Raps Drop First Game Overseas

Bosh did have some nice, creative moves to get to the hoop. Didn't finish, but looked really good.

did anyone else notice Delfino's rebounding abilities?

Did you notice how KG blew past our man Bargs? Its still early but starting centre...I don't know.
He's got to show me.

Gotta love Jamario Moon's potential. He looked very raw offensively yesterday but he has some sweet hops and you can tell he's a great athlete. I don't know how the Raptors justify keeping Luke Jackson over Moon. They have a better version of Jackson in Kapono and there's no one else like Moon on the roster.

I saw the game!
On raptors TV, yeah bosh looked rusty and bargnani only played 15 minutes and scored 13 points.
Tj ford blew by rajon rondo everytime and rondo got called on the foul.
If i ever hear that rondo is as fast or even close to being as fast as TJ, 'Imma Laff'!!
Our defence looked amazing, our one on one is still shaky, when it came to paul, but other than that, i think the coach told hi players, we got nothing to proof, so play like it!
While what i noticed from the celtics is this....lord have mercy...it was just wierd!
Guys jumping of the bench every freakin time someone dunked or for a layup.

Are they serious?

I mean they even chest pumped whenever they got a and-1.
And this is paul and garnett we are talking about!
And this is a preseason game we are also talking about!!

I have a theory.

The celtics know they suck with the big three.

End of story.

Peas&Luv

Keon Clark good observation I too noticed and thought it was over done. My Man Humphries does not seem to be playing with same passion. AAm I seeing this right or expecting too much from Him?

Just want to say that I liked what I saw from Kapono and Delfino. I think they will both enjoy playing our style of game.
On the down side - the quick fouls on Barghani when playing against a starting lineup and Humphries taking too many shots.
Loved the announcers -thought they provided very insightfull comments. They seemed to know the Raptors pretty well.Thumbs up to Rap TV for having replay of games hours after finish.

Can anyone who watched the game summarize performances? Nothing on the Star.

How was Nesterovich? What about Grahm? T.J.?

I see AB got 7 boards in 20 min. That's promissing.

Saw the game on Raptors TV. Celtics played there big three a lot more than we played Bosh and Bargs so that was really the difference in the game. Bargs didn't even look like he was trying to play defence and looked incredibly awkward on his big dunk, but man is that 3 point stroke sweet!
I agree with Matt on Jamario Moon! He didn't finish much but man was he smooth. We should take the "project" label above Joey graham's locker and give this guy a couple of years! I think it would be a better investment.
Joey looked lost and indifferent. Garbs looked surprisingly agile and nimble! To think his shin was pointing in three different directions just a few short months ago. T.J. was fine, if his shot was in regular season form he would've scored a lot more. Very entertaining game but Bosh will be hard pressed to make an all star appearance over K.G. K.G. was awesome!
And oh yeah, the impartial NBA announcers were actually quite supportive of the Raptors to the point where it almost felt like home team announcing.
All in all great start! Moon for ROY!

I watched the game on Raps TV as well.

I was impressed with Moon's athleticism, but I felt that he shot the ball too much. Maybe that's just the pre-season.

Liked what I saw of Roko in the Roma game as well.

On another note, why is the Celtics enthusiasm "weird"?

KG mentioned how Doc Rivers wanted the Big Three to treat the game as a regular season one in terms of intensity....and if you look at the guys on the bench who were pumped up by the dunks, you have to consider that they are all fighting to make the team (even if the Celtics have, seemingly, nine spots open). Your job as a bench player is to contribute when needed and provide enthusiasm. If you can't do this in the regular season when your roster spot is possibly in doubt, how can you be expected to do it in the regular season?

I, for one, was glad to see the Celtics bench up and excited after a nice play.

23 days and counting, folks....

Tinman...I like the announcers too, I found they said some respectful things about the Raps. Well I will not judge the Celtic or the Raps on the first preseson game I could see both teams were very rusty, my main reason for watching was to see how the new guys play in our system especially Moon and Kapono. I know the Raptors will be just fine.

I'm so out of it... I just learned today that Eddie Griffin died in August... I was getting married around the time it happened so a little preoccuppied at the time. On a happier note, I'm impressed with Delfino and Kapono. I believe in these guys to make big contributions this year. Hubie Brown made a great point during the Lottomatica game that Kapono ended up being Miami's 3rd leading scorer last year and I watched a pantload of Heat games last year (they boast the most annoying play by play man in the business and yet an even more annoying PA announcer) and from my observations he did more than just camp out on the deep wing. His shotmaking ability gives him a step on defenders as they rush to close and he will put it on the floor. He did just that to Pierce and as he passed along the baseline Pierce was forced to foul.

As the first half was winding down in the Celts game, TJ was bringing the ball up for the final possession with plenty of time. My wife said to me, "10 bucks he doesn't pass." I replied "20 bucks his shot is forced." We were both right.