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Raptors Rapid Recap - Toronto 106 New York 104


- Another come from behind win by the Raps and now this team is really rolling. After coming out slow in the first and relying on the jump shot it was the defense and attack the rim mentality that allowed them to pull one out in NY.

- It was clear from the get go that David Lee was out to prove a point early. He was all over the glass and an offensive weapon. For such an underhyped college player he has become a fantastic pro. His line for the night? 29 points and 18 rebounds. How he is not an all-star is beyond me.

- An off night by Andrea tonight as he was apparently dealing with some foot issues. His shooting was off and he was low on energy but he did manage to effect the game in a positive way through some solid defense. When Bargs is not in a groove offensively he is usually a non-factor. Not on this night. Nice to seem his game rounding into form on both ends of the court.

- Player of the game for the Raps was once again CB4 who was clutch at the end of the game but in a close second was Hedo Turkoglu. Right from the opening tip he seemed like a different player and he kept up the energy in the third quarter where he had 3 dunks. When everything was said and done he had a season high' in points and rebounds. Here's hoping he can use this as a launching pad to a better second half. The only low point? The bizarre post-game interview with Jack Armstrong.

- . Raps bench was also terrific with three guys in double didgits including Amir Johnson, Jose Calderon and a sharp shooting Antoine Wright. When the starters struggled early the bench stepped up and made it a game again.

- Another W for the Raps. 2010 is turning out to be a solid year thus far!

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Horford over Lee?

Seriously? What are these coaches on?

by benjibopper on Jan 28, 2010 10:30 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

atlanta = good... new york = shit...

whether we like it or not.. that is a huge factor in All Star selection….however, it doesnt make sense because in that case…derozan should be in over lets say jebrenko

by Blanco on Jan 28, 2010 10:35 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

taj gibson over derozan…that one annoyed me

by HDave on Jan 28, 2010 11:34 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

In need of big men

Fan of :
Toronto Raptors
Arizona Cardinal
Kansas Jayhawks

by zAIN J on Jan 29, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Breaking the back to backs

Sweet, sweet win. By no means a thing of beauty, but sweet just the same.

Starting this stretch off with victories against the Heat and on the road at the end of a dreaded back to back might be the start of a really nice roll here. Two days to prepare and heal for the Pacers at the ACC. Put your money on the Raps.

Guess Hedo’s laughing don’t bug you so much now?
BTW – in no way was he being disrespectfull of Jack. An ackward moment but lets not turn this into anything else. Jack seemed to be waiting for Hedo to say more, and Hedo had the one word response.

Is Demar DeRozan the glue to our starting unit? Judging by the two games he has been out, statisticians would make a tightproof case. A shame he is not on the Rookie squad. Might be the best things for the Raptors, what better motivation for him..

Jay Triano has been doing a real good job lately. Our record today is about as good as anyone would of predicted. We have a stretch of games coming up that could vault us up into contention of 4th or even 3rd place. We are as hot as any team in this league right now with victories over some pretty good teams in that stretch. Time to beat up the weaker ones.

by Tinmann on Jan 28, 2010 10:40 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Did he say “ball” or “bull”? Bull would make more sense. I’m sure those post-game interviews are a pain in the ass for players but couldn’t he at least speak in sentence form? Even one sentence would have done it.

by benjibopper on Jan 28, 2010 10:45 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I agree with tinmann hedo didn’t mean to be rude at I find it only looked awkward cause jack was waiting for hedo to say something else bur that’s all he wanted to say. Since when are we all so sensitive on hedo saying one word or how it came out? Who cares, what’s it important is this was his best game by far this year and it comes in a win that’s all that should matter.

by sherwin316 on Jan 28, 2010 10:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

Hahahahaha

Ball.

That was painful to watch

Ohhh Brett...One more year! One more year! One more year!
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by craig in calgary on Jan 28, 2010 11:37 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

what an arse.

Seriously, did he have to leave jack armstrong hanging like that?

I’m really starting to think Turk wasn’t prepared for the media scrutiny he’d get in Toronto.

by j-deep on Jan 29, 2010 12:00 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

It's a joke

I think he was trying to be funny. This is going to be the on going joke for the rest of the Raps season.

by lolcat on Jan 29, 2010 12:11 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Ball.

Possibly joke of the season in the NBA. I’m already seeing people talking about it everywhere.

by Frag on Jan 29, 2010 12:24 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

loved it

that’s all I have to say

by axl t on Jan 29, 2010 12:21 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

ok to be honest…this is the first time i’ve seen it..i was going along to what you guys were saynig earlier how he acted like an ass….it was funny lol but i don’t think he was trying to be an ass…it just…became awkward that’s all lol…..i don’t think he meant ball in his hands either but he just agreed to it when jack said it lol

by teedotaj on Jan 29, 2010 12:33 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

TEAM WINS in Back to Backs a sign of things to come

Calderon and the reserves to the rescue for two nights in a row, to save an out of sync Jack, and the starters, and get the Raptors back in the games.

