NBA Playoffs! Round 1, Game 5: Toronto Raptors 108 - Washington Wizards 98 (TOR 3-2)

[planetmars]

Winning on the road in the playoffs is tough. That's why the better record gets home court advantage. Let's just hope we don't get Marc Davis on Wednesday.

[The Great One]

I don't have the video to upload, but Stephen A and Max did their talk today. Max still thinks Raptors in 6 but we need to correct the 4th quarter ISO asap, and Stephen A said he'd "never seen a team more calm after a playoff loss" and thinks the Raptors will be fine.

Maybe we're not quite the laughingstock of the NBA some of you loyal fans have been crying about the last 15 hours

Speaking of DeRozan, i mentioned this at the half last night - if you're going to rely on freethrows/refs bailing you out. Then this team is in trouble. He got a lot of calls in the 1st half, didn't get much in the 2nd half. And he was pretty ineffective. This guy needs to make shots PERIOD.

[rocwell]

Winning on the road in the playoffs is tough. That's why the better record gets home court advantage. Let's just hope we don't get Marc Davis on Wednesday.

This name incl. Bargnani should be banned words on this forum.

[KeonClark]

Speaking of DeRozan, i mentioned this at the half last night - if you're going to rely on freethrows/refs bailing you out. Then this team is in trouble. He got a lot of calls in the 1st half, didn't get much in the 2nd half. And he was pretty ineffective. This guy needs to make shots PERIOD.

Agreed. They swallowed the whistle (mostly on one end). Derozan missed a ton of jumpers, and Lowry and Wright missed some relative bunnies

[The Great One]

Winning on the road in the playoffs is tough. That's why the better record gets home court advantage. Let's just hope we don't get Marc Davis on Wednesday.

I agree. But the Raptors are the 1 seed. They are playing the 8 seed - not some powerhouse team.

[planetmars]

DeMar was missing at the rim.. but his problem was his turnovers. Just kept throwing the ball away way too many times. The bad pass to Ibaka sealed their fate. They were up 5.. could have been 8 if Serge hit that corner wide open 3. Instead the Wiz came back and scored.. bringing the game down to 3 IIRC.

[planetmars]

I agree. But the Raptors are the 1 seed. They are playing the 8 seed - not some powerhouse team.

Meh.. you should look at the NBA history.. lots of good teams lose on the road. I mean the Warriors and Rockets both lost on the road this season already.

[MixxAOR]

Meh.. you should look at the NBA history.. lots of good teams lose on the road. I mean the Warriors and Rockets both lost on the road this season already.

This exact Wiz team took Celtics to 7 games last year. They are not ordinary 8th seed.

[KeonClark]

I've reached an odd sense of nirvana. I'm not gonna let yesterday's game bring me down for 60% of my work week

[rocwell]

Fred VanVleet in court getting shots up after Raptors practice. pic.twitter.com/t3OCTjS97P

— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) April 23, 2018

[KeonClark]

Fred VanVleet in court getting shots up after Raptors practice. pic.twitter.com/t3OCTjS97P

— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) April 23, 2018

If you woulda told me in November id spend the time between games 4 and 5 of the playoffs checking for injury updates in fred van vleet I'd call you crazy

[rocwell]

Casey says Raptors turned down far too many open shots. Need to take them, even if they miss, take them, or else things will break down. Says bad passing is out of character for Raptors. "Unexplainable."

— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) April 23, 2018

[Abbas]

Need a dub

[The Great One]

If you woulda told me in November id spend the time between games 4 and 5 of the playoffs checking for injury updates in fred van vleet I'd call you crazy

Yes i'd call you crazy. He's a damn good player.

[The Great One]

Casey says Raptors turned down far too many open shots. Need to take them, even if they miss, take them, or else things will break down. Says bad passing is out of character for Raptors. "Unexplainable."

— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) April 23, 2018

Some of the players on this team are scared of the moment.