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Chris Bosh had a rough morning. Having him back in usual form will help a lot for next game.
They are in this to win. You never know what can happen.
Chris Bosh had a rough morning. Having him back in usual form will help a lot for next game.
You know whats unbelievably awful? The music this year in sports. First having to deal with Pink every damn sunday (NFL), the freakin Pussycat morons on ABC all the damn time, and now listening to the "Hey Mickey" for 2 minutes? Good lord these people need to be lined up and shot.Stupid Nascar and no post game show. Unbelievably awful
Im pulling for them, and I thought it was great that they came back. But, I have watched them many times this year, and they really dont have a consistent scorer after Bosh. If Carter hadnt played like dog that game probably would have been a blow out. Calderon looked good though. Ford or someone else is going to have to step up and be a consistent scorerThey are in this to win. You never know what can happen.
Now please Miami win today so my mall manager can't say anything to me about the Raps loss.
We have a rivalry going.
LOL. You know we just lost right?
Direct your rage at the Nets- forget the "entertainment" committee.
Whats to analyze.Stupid Nascar and no post game show. Unbelievably awful
The Raptors played with their heads in their butts, and got outworked by an inferior team.
Pathetic effort today all around IMO.
Rasho with 10 boards is impressive.
Mitc prob should've played him instead of Humphries.
I know we lost Ive been watching... but what aggravates me more is this music.
Seriously it does.
I haven't seen many games this year but I don't go soley on what I see.
Gotta have hope and faith and I have that in spades.
Great job Nets. I'm happy for Boki and Rasho that they played well.
And now GO BULLS GO!!
This is going to be an emotional play offs. I am all in it for the Raptors. I am all in it for the Spurs.
And I care about the Orlando / Detroit series.
I'm ready though.
You are so sad...
Comic relief though.
Pace to fast, too much 3 pointers, should've gone inside more.
Raptors will have to work hard just to get HCA back.
By relaxing a little bit ; man, they were anxious, they didn't play their game ; that's where Garbajosa comes handy, but he is done for the season ; they are much better than what we saw today
How funny. If Yahoo is correct, the Bulls /Miami final score was the same as the Raps/ Nets one.Now please Miami win today so my mall manager can't say anything to me about the Raps loss.
We have a rivalry going.
Too bad the Bulls won.
I am going to have to move to Canada with the Raptors- it will be the only way I will escape his gloating.
Say...
Is that the real motivation behind this ? we all know about your secret encounters with RashoHow funny. If Yahoo is correct, the Bulls /Miami final score was the same as the Raps/ Nets one.
Too bad the Bulls won.
:(
I am going to have to move to Canada with the Raptors- it will be the only way I will escape his gloating.
Say...
CIA Lefty
The Nets and Raptor game is being replayed on Espn 2... game is in second quarter.
Better posted late than never :
http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/ulmer_041907.html
April 19, 2007
(TORONTO) -- The idea is to leave Vince Carter seeing red.
When the Raptors face the man who still holds the club record for points, field goals and free throws, they are hoping home court advantage will help rattle the New Jersey Nets ace.
It is, after all, the first Raptors home playoff game since they beat the Detroit Pistons in April, 2002.
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Mo Peterson knows Vince Carter's game as well as anyone. (NBAE/Getty Images)
The Raps are coming off a staggeringly successful 47-35 season. A host of new heroes, T.J. Ford, Anthony Parker and Andrea Bargnani are among those who have suddenly taken root around star forward Chris Bosh.
Patrons to Saturday’s game (12:30 p.m.) are encouraged to wear Raptors’ red.
“It’s going to be crazy here come Saturday,” said veteran forward Morris Peterson, the only holdover from playoffs past.
“I remember our last playoff round in 2002 and I can only imagine now with us being division champs and what we’re playing for, who we’re playing against, how it will be. I could tell you but it’ll probably be 10 times more than I’m trying to explain.”
Carter, of course, remains a lightning rod for criticism because of his his trade demand and what seemed half-hearted performances he turned in before he was dealt to Jersey.
He has been booed virulently here, never more so than Valentine’s Day when a torrent of boos seemed to throw him off. On December 15, he hit on only four of 17 shots for 12 points in a 102-92 Raptors win. On Valentine’s Day he was just five for 15 for the field. The results: 17 points and a 120-109 Raptor win over the Nets.
“He’s a veteran guy. I don’t think that’ll bother him too much,” said Ford. “If they can, let’s see if it works. It worked once earlier in the season, let’s see if it happens again.”
