Game-Day Preview - Raptors vs. Bulls

Also, Deng seems to have Bosh figured out defensively too. Bosh always seems to struggle when Deng is guarding him.

If the rumours about the Nets wanting to press the button and ship off Kidd, Carter, and anyone else who gets paid more than 6 figures are even half true, Jersey may not be an issue for long. While you can never entirely count a team out, if they decide to rebuild I'm certain the raps can handle them.

Pumped to listen to the game tonight. It'll be interesting to see how well the Raps do healthy and with the chemistry they have going now. They went the distance with Detroit, so I think they're entirely able to win this game. Detroit is a better overall team than Chicago is (IMO anyway).

It's too bad Fred Jones didn't work out better. If he could somehow get his slashing to the bucket back, the Raps probably would be unstoppable. As much as I hate to say it, it seems like our kryptonite is the lack of a Vince Carter on the team. I mean that in the sense of skills, not in the attitude. Just that guy who can hit a three with regularity, but doesn't mind schooling some defenders on the art of the dunk.

cnnsi.com is reporting that Kidd is OUT tonight and tomorrow. Well, winning the 2nd game of this back to back now seems eminently more feasible. However, gotta worry about tonight first.

I am preparing myself to be pleasantly surprised tonight with the results in Chicago.

If Chicago is not at their very best tonight, then a well rested Raptors Team may very well break the streak...

Who will be tonights hero? Parker or Garbo...

Props to Grange. I love reading his stuff.

We always seem to have poor shooting (even on open shots) against good defensive teams which is a double edged sword because those same teams lock down the paint so well, especially when opponents aren't shooting well.

We have to have a hot shooting night or else see the likes of bargnani, rasho or garbo have some kind of breakout scoring night in the paint (not putting money on the latter).

As with detroit, the 'extra pass' won't get us much better shots. It's time to force the issue on the dribble drive, especially with bosh and bargs. attack, attack, attack

art - I'm worried about deng too, but hopefully chris et al have figured something out since their last game. deng was fronting cb4 nearly the whole game, we should be able to exploit that somehow if he tries it again.

Raps have lost 15 straight, they take the game tonite. Law of numbers. After Wallace, Deng will seem like a cakewalk to Bosh. I predict a lot of Haq-a-Bens' in the third qtr, and the Raps will stay close and break out in the 4th.

True, the raptors have not faired well against the Chicago Bulls. I expect this to be a very hard fought game. I cannot tell you who will win. However, if the raptors win this game, they will get a huge confidence boost. If you are watching the game, Look for the matchup of Andrea Bargani against the likes of Tyrus Thomas. But, watch for the pick and roll w/ Bargnani. I think the key for the Raptors to win this game is to score in the paint. I would not be surprised if Andrea Bargnani spent most of his time in the post-paint area.

Hey guys, the Raps beats the Bulls for the first time since 2002, thanks to Ford and Bosh and Jason Kidd will not play tomorrow night.

Hey guys, the Raps beats the Bulls for the first time since 2002, thanks to Ford and Bosh and Jason Kidd will not play tomorrow night.

Marcia, i can't believe you just said that TJ helped get this big win. The offence was flowing smoothly until he came in with a couple minutes left and they went stagnant. He missed every shot he took and left them deep in the clock on every possession. He also turned the ball over and was lucky that Bosh bailed out his final attempt. I have tried, and I mean tried to defend TJ with other Raps fans, but he keeps doing this to me. I know he is good, but at the moment Calderon is playing much, much better. TJ should not be our best option on our last trip down the floor with the game on the line. The Clippers game was nice, but c'mon!!!!! Great win, thought Barnyard and Garbo played great and I liked what Joey did. However I am worried that in a big game (play-off) that this is an example of how TJ will finish off a game. Big contract and starter (fine), finishing a game like that. (not so fine)

Rap's win with with a great play by Bosh with a rb & 2 ft's.
I agree TJ almost blew it, as they did not make a basket in the last 5 mins after Jose went out. TJ needs a few games I guess to get back in the groove. We are lucky to have Jose able to go in and make the offense run smoothly.

They had the game in total control until the dying minutes of the fourth. I think you just knew listening to/watching the game that Chicago was going to make their run once they had hit the two threes. Bosh was incredibly clutch, dropping both free throws when it counted.

It got a little scary listening to the radio cast and hearing that there were three guys out on the floor limping around -- one of them Bosh. Glad it turned out to just be temporary.

Andrea had a great night, just absolutely manhandling the Bulls in the first half. I wonder how much Skiles talked about containing him at half-time. Or how much AP got a talking to by Mitchell after the game. A W is a W sure, but they almost gave the game away at the end. There are times when this team makes me cry with their choice of going for a three when they could go into the paint, get an easy two and draw contact.

I think their one big weakness is that some of the perimeter campers settle for long distance shots when they could either pass or drive the lane. Then again, Mo Pete showed last night that he still had that bit of his game. If he can get to do that more, then he should be able to lock up the 8th spot on the roster. Unfortunately it seems like Mo Pete is the long range bomber, and Joey Graham is slowly developing into the basket-rushing fiend we wanted Fred Jones to be.

I know last night they were talking about the Nets game possibly being rain-checked due to weather, any word on whether it's going to go tonight? I wanna listen to the Raps destroy the Nets!