Playoffs! Round 1, Game 3: Toronto Raptors 103 - Washington Wizards 122 (TOR 2-1)

[slaw]

Yikes.

[Demographic Shift]

Wonder if the NBA looks at Morriss giving ken mauer a pretty healthy shove in that pretend altercation in the first q.....

[Torassic1]

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[golden]

There are lots of bad things to point out about this game, but I still think they just lost it in the middle of the 1st half when Casey left his 2nd unit in too long. Starters did what they should have. They didn't let Washington grab any momentum and put them in a small hole early in the game. It was obvious quite fast that the bench was once again not having a great night, but by the time the starters came back in they lost every bit of our the momentum and Washington felt unbeatable after a strong run, because they let it go on too long. They throw a wrench in that run to maintain any kind of lead, and the game and series are probably over after the 1st half.

Sure, the reffing was garbage most of the night. Of all the terrible calls, the only one I truly still can't believe is that they didn't at least review Wall's foul on OG. Still, I think regardless of that, if we keep that run from getting out of hand we take this game. You saw how hard it was for the starters to gain back momentum. We can't make them have to fight that hard. Especially after how well they started the game. It sucks to go sit feeling in control, and then come back in to a train wreck.

Absolutely. That was the opportunity to put our foot on their throats and end the series right then and there.

[Sonny]

Is it just me or this team always gets blown out in the playoffs? specially on the road?

[Sonny]

Like, its insane - all these blowout losses.

[hotfuzz]

We need FVV

[tDotted]

If FVV can't go then we need heavy does of Lowry + bench minutes. The bench cannot survive at all without him (and to a lesser extent, DeRozan)

[GOLDBLUM]

We need FVV

Was just about to type the same thing. He's the glue for the 2nd wave.

[Maury]

Is it just me or this team always gets blown out in the playoffs? specially on the road?

It’s just you

[white men can't jump]

Absolutely. That was the opportunity to put our foot on their throats and end the series right then and there.

I just don't understand.

You know how people say about players "playing with a sense of urgency"? It feels like Casey needs to realize that means making the right adjustments in your lineup/tactics early, not waiting until the 3rd and thinking Lucas Noguiera is going to save your ass in a 4-out lineup. That's panic, not urgency.

We were basically like 15 minutes or something from winning the series, now we're back to 96 minutes away. So disappointing.

[golden]

If FVV can't go then we need heavy does of Lowry + bench minutes. The bench cannot survive at all without him (and to a lesser extent, DeRozan)

Lowry should be getting at least 40 minutes a game with FVV out. Lowry + Bench was an old reliable standby. Derozan + Bench isn't that good with FVV out. The whole point of cutting Lowry's minutes was to have him ready for the playoffs. Empty the clip.

[golden]

I just don't understand.

You know how people say about players "playing with a sense of urgency"? It feels like Casey needs to realize that means making the right adjustments in your lineup/tactics early, not waiting until the 3rd and thinking Lucas Noguiera is going to save your ass in a 4-out lineup. That's panic, not urgency.

We were basically like 15 minutes or something from winning the series, now we're back to 96 minutes away. So disappointing.

Casey just doesn't have a great feel for momentum in real-time. He's earned a ton of respect for implementing the culture change, but on-the-fly decisions that could swing winnable games are always going to be a question mark.

[white men can't jump]

Casey just doesn't have a great feel for momentum in real-time. He's earned a ton of respect for implementing the culture change, but on-the-fly decisions that could swing winnable games are always going to be a question mark.

Maybe that should be delegated to an assistant.

[Fully]

Game 85 and the Casey haters come back out. Classic.