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  • Game #56: Miami Heat 112 - Toronto Raptors 115

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    Starting Lineup:

    RAPTORS:

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


    HEAT

    PG: Goran Dragic
    SG: Josh Richardson
    SF: Derrick Jones Jr.
    PF: Kelly Olynyk
    C: Hassan Whiteside


    Last Meeting
    January 9, 2018
    HEAT 90 RAPTORS 89
    The story will be the poor execution on the final play of the game. It was how the Raptors played the bulk of the night that put them in that position, though, conceding 20 offensive rebounds, failing to share the ball to the tune of 15 assists, and proving unable to take advantage of a big edge in the turnover department and an uncharacteristically cold shooting night from a 3-point heavy Heat outfit. The all-bench group had their usual near-scoreless stretch with an opponent until, mercifully, aC.J. Miles hit the team’s lone three of the half. They held even over three-plus minutes until DeRozan returned, apparently frustrated at his first quarter since he immediately scored on a tough take, blocked a shot (although the Heat scored off the deflection), and found Jakob Poeltl through a trap for a dunk. With Lowry out, DeRozan not at anything close to his best, and the rotation largely devoid of knock-down shooters, the scoring just wasn’t there for extended stretches against an aggressive defense, the buckets they did manage difficult and late in the clock. To their credit, they defended initial half-court possessions well enough, only to bleed on their own glass to the tune of 13 first-half offensive rebounds. All told, it felt like a minor miracle they were only down 10 at the half, and it’s not as if they could have expected to stumble into extra energy in their fourth half in 27 hours. Even with all of the rebounds conceded, the Raptors held the Heat to 97.3 points per-100 possessions, a good mark. The problems here were largely on the offensive end, with poor shooting leveraged up by Miami packing the paint, the whistle playing conservative both ways, DeRozan only finding his groove late, and secondary scoring at a premium.

    And because the game couldn’t end without more drama, DeRozan and Dragic then got into it after the buzzer.

    Keys To The Game:


    1) Get to the line! Miami fouls a lot and DeRozan being one of the best in the league at getting to the free-throw line, the Raptors can take full advantage of this.
    2) Blow 'em away! Miami is actually pretty good in clutch situations than their record may indicate.
    3) Lowry > Dragic. Make a statement!!
    4) Just keep winning, baby!

    Let's Go Raptors!!!

  • #2
    Need to keep the foot on the gas these next two games, a first place spot and a 7 game win streak heading into the all-star break would be a nice statement
    The name's Bond, James Bond.

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    • #3
      I hope OG sits this one out..... if the sprain is bad, start Powell in his place. No need to rush him back into action. Besides that, I hope we get our revenge.
      Axel wrote:
      Now Cody can stop posting about this guy and we have a poster to blame if anything goes wrong!!
      KeonClark wrote:
      We won't hear back from him. He dissapears into thin air and reappears when you least expect it. Ten is an enigma. Ten is a legend. Ten for the motherfucking win.
      KeonClark wrote:
      I can't wait until the playoffs start.

      Until then, opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one and they most often stink

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      • #4
        Keep it goin' Z.

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        • #5
          Cody73 wrote: View Post
          I hope OG sits this one out..... if the sprain is bad, start Powell in his place. No need to rush him back into action. Besides that, I hope we get our revenge.
          They’d should just sit OG for the next two games regardless. Give him a nice extended all star break, try to catch a second wind after hitting the rookie wall a bit here.
          twitter.com/dhackett1565

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          • #6
            Cody73 wrote: View Post
            I hope OG sits this one out..... if the sprain is bad, start Powell in his place. No need to rush him back into action. Besides that, I hope we get our revenge.
            Agreed. Let that ankle heal and let the new "defensive specialist" Norm run. I would love to see a solid win over Miami as they are a possible first round opponent and we don't want them to feel like they have the Raptors number for some reason. Also first seed seems really important with the Cavalier resurgence. But you know.....this year just seems so different. I really don't fear Cleveland and I don't think the bench mob does either.

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            • #7
              Well....sounds like we're all in agreement about OG. Does someone want to text Casey and tell him?

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              • #8
                Zainab, you are the boss. You can carry this team to their longest streak of the season. Keep the pedal to the medal (spurious Olympic reference...I know it's usually "metal").

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                • #9
                  Mitch P wrote: View Post
                  Well....sounds like we're all in agreement about OG. Does someone want to text Casey and tell him?
                  Apparently Christian has a direct line to Casey and Masai so we should ask him

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                  • #10
                    Toronto Raptors minute distribution so far in February (6 games)

                    DeMar: 30.5 MPG
                    Lowry: 27.5
                    Ibaka: 26
                    JV: 24.5
                    FVV: 24
                    Siakam: 21
                    Delon: 21
                    Poeltl: 20
                    OG: 19
                    Miles: 17
                    Powell: 12.5
                    The name's Bond, James Bond.

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                    • #11
                      007 wrote: View Post
                      Toronto Raptors minute distribution so far in February (6 games)

                      DeMar: 30.5 MPG
                      Lowry: 27.5
                      Ibaka: 26
                      JV: 24.5
                      FVV: 24
                      Siakam: 21
                      Delon: 21
                      Poeltl: 20
                      OG: 19
                      Miles: 17
                      Powell: 12.5
                      If you even extend back to the past 10 games (8-2), DD leads the team averaging just over 31 MPG. And the team leads the league in net rating over those past 10 games.
                      twitter.com/dhackett1565

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                      • #12
                        007 wrote: View Post
                        Toronto Raptors minute distribution so far in February (6 games)

                        DeMar: 30.5 MPG
                        Lowry: 27.5
                        Ibaka: 26
                        JV: 24.5
                        FVV: 24
                        Siakam: 21
                        Delon: 21
                        Poeltl: 20
                        OG: 19
                        Miles: 17
                        Powell: 12.5
                        Lowry probably rested half of season of games by now
                        Only one thing matters: We The Champs.

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                        • #13
                          MixxAOR wrote: View Post
                          Lowry probably rested half of season of games by now
                          He's playing a full 5 minutes fewer per game compared to last season. If he continues on this pace, by the end of the season he will have played around 400 minutes (the equivalent of 8 whole games) fewer than he did two seasons ago, and only around 200 minutes (4 whole games) more than he did last season, when he played in only 60 games total
                          The name's Bond, James Bond.

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                          • #14
                            Zainab you've been a good good luck charm. Please ensure we don't lose another game until next season.

                            Edit: grrrrr post likes still not working on mobile
                            Last edited by Scraptor; Mon Feb 12, 2018, 02:51 AM.

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                            • #15
                              Need to get back at Miami after dropping that one game from last month. No back to back blues for this one
                              OG is our king

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