We might as well EMBRACE THIS FACT!


12-4 of their last 16gms.


T.J. Ford and Calderon are incredible and of course Bosh is rapidly becoming MVP worthy.

this was probably the 30th raptor game i've watched this season.

chris bosh is a superstar. i had some doubts entering the season but he is a superstar. they are now chanting MVP for him during games. it started vs. the clips a few days ago and continued tonight.

they play GREAT team ball. lakers sort of took them out of their game by slowing it down. but the raps had a 12 point lead in the 4th. tj ford came in for calderon and the lakers went on an 11-0 run. raps then settled down, hit some big shots and anthony parker and mo pete came up with huge stops on kobe at the end. they missed 3 ft's at the end to make it interesting.

they'll lose tomorrow night vs. the pistons. they'll probably lose to the bulls after that in chicago (maybe) and then they come home for a huge game vs. the nets next week.

[Edited by - djsunyc on 02-09-2007 9:40 PM]

Posted by djsunyc:

this was probably the 30th raptor game i've watched this season.

chris bosh is a superstar. i had some doubts entering the season but he is a superstar.

they play GREAT team ball. lakers sort of took them out of their game by slowing it down. but the raps had a 12 point lead in the 4th. tj ford came in for calderon and the lakers went on an 11-0 run. raps then settled down, hit some big shots and anthony parker and mo pete came up with huge stops on kobe at the end. they missed 3 ft's at the end to make it interesting.

they'll lose tomorrow night vs. the pistons. they'll probably lose to the bulls after that in chicago (maybe) and then they come home for a huge game vs. the nets next week.

DJ I just don't know about doubting this team. They play too good of team ball. Really they should be favored to win on most nights the rest of the way out regardless of the opponent. They didn't even play that good of a first half and they still had control of LA practically the whole game. They are pretty close to becoming the PHX Suns. Their missing a Marion.

Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by djsunyc:

this was probably the 30th raptor game i've watched this season.

chris bosh is a superstar. i had some doubts entering the season but he is a superstar.

they play GREAT team ball. lakers sort of took them out of their game by slowing it down. but the raps had a 12 point lead in the 4th. tj ford came in for calderon and the lakers went on an 11-0 run. raps then settled down, hit some big shots and anthony parker and mo pete came up with huge stops on kobe at the end. they missed 3 ft's at the end to make it interesting.

they'll lose tomorrow night vs. the pistons. they'll probably lose to the bulls after that in chicago (maybe) and then they come home for a huge game vs. the nets next week.

DJ I just don't know about doubting this team. They play too good of team ball. Really they should be favored to win on most nights the rest of the way out regardless of the opponent. They didn't even play that good of a first half and they still had control of LA practically the whole game. They are pretty close to becoming the PHX Suns. Their missing a Marion.

i'm not doubting them at all. they are playing GREAT team ball - maybe the best in the east. i think if knicks fans watched them for a good stretch of games, they will come to appreciate their team. it's no fluke their winning games at a bigtime clip.

bosh is a superstar...almost a SU-perduperstar.
calderon is awesome and really knows how to run a team.
tj is good - he needs some work but he's good.
and bargnani - you guys are going to think i'm crazy, but he's going to be DAMN good. like DAMN good offensively.
and their supporting cast is comprised of unselfish hustle players in parker, garbajosa, and rasho (who's doing a GREAT job for them).

everytime i watch them play, i WISH we had a point guard to make everything that much easier for us. marbury's playing solid but he doesn't make the game easier for his team.

I really can't wait until the Knicks play Toronto again.

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by Anji:

Damn Dinosurs keep winning.... it's pissing me off. I hope Kobe looks that human against the knicks and only goes for 25 while jacking up a buch of jump shots.

lakers on a 2nd night of a back to back but anthony parker did a FANTASTIC job on him tonight. kobe was trying to pump fake him all night and he didn't bite once.

raptors could've went for the kill earlier but tj ford kept gambling on smush and he scored to keep them around.

Kobe puts them up with a great dunk.......after that the last four possions were 3 point jumpshots???? I hope the knicks get the same treatment, is all Im saying. FRICK!!!!!!

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by crzymdups:

I really can't wait until the Knicks play Toronto again.

the key is to slow down the game. if the game starts moving, they'll shoot us out of the building. and you can't double bosh, they move the ball around so fast that someone will have an open shot, and they will hit it.

they barely beat the Knicks the first time and that was with Marbury in a funk and Francis still active. we were horrible when Francis was active.

right...and having 9 new players for toronto doesn't mean anything for them, right?

they were still developing an identity...just like us.

we now have our identity and style of play set. and so do they. it will be a different game for both teams this time around.

we can beat them. toronto is not unbeatable. far from it. but we have to play a very good game b/c they are clicking big time. we're still trying to get there.

Posted by Anji:

It's the damn Air Canada Center or what ever their building is named. They are very hard to beat at home................. They will come back down to earth. THe Knicks WIL HAVE A WINDOW!!!!!!!

toronto is 27-23. let's say they go .500 the rest of the way. they'll finish 43-39.
we are 22-28. we have to go 21-11 to catch them. it will be tough. VERY tough to do that.

Difference between the raptors and knicks right now
Knicks:
Home 13-13 Away 9-15

Raptors
Home 19-7 Away 9-16



And it's pissing me off!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Edited by - anji on 02-09-2007 10:01 PM]

Bosh is a REAL franchise player and they have an impressive young supporting cast.