Raptors Rapid Recap - Miami 115 - Toronto 95
by RaptorsHQ - Franchise on Dec 15, 2009 10:19 PM EST
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-From now on, it will be pretty hard to be upbeat about a Toronto Raptors' win...
...because all season they've been followed up by performances like tonight's against the Miami Heat.
-Outside of winning the free-throw battle, the Raptors were out-performed in every statistical category, most of them by a long shot. The team shot only 45% from the field, only 18% from downtown, was outrebounded 45 to 32 (including 12 to 4 on the offensive glass), had 11 less assists, and had only 8 fast break points while giving up 19 to Miami.
-Again, Toronto played no semblance of defense allowing Miami to shoot over 50% from the field, and let Michael Beasley torch them all night. Beasley finished tied with Bosh for a game-high 28 points, but he also had 11 rebounds to go with that. Bosh had only 1.
-In fact Bosh despite his scoring, didn't seem to bring it on both ends and the rest of his team followed suit. After 12 points in the first half, Andrea Bargnani finished with only 14, and Hedo Turkoglu made 3 of his 11 shots on the night to more than live up to his hefty contract.
-Bottom line? Again the Toronto Raptors were outworked by a club that isn't exactly a championship contender and now looks forward to an even tougher match tomorrow night against the Orlando Magic.
-Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go and focus on something more cheery...like the ongoing Roy Halladay trade saga...
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Forgive me if we’ve heard this before.
Everyone, including the Raptors, knows what they need to do to win. They just can’t do it.
Kinnon "Vicious D" Yee
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by Raptors HQ - Vicious D on Dec 15, 2009 11:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
In between Orlando and Boston...
the Raptors have five games that they can grab (on paper). Miami was a game that they should have grabbed. Having said that, I think we should not have high expectations from an uncompetitive team that; with the exception of CB4 and JC, couldn’t seem to care less.
by Craptors Fan on Dec 15, 2009 11:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Was Sam Mitchell a better NBA basketball coach than Jay Triano?
Blow out loss after blow out loss for a team that, according to the respected half of the broadcast crew, has good enough talent to be the 5th best team in the conference. I find that I’m repeating myself with these statements, but honestly, if a man doesn’t know what he’s doing it shows over the long run. 36 and 56, 20 games under .500, a .391 winning percentage.
And it’s not like they are a young team scrapping it out and just losing to better squads..they are being blown out by inferior teams now…when does this stop? Different players, same results, must be the coaching.
The one area this franchise has shown the least creativity, relying so often on shortcuts is in its coaching hires.
For everyone who says coaching doesn’t matter look at our next opponent, a perpetual 500, sub 500 team until they brought in someone who the players might not like but they respect enough.
This is sports, teams lose. It’s not the losing that bothers me, it’s the nature of losing. The book on the Raptors is that you can make them quit and their coach concedes and can’t make adjustments.
Sad
by HQ Interloper on Dec 15, 2009 11:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Coaching matters to some extent but the issue for them isn’t the coaching. THEY ARE NOT A GREAT TEAM. There is no way that this team is 5th best in the East on paper. Calderon is a very good offensive point guard but his d has always been suspect and he is the only legit potential all-star on this team not named Bosh. How does that make you the 5th best team? I like this team but there are holes that need to filled and BC has continuously failed to fill them. How is that the coaches fault. Would the Raptors have won a few more games if there was a better coach? Maybe. Would they be a plus .500 team fighting it out for one of the top 5 spots in the conference? No chance in hell. Everyone bitches about coaching but the truth is coaching is not something that you can just conjure up. Why do you think Utah and Pittsburgh (in football) are so patient with their coaches? Those teams believe in growing their own coaching and being patient with it. Utah has never won a championship in the Sloan era. Most teams would have fired him years ago, not because he sucks but because he hasn’t won a championship. I am not ready to write Triano off after 1 year.
To paraphrase a line from one of my favourite shows that has now been canceled, “The facts are these”:
1. Jay Triano grabbed 0 rebounds last night. Which is only 4 less than the supposed franchise player did. How long are we going to ignore the elephant in the room and pretend that Chris Bosh doesn’t seem to care about doing the dirty work necessary for the Raptors to win? When does he get held accountable? It’s not like Triano can bench him. He simply doesn’t have the clout to get away with it. Basketball is a star driven sport and unfortunately, it is not as simple as benching Bosh because he is not trying on d.
2. That is just as true for Turk and Bargnani. Smitch got fired last season partly because he didn’t want to play the player drafted by the GM heavy minutes. Maybe he was wrong but now it has sent a precedent that Triano has to walk on careful ground when it comes to players recruited by BC and how he plays them. If Turk, Bargs and Bosh don’t want to play, too bad.
At the end of the day, this team has played d at times but they do not try on a nightly basis. Coaching can only do so much and at some point the players have to actually care enough to execute the plan.
by McGateway on Dec 16, 2009 7:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you for real?
I think your diatribe on Bosh is ludicrous, bothering on bizzare because he’s way ahead of his team mates in terms of effort in every ramification for this team. Why don’t you check the team stats for some validation and watch more games for a more compelling attestation.
by Scores on Dec 16, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
YES YES YES YES
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I was a huge Sam Mitchell fan; he was used as a scapegoat which was unfortunate. I also support Triano and like him as a coach but Mitchell was better. He knew how to motivate his players and had them playing harder with less talent on the roster compared to Triano who has a much much more talented roster but can’t seem to get them to play hard.
by Member29 on Dec 16, 2009 9:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sam Mitchell
Was probably too tough on the new players… he never gave them a good chance to grow and feel confident. Yet he never had the veteran players he could really count on (other than CB4). A good coach to me is the one who knows how to best use what he has and also plans head for the coming seasons by helping new players better themselves and gain confidence. Bargs might be a good example.
by Craptors Fan on Dec 16, 2009 3:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The turning point...
Was after Wade picked up his second foul and left the game. It’s almost as if the Raptors thought it was going to be easy and they stopped working. So instead of building on their two point lead, they gave up 6 immediately to the Heat scrubs and that was the game.
While it’s fashionable to bash Bosh and Bargnani for their defense, I feel compelled to point out that things started to fall apart defensively when members of the second unit started to play.
Belinelli has transformed from a useful, important role player into a mindless chucker who can’t resist shooting at the first opportunity. Hey dude, you have teammates and you are allowed to pass to them.
DD, after a short string of good agressive games, as gone all timid again. I think he may be missing Jose most of all.
JJ had only one assist. That’s pretty horrible for a starting PG.
No heroes tonight. Plenty of zeroes though.
by siggian on Dec 16, 2009 12:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Member29 Total agree with you on Sam. Never should have been fired.
McGateway
Your take on Bosh is totally ridiculous. Bench him ??
Top 5 scorer
2nd in rebounding
1st free throw attempts 2nd free throws made
Game after game he’s battling 2, 3 guys under the boards with no help
Him not willing to do the dirty work to win ??? How bout some other players step up and do some of the dirty work, they get paid to.
Bosh is not without fault but he is far from the first on the list of players who need to be called out.
by staylor on Dec 16, 2009 10:37 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
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