Announcement
Game #70: Oklahoma City Thunder 132 - Toronto Raptors 125
-
Raptors looked tired. Casey coached tired too, lacking some of the flexibility he's shown of late. Bebe was quite brilliant in his brief appearance and while obviously he isn't as strong as Adams (who is except maybe Embiid) he's longer and quicker which might have caused some problems. Westbrook may not have had such an easy time getting to the rim. The reluctance to play Siakam more minutes was also frustrating. He has been one of our best players and easily our best defender in the past month. He should have replaced Ibaka and I hope gets bigger minutes as the season goes on and into the playoffs. I thought the Raptors got screwed by the officials the entire game, not just at the end. I agree with others who say that Adams gets away with holding, shoving and whatever else he does on virtually every play. That foul on Serge at the end on the foul shot lineup was ABSURD.
Comment
-
Barolt wrote: View PostI thought Poeltl was solid in the second half. He was really bad in the first quarter though.
Comment
-
The only thing that worries me about the Raptors getting deep into the playoffs, is the officiating.
— Sandro Rubin (@Insider6ix) March 18, 2018
Say what you will but today’s game proved that the NBA is as inconsistent as ever with their calls.
Comment
-
The dumbest take on twitter right now is "this is why the Raptors can't win in the playoffs".
— Anthony Doyle (@Anthonysmdoyle) March 18, 2018
Literally none of this loss is replicable in the playoffs. They won't play 7 games in 11 days, they won't play OKC, and they won't be resting Fred.
Comment
-
planetmars wrote: View PostIf the game was called impartially than the Raps would have probably won. But they really weren't that good today. 1PM starts are the worse.. but come on.. OKC was shooting like high 70's in the first quarter. They put up 40 fricken points. And that's not because the refs were bad. We had no answer for Adams and Russ.
You can play possum against the dregs of the league but you can't do that against a team like OKC. They are a hard team to defend.. and they have some pretty good defenders of their own.
Wonder if this game brings our defensive ranking down to 6th or worse? Was nice being in the top 5 in both offense and defense, but today's game was brutal defensively.
Comment
-
Heck, that game wasn't even the worst defensive performance of the year. There have been three worse games. Including the last OKC game.
Comment
-
DeRozan on officiating: "The league needs to do something because it's not just us, it's every game. But tonight... common, man. That can't happen. It can't happen."
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) March 18, 2018
Comment
-
DeRozan, asked if the Raptors are treated fairly: "No, we’re used to going against the odds... It’s been like that. We fight through it, but as soon as we say something, we’re the bad guys, we get fined, we get criticized... but we’ve all got a breaking point & it’s frustrating."
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) March 18, 2018
Comment
-
YES DEROZAN! 25K fine coming up but this was needed.
DeRozan on Brewer no-call: "He smacked the shit out of me. He smacked it. He tried to smack me because I had a layup. Period. I got fouled."
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) March 18, 2018
DeRozan on officiating: "The league needs to do something because it's not just us, it's every game. But tonight... common, man. That can't happen. It can't happen."
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) March 18, 2018
DeRozan, asked if the officials cost them today's game: "What do you think? You think so? It's obvious for us."
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) March 18, 2018
DeRozan, asked if the Raptors are treated fairly: "No, we’re used to going against the odds... It’s been like that. We fight through it, but as soon as we say something, we’re the bad guys, we get fined, we get criticized... but we’ve all got a breaking point & it’s frustrating."
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) March 18, 2018
Comment
-
rocwell wrote: View PostReferees got a full security escort off the floor in Toronto pic.twitter.com/vCtuPEoQsB
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) March 18, 2018
Sent from my LG-H831 using Tapatalk
Comment
Comment