Game #56: Miami Heat 112 - Toronto Raptors 115

[ogi]

Been doing a fair bit of driving recently and have noticed there’s been a lot of raps talk on Toronto sports radio recently. It seems people are really buying into this team having a chance to reach the finals.


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[Demographic Shift]

I remember when Steve Clifford was a genius.... like 2 seasons ago.

I guess even certified genius's fall on hard times....
Steve Clifford... Coach Bud....Stan Van Gundy...Luke Walton...Terry Stotts...

And that plug Dwane Casey just keeps on piling up wins without the benefit of the "coaching genius at work" t shirt.

[G__Deane]

Been doing a fair bit of driving recently and have noticed there’s been a lot of raps talk on Toronto sports radio recently. It seems people are really buying into this team having a chance to reach the finals.


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Good chance this year but and of the bottom 4 can take a game or 2 (or a series) from the top 4. There's gonna be an upset....

[3inthekeon]

I guess even certified genius's fall on hard times....
Steve Clifford... Coach Bud....Stan Van Gundy...Luke Walton...Terry Stotts...

And that plug Dwane Casey just keeps on piling up wins without the benefit of the "coaching genius at work" t shirt.

What has Rick Carlisle done lately?

Clifford was not as good as the press clippings a few years back and not as bad as his team looks now. Coaches face far more scrutiny than they should, and GM's face far less. Cho has made more than his share of questionable moves and deserves far more criticism than Clifford.

[3inthekeon]

And back to actually talking Raptors - Heat, apparently Olynyk didn't travel with the team and is out until after the break.

[DanH]

And back to actually talking Raptors - Heat, apparently Olynyk didn't travel with the team and is out until after the break.

With OG looking like he should take a couple games off and these last two games being a combination of a back-to-back and the dreaded pre-break let down, I'll take what we can get.

[GOLDBLUM]

How good has the Raptors bench been during the winning streak for the Raptors, you ask? pic.twitter.com/HvonA8ait0

— Anthony Doyle (@Anthonysmdoyle) February 12, 2018

lmao

There's been a lot of talk as to whether we should remain 10 deep in the playoffs.
Just imagining a world in where those figures remain consistent and Casey is actually driven to stick with the bench mob in tight games for the win in the post season.

I'm just musing, I don't see that happening, but wouldn't that be crazy.

[Zainab]

And back to actually talking Raptors - Heat, apparently Olynyk didn't travel with the team and is out until after the break.

I hate how hard he plays against us

[Demographic Shift]

What has Rick Carlisle done lately?

Clifford was not as good as the press clippings a few years back and not as bad as his team looks now. Coaches face far more scrutiny than they should, and GM's face far less. Cho has made more than his share of questionable moves and deserves far more criticism than Clifford.

Relax..it’s just a casual remark on how the title of coaching genius gets tossed around like condiment packs at Mickey-d’s....

[3inthekeon]

Relax..it’s just a casual remark on how the title of coaching genius gets tossed around like condiment packs at Mickey-d’s....

I wasn't disagreeing. Good teams/players often make coaches look smart, bad teams/players the opposite. My point on Cho still stands, he's going to get canned sooner than later.

[JawsGT]

How good has the Raptors bench been during the winning streak for the Raptors, you ask? pic.twitter.com/HvonA8ait0

— Anthony Doyle (@Anthonysmdoyle) February 12, 2018

lmao

now how come the bench only played in 4 of those games?

[KeonClark]

now how come the bench only played in 4 of those games?

Miles missed a game. Also couple weeks ago Fred had baby and took a vanSeat for a game

[nba_4_life]

now how come the bench only played in 4 of those games?

CJ Miles didn't play one of the games I think.

[JawsGT]

ahhhh, gotcha. OK guys, so I'll ask the question...how well can that bench lineup do against other teams starters? Just for curiosities sake, would the Raps make the playoffs if our bench was our starting unit?

[007]

Miles missed a game. Also couple weeks ago Fred had baby and took a vanSeat for a game

For what it's worth, the bench lineup with Powell instead of Miles has a net rating of +50.3 in 14 minutes during this win streak