Game #55: Toronto Raptors 123 - Charlotte Hornets 103

[golden]

Ah man, Cavs made the perfect trades. Brought in a bunch of young keeners who look up to Lebron, will play with effort and do whatever it takes to gain his respect. And Cavs still got Kevin Love coming back. smh.

[The Great One]

Clarkson, Hood and Hill are a problem.

[golden]

I have to say, though, that seeing the C**tics get beaten down by Lebron James on Paul Pierce's celebration day is quite fitting. lol. And it turns out, Pierce made that big stink about IT for nothing.

[Hotshot]

Message to Jeff Van Gundy—Toronto IS a major market——-geeze...

— chuck swirsky (@ctsbulls) February 11, 2018

Get out the Salami & Cheese mama!

[Demographic Shift]

Clarkson, Hood and Hill are a problem.

spoken like a true canopy growth corporation product tester...

[3inthekeon]

Clarkson, Hood and Hill are a problem.

Yup, they'll give the Celtics major grief in the 2nd round, if the Celtics make it to the 2nd round.

[Scraptor]

Celtics really aren’t good. They just don’t have the talent that the raps or the cavs have.

Sure they do. It's just that Tatum is 19 and Brown is 21. (Not to mention Gordon Hayward is injured.)

[Scraptor]

Yes, but LeBron, Hill+Jr on the weakside, kid from Turkey and Tristan is very strong lineup if King is hitting his shots.

I think Hood could end up being more dangerous than JR or Osman. He played with Hill in Utah too so it may be a matter of time before he's playing heavy minutes with Hill/LeBron.

[Hotshot]

Lol

[rocwell]

[rocwell]

Lol

Lol It's not white men can't jump... It's white men can't reach

[3inthekeon]

So the Celtics did end up with an IT tribute by playing Isaiah Thomas defence today.

[Jclaw]

In fairness, regarding the Swirsky tweet I think van gundy said toronto was a great basketball city but not in an american market. Jackson made the point that he didn’t think location mattered as much as the media just falls in love with who they want to (ie Casey is a reserved non controversial guy). Valid point.

[inthepaint]

Soooo, about that Hornets game eh?

Hopefully OG ankle will be ok, we'll need him against Miami.

One stat tidbit mentioned in the game I thought was pretty neat: This Raptors team is the first to have 11 players all averaging 6+ points, in NBA history. Another way to look at the complete turnaround (in one season) from an offence over-reliant on Lowry/Derozan.

[Jclaw]

Enough of this percentage point giddiness.....we’re up by half a game!