Calderon, Wright, Johnson, Belinelli keyed the wins vs the Knicks and the Heat, putting the starters in position to finish.

by Johnn19 on Jan 29, 2010 12:10 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Yes

I think you are bang on Johnn19. Say what you want about trading Jose for an upgrade at the 2, but the last few games, we have gotten behind early and Jose and the 2nd unit come in and catch us up. He has been doing all the things people have criticized him for not doing in the past – pushing the ball and playing more up tempo, making riskier passes (not trying to “pad his assist-turnover ratio”), driving more for the lay up or kick out. I think we would have had a different outcome had Jose not been there and we had to rely on Marcus Banks (no slight to him, as he filled in admirably when called on) as back up to Jack. I don’t understand why so many Raps fans can’t be happy that we have two talented PG’s who have different but complementary styles and generally give us 48 solid minutes at what is arguably the most important position in basketball. Who cares who starts – not Calderon or Jack as far as I can tell.

Ugly, but important win. You can see the confidence and trust in each other grow game by game. How many of the next 7 or so games against sub-500 teams do people think we can get?

by krakhaus on Jan 29, 2010 12:19 AM EST up reply actions   1 recs

8

8 of the next 8 games and 2 of the next 3 against Portland, Clevland and OKC.

It’s time to let go of history, this is not your father’s Raptors. There is no reason they can’t do it.

by Zona. on Jan 29, 2010 12:41 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

Either one of them can make the players around them better. Right now, neither of them does it on every single night; so why not keep them both and practically guarantee that at least one of them will step up? This team doesn’t win without good point guard play.

I've been looking at the sky

by Back In Black on Jan 29, 2010 2:59 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Raps D

I never thought I would say that our D at the end was what made the difference.

Barg’s last minute block, even though he had a horrible offensive game he made up for it with that block at the end.

Then JJ taking that charge! I really thought we didn’t get the call considering how bad the refs were tonight. I thought for sure it was Harrington going to the line for 2. Watching the replay it was a bang-bang play, it could have gone either way. Thankfully it went our way!

Great game on an off night by most of team! Let’s see if we can run off 4 or 5 more in a row considering the teams we have coming up. (Please don’t drop one to the Nets)

by lolcat on Jan 29, 2010 12:16 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

JJ call was a makeup for two blown calls

The refs did not blow the whistle on Bosh’s last bucket and then in the backcourt when JJ caught the inbound and then evaded the Knick player (Lee I think) but the refs anticipated the foul and blew the whistle. JJ could have run around burning seconds off the clock.

by siggian on Jan 29, 2010 1:01 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

the interview

agh it’s sometimes actually painful to watch you guys…you’ve seen hundreds of interview of hedo and you all know his level of english and how his relation with word isnt that proficient (maybe not mine either) but it’s obvious that he meant the ball more in his hands..yeah it’s awkward just saying ‘’the ball’’ but what’s this hatred against him? yeah we pay him way too much more than we should but come on you’re talking like that money comes out of your checkbook every month

by entyptor on Jan 29, 2010 12:50 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Hedo, is that you?

Good game tonight buddy!

Ball.

Ohhh Brett...One more year! One more year! One more year!
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by craig in calgary on Jan 29, 2010 12:53 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

bargnani needs to bring it every night but seriously 2 point and 3 rebounds in 30 mins of play tht is horrible but how did he play good defence if david lee had like 29 points

by raptors_run_the_show on Jan 29, 2010 1:42 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Is that you Khandor

.
Bargnani had a bad foot.

Keep up

.

by RapthoseLeafs on Jan 29, 2010 2:44 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Amir Johnson

Amir Johnson is becoming my favourite Raptor after Bosh. He boxes out and follows up on miss shots. That is the kind of aggression the Raptors need.

Turk, aside from tonight’s game, has obviously been a disappointment. However, if the playoffs started tomorrow, the Raptors would face Orlando and the Magic without Hedo are worse off. Vince Carter has been subtraction by addition in Disney. He screwed up the team chemistry. Van Gundy even kept him out of a lot of crunch time tonight against Boston.

by Turksucks on Jan 29, 2010 1:48 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, remember how at the beginning of the season, the Orlando fans were celebrating how much of an upgrade over Hedo they were getting in Wince. I don’t think they feel that way now.

by siggian on Jan 29, 2010 2:49 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm pretty sure that Hedo was just pissed at having to do PR

It looked like the Raptors media guy grabbed him after he had already started down the tunnel to the locker room.

I guess when you blow goats for most of the season, you get accustomed to not having the media talk to you.

by B.C. on Jan 29, 2010 8:18 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

re the Turk

The Raptors coaching staff and the players are happy with Turkoglu’s contributions, as he is giving them what they ask of him (the shooting slump aside) except for a few more points per game.

What you saw vs the Knicks tonite was him being aggresive from the start, and concentrating on scoring, and rebounding, instead of playmaking and passing, to compensate for Bargnani’s struggles.

Nothing wrong with his game that a few more shots falling on a regular basis would not cure, and add to the offense, wich is already top 5 in the NBA, and 1st in the EAST.

He is a unique personality, very laid back, and not very articulate in english, but very talented with an extremely high BB IQ, and will continue to contribute and improve along with the other new additions to the team.

by Johnn19 on Jan 29, 2010 11:40 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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