“It’s the post season and he is still Vince Carter; he can still play,” said Raptor star Chris Bosh. “If you like him or you don’t like him, he is still an awesome player in this league.”
And while the Raptors can point to two home games in which they shackled Carter, the Nets can say the same things about Bosh.
On November 1, Bosh hit only five of 13 shots for 14 points. The next time in New Jersey, Bosh could garner only 12 points and nine shots in a 101-86 loss.
“You can go down the list of every great player in the NBA and they don’t play great every night,” said Raptors coach Sam Mitc . “Is it something they (the Nets) did? I don’t think so.”
Bosh knows what he is up against come Saturday’s opener.
“Mikki Moore and Jason Collins. They play good defence. Every time I touch the ball, they’re going to try to put four or five people in the lane.”
There are, of course, a ton of side angles. Carter is far from the only offensive threat on a Nets team. Jason Kidd drives the club offensively and he has a four-inch height advantage on Raptor point Ford.
Mitc was sanguine when asked about Kidd’s height advantage.
“They want to post Jason Kidd up all night throughout the series…I’ll take my chances.”
“I’m going to meet the challenge,” Ford said. “This is a time where everybody, individually, has to meet the challenge of who they are going to guard.”
Meanwhile, the conditioning of rookie Andrea Bargnani remains an issue. Bargnani hit for 17 points in the season finale against Philadelphia, but it was his first game in a month because of appendicitis and illness and he was inconsistent on defence.
The series could also hinge on the defensive prowess of Raptors swingman Anthony Parker. Parker knows he will spend plenty of time trying to handle Carter one-on one.
“It’s obvious one of the plays they run, they isolation on the post. Especially in crunch time, that’s what’s going to happen.”
Itching for Game 2
Posted by Chris Bosh on April 22, 2007, 9:27 p.m. ET
Bosh's BlogI'm watching the Spurs and the Nuggets right now and I realized something. I've never watched a playoff game at my house in Toronto! I like it though because I got tired of watching everyone play on TV back home. I mean, I still watch all of the games now, but it's different when you're a part of the post-season. That's all I can think about right now! We lost Game 1 to New Jersey and I could barely sleep! Game 2 isn't until Tuesday so I have to wait to get back at 'em. Until then, I'll be up all day and all night thinking about it.
A couple of nice pictures from practice. It is nice to see the team is still having fun-- that has been Sam's mantra this year-- play hard, but have fun!
And for Angel- see Rasho is actually there:
NBA award to be announced tomorrow and all signs point to Raptors' bench boss
Mitc - Best CoachApr 23, 2007 04:30 AM
Doug Smith
Sports Reporter
Sam Mitc was once voted the worst coach in the NBA in an unscientific poll of players. Tomorrow, he could be named the best coach in the league by a panel of media experts.
All signs point to the Raptor coach being named the league's coach of the year for 2006-07 and being honoured before Game 2 of Toronto's Eastern Conference playoff series against the New Jersey Nets.
The league announced last night it would announce the coach of the year winner tomorrow and the league likes to allow the various winners their moment in the sun in front of a home crowd.
League and team sources were mum on the topic last night.
However, in a straw poll of writers and broadcasters who vote on the award, Mitc had a slight edge on Utah's Jerry Sloan and Avery Johnson of the Dallas Mavericks.
In the past, the league has made sure the winner of any significant post-season award has been honoured before his team plays.
Neither the Jazz nor the Mavericks play tomorrow night.
If Mitc wins, it will cap a stunning turnaround for the 42-year-old, who is in just his third season as a head coach.
Saddled with teams with limited talent and hamstrung by the loss of his then-best player (Vince Carter) two months into his tenure, Mitc has turned around the perception of him from excitable rookie coach prone to public emotional outbursts to a coach able to get the most out of emerging players.
This season, he took a team with nine new players coming off a 27-win season and, working without the safety net of a contract that extends beyond this summer, turned it into a 47-win team.
He guided the squad to its first division championship in franchise history and opened a playoff series at home for the first time.
The award could still go to one of the other candidates because the league – mindful of a leak that announced Steve Nash's second MVP award days before it was official – could alter the way it announces award winner.
Mitc , if he wins, would be the first Raptor to win a significant non-player award.
And with president and general manager Bryan Colangelo a virtual lock to win executive of the year honours, it would give the team a sweep of off-the-court awards this year.
It woud be great if Mitc will get the reward.
Lets just hope that's not all the Raptors win tommorow.
Amen!
Won't it be great win they win both?
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