
SG: Tony Snell
SF: Khris Middleton
PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo
C: John Henson

Last Meeting
JANUARY 5, 2018
RAPTORS 129 BUCKS 110
When someone talks about a team playing with confidence, they’re talking about the Raptors in the third quarter. That was rare territory – every player knew exactly what was supposed to happen each play. Every shot went up with the expectation that points were going on the board. At risk of sounding hyperbolic, it is among the best quarters the Raptors have played in their two decade-plus history.

Keys To The Game:

1) Stomp on them early!
2) No hero ball!
3) Just win, baby!!!!

Let's Go Raptors!!!!

[Puffer]

How to fight through it Zainab. Great looking thread. ��

[rocwell]

Flu game!

[Scraptor]

She's back! Thanks Zainab!

Also everyone should be showing her some love not only for fighting through pneumonia but for leading us to our longest win streak of the season. 7 games and counting. Go get em Z.

[Zainab]

Hey Mods,

it's game 58, plz change

[KeonClark]

Flu game!

Find someone who holds you like pippen

[planetmars]

Hey Mods,

it's game 58, plz change

Damn.. there goes that win streak.

[007]

I enjoy beating Milwaukee. Let's keep doing that

[Zainab]

Damn.. there goes that win streak.

I didn't get it right for 4 games in the win streak!!!

[MixxAOR]

Milwaukee's defense improved ever since Kidd left. This is going to be tough

[G__Deane]

Hey Mods,

it's game 58, plz change

It's also on Friday, not Thursday, change the headline

[3inthekeon]

fivethirtyeight's podcast today had a bit about the raptors bench (plus a lot of other stuff I skipped over). Not a fan of podcasts since I never know until it's done how good it was, as opposed to an article which can be skimmed, or read in depth depending on the content.

If anyone is interested, the Raptor stuff is the final 5 minutes. The only thing I found interesting (i.e. stuff I didn't already know) was the point they made about us being very hard to scout in the playoffs, because of the sheer number of good players and combinations Casey should have his disposal.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...espn:nba:story

[Puffer]

fivethirtyeight's podcast today...The only thing I found interesting (i.e. stuff I didn't already know) was the point they made about us being very hard to scout in the playoffs, because of the sheer number of good players and combinations Casey should have his disposal.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...espn:nba:story

That's an interesting observation I hadn't heard before, but it makes sense. I don't know HOW hard they would be to scout but, as an example, VV and Yak, Siakim and Yak, DD and Yak all have different ways of reacting on the floor and each duo is going to come at you a little differently. If your rotation is down to 8 guys playing against 10, one team has an extra 360combos to remember; not that anyone does, but it is easy to see the problems that could present. If the Raptors have home court advantage, as well as a larger number of variables, it presents two distinct advantages.

You kind of see this in the ways guys are surprised by DeLong and Fred stripping the ball from the ball handler and disrupting passing lanes. They catch opponents off guard. Just one example.

[Jclaw]

Keep in goin' Z.

[consmap]

It's nice being first seed. Let's keep it that way