Built Ford Tough Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 If only the Raptors had Lowry. He really is the only guy on this team I want taking a potential game tying three. This loss hurts, though. That is for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkinDerozan Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 JOHN [expletive]ING LUCAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Ok, John Lucas hitting that 3 is probably just as surprising to me as Jefferson hitting that one at the end of regulation. What a complete shock. Still fully expecting Utah to hit a game winner, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkinDerozan Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 [expletive] YES. HOLY SHIT TRIPLE OT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkinDerozan Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 I'm shocked they didn't call a foul on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 I'm shocked they didn't call a foul on that. Replay showed McGuire getting all ball. There was a lot of contact on the body, but they've been ignoring that all game long on DeRozan's drives so they can't call it there. DeRozan ties his career high with a nice pull up in the lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkinDerozan Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Why are two of the worst offensive players in the league, Gray and Mcquire, taking any shots at all? I can understand them being out there for defense, but they should not be shooting the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Why are two of the worst offensive players in the league, Gray and Mcquire, taking any shots at all? I can understand them being out there for defense, but they should not be shooting the ball. With the way McGuire has constantly left Milsap wide open, he shouldn't even be on the floor for defense. He has done a terrible job of keeping track of Milsap when he doesn't have the ball. There is no excuse for leaving him wide open so many times. As far as Gray goes, it is a joke that he is even in the game. Valanciunas may not be as big, but at least he doesn't force you to play 4-5 (3-5 with McGuire out there) on offense. Even then, Jefferson hasn't really burned the Raptors other than the two game tying shots anyways. It has been Milsap and Williams' penetration that has hurt them. Even if you don't want to put Valanciunas in, put Davis in. No reason for Gray to be out there. EDIT: And there you go, Jefferson gets a wide open jumper because Gray's fat ass can't move two feet to recover after moving a foot to help. I really wish this guy wasn't on the team so that Casey wouldn't even have a choice to nail him on the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkinDerozan Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 With the way McGuire has constantly left Milsap wide open, he shouldn't even be on the floor for defense. He has done a terrible job of keeping track of Milsap when he doesn't have the ball. There is no excuse for leaving him wide open so many times. As far as Gray goes, it is a joke that he is even in the game. Valanciunas may not be as big, but at least he doesn't force you to play 4-5 (3-5 with McGuire out there) on offense. Even then, Jefferson hasn't really burned the Raptors other than the two game tying shots anyways. It has been Milsap and Williams' penetration that has hurt them. Even if you don't want to put Valanciunas in, put Davis in. No reason for Gray to be out there. Agreed. Casey puts way too much confidence in these shitty bench players in clutch situations. Looks like we're going to lose this one unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkinDerozan Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 We need wins like these if we want to be in the playoff race. These ones really [expletive]ing sting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Tough to be able to continue to compete in a 3rd overtime when you are missing 3 players (one of which is your best player) before the game starts, lose two more to fouling out and on top of that, having to battle a team that constantly pounds the ball in the paint. It isn't a surprise at all to see the Raptors fade late. Playing 60 minutes like DeRozan did will probably do that to you. The refs kept the door open for Utah in the 3rd and 4th and the Raptors blew it wide open with their inability to execute down the stretch. Utah completely deserved the win based on the way the overtime periods went, but I still believe that if the game is called even remotely fairly in the 2nd half, this game never makes it to overtime nor do the Raptors have a chance to blow the lead late. It is a complete travesty that DeRozan only got to the line 7 times tonight. At one point he had like 15 attempts in the paint yet only had 5 freebies. It wasn't like he was shying away from contact, either. He was getting hit all game long, yet for some reason he just doesn't get calls. It has been like this all season long. Still, at the end of the day they were up 10 with 6-7 minutes out so even with the lopsided officiating, all the Raptors needed to do to win this game was execute for those final 6 minutes, but they didn't and that cost them the game more than anything. This team just can't hold onto leads late in games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted November 13, 2012 Author Owner Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 This game was awesome, considering it was between two teams I couldn't care less about. Still pretty shocked that Jefferson hit that three, though...when it went up, I was fully prepared to yell, "WHAT THE HELLLLLL," and well...it just fell in. DeRozan though! Also, I didn't watch all of the game, but in a lot of what I was watching, Calderon was actually playing defense. Not great, but still...I was kind of shocked. Can't do anything about those buckets down low, though. Toronto was helpless down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 I'm just waiting for DeRozan to go ape shit on a ref soon. Seriously, look at his shot chart and tell me that he really only should've been tot he line 7 times tonight. http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/shotchart?gameId=400277815 (Filter it so that it just shows DeRozan, obviously). On top of that, his shot chart doesn't even tell the whole story because 6 of his attempts outside of the paint were in the overtime periods where you could tell he was starting to gass and 3 of those 6 were in the final OT period when you could see that he had nothing left. In the 1st quarter all 3 of his attempts were outside the paint. Funnily enough, 2 of his 7 freebies came in this quarter. In the 2nd quarter 5 of his 6 shots were within 10 feet. He gets 0 free throws. In the 3rd quarter 5 of his 6 shots were in the paint. He gets 1 free throw. In the 4th quarter 4 of his 6 shots were in the paint. He gets 2 free throws. So of the 21 shots he took in regulation, 14 of them were in the paint yet he got 5 free throws. This doesn't even account for the plays where there was contact that resulted in a turnover (I can think of two plays, one where he was pushed out of bounds and another where he was hit and tried to make a pass that was picked off) or made it so that DeRozan didn't attempt a shot. The lack of respect he gets from the refs is ridiculous. I'd love to see a game where somebody like LeBron, Wade, Harden or Durant had this many attempts in the paint yet got to the line less than 10 times. Can't do anything about those buckets down low, though. Toronto was helpless down there. Well, you could nail Andrea Bargnani's useless ass to the bench and never play Aaron Gray. That would be a nice start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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