Open thread: Regular season game 42
More later, I promise. Last night was a particularly long night at the newspaper, so I need a nap.
Lines are Wizards by 1.5 and 195 on the total points.
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Wiz, over
Toronto, under
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The Raptors are a bit of a puzzle this season. They're underacheiving this season, I feel, but haven't gotten much press next to the extremely disappointing Bulls and Heat. They were such an "it" team last year. Barniani's been disappointing and Ford's injury help explain it I guess.
They underachived to start the year......
Theyre much like us with the 0-5 start and 23-13 stretch afterwards, also like Cleveland in the same boat (Cleveland is a bit different though in that theyre 24-13 with Lebron and 0-6 without him), but still theyve turned it around too and are the good team that they really are now.......
Toronto has won like 7 of 9 so theyre on point now as the very good team that they actually are, just like us and Cleveland as well.
by billy332 on Jan 29, 2008 7:23 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, T-Dot's been fine
Bargnani has been the problem...he's regressed this year.
I got a bad feeling
by Vanilla Gorilla on Jan 29, 2008 4:46 PM EST reply actions
Abstaining from picks
Ok....Eff it.
Damn, no one has a good feeling, including me.
I'm taking the Wiz...and the under.
I'm tired of hearing about Calderon....at this point, only those who don't read about the NBA on a daily basis would not know that he's currently "rated"
The feeling that I'm going to make myself get? A return to the effort level of the Dallas game for the Wiz.
See you in the funny pages.
So sad.
Wizards, over.
by Craig @ Bullets Forever on Jan 29, 2008 6:19 PM EST reply actions
Great
by Craig @ Bullets Forever on Jan 29, 2008 6:51 PM EST up reply actions
Butler out
Not good!
Wiz, under
Raps - Under
by Icantfeelmyface on Jan 29, 2008 7:01 PM EST reply actions
No 1 forgot but theres a few positive differences
- Randy Ayers
- Same thing but our defense
- Nick Young
- Chemistry
- Toughness through adversity and 100% effort (Just a grittier different type of team this year, it starts with our defense too)
- Jamison is even better this year imho
- Haywoods better this year on most nights
- Pecherov and Mason
- Deshawn and AD are better right now too
by billy332 on Jan 29, 2008 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
Wiz, under
Yep
by Icantfeelmyface on Jan 29, 2008 7:13 PM EST up reply actions
No Caron, No win..... no watch
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Raptors (by at least 15)
Under
Ive been very disapointed in our bench and our attitude (Cocky, lacksadaisical) of late (Just recently, for about the last week).......
Without Caron I cant bear to watch, I dont want to be more dissapointed than I was the other night vs Milwaukee (Most dissapointed Ive been in a wiz team since the MJ years, easily.)........
DAMMIT........ Nick Young relaly needs to step up tonight, alot of guys do but especially him and the bench and Haywood and Deshawn and AD.......
God dammit. Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch Caron.. ouch.
by billy332 on Jan 29, 2008 7:13 PM EST reply actions
Probably no Caron tomorrow either -
If we do win though...........
So it could be huge for us, understanding that we can win without Gil, and with Caron back we can be an elite team....... and once Gil is back and fit in we can be EVEN BETTER than that to be really at a high level.
Could be big, I'll watch just for that. Im a good fan, gotta keep the faith......
Just was extremely dissapointed in the lack of effort against Milwaukee.
by billy332 on Jan 29, 2008 7:17 PM EST reply actions
I do like the big frontcourt though.
by billy332 on Jan 29, 2008 7:19 PM EST reply actions
Some 1stQtr comments:
Stevenson is a ... firecracker??
AB made some niiice moves. I like.
We still can't guard the three.
by Icantfeelmyface on Jan 29, 2008 7:37 PM EST reply actions
Blatche looks good but........
Also, we didnt do a good job on guarding the 3 so far but we can get it done if we just put a little more effort into rotations and help each other out a bit quicker....... we are capable, we'll get it done.
Hopefully we steal one of these 2 games with Caron out.
by billy332 on Jan 29, 2008 7:58 PM EST reply actions
Still cant get over it........
Thats why you dont want to sleepwalk through a game and miss an opportunity. We couldve went to 24-18 and that was huge, sure we didnt know Caron would get hurt and miss the next game(s), but thats the point....... you never know what could happen so you need to take advantage of opportunities and beat teh teams that you should, you have to play hard to do it though (Unless youre the Celtics/Spurs/Pistons or Suns, which we are not)...... dammit that is so dissapointing.
by billy332 on Jan 29, 2008 8:02 PM EST reply actions
Cue the chant
Oh, and Dominic McGuire's having a coming out party tonight. Everyone's invited.
All because Caron Butler went to the locker room..
(Just kidding, that had no effect on the game)
But still, why did he do that?!?!
Nooooo! It's not possible!
Between the "noooooooooooooooo"
by Icantfeelmyface on Jan 29, 2008 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
"The Call" on SC
I didn't realize it at the time, but Buckhantz made almost the exact same call on last year's crazy Raptor last second desperation 3.
Compare March 30 2007 Toronto at Washington:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cw_Y85Mi7Tg
with January 29 2008 Toronto at Washington:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lf8l_96x5dc
Eerie.
THANK GOD THAT RULE ONLY APPLIES TO BLOGGERS HUH?
Like Jake said....... it dont apply for players I guess....... LOL!
Great win, crazy game, Im proud of our team tonight. Bigtime. That effort on a nightly basis with Caron and Gilbert included makes for a contender, just with either/or of Caron or Gilbert would be a 50 game winner IMHO with that effort night in and night out. Awesome stuff, lets hope we see all effort like this from here on out (Especially against lesser teams, no let-downs, and especially once Caron is back in a few games, and ESPECIALLY when Gilbert is back on top of that.) and that we dont have to see a Milwaukee game-level effort ever again.........
Im so pumped, awesome win guys.... awesome!
by billy332 on Jan 29, 2008 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
My least favorite NBA rule
wow
Great team effort!!!!!! IM VERY PROUD OF OUR GUYS!
We beat a very good team tonight.
If we played with this effort against Milwauekee we would have won by 50, this is how we were playing every night not long ago and up through the Dallas game, glad to see it back (Look how much fun they have while theyre doing it)..... playing good ball on both ends, playing very together.
Hopefully we see this every single night from here on out, especially with Caron back and especially with Gilbert back and especially agianst the bad teams where we cant have letdowns, I swear we could win 50 games if we did. I know we could.
We are a very good team, we're not Boston, Detroit, Phoenix or San Antonio but we're very good just like the Cavs, Magic, Raptors, Rockets, Blazers, Warriors, Nuggets, Jazz, etc etc etc etc..... we're very good and could make some noise this year come that time really, especially with Gil back and fit in.
Mason, Mcguire, JAMISON, BLATCHE, STEVENSON, Daniels, Songaila, Haywood, and Young all contributed tonight...... everybody contributed tonight. Im very proud of this, just as proud tonight as I was dissapointed the other night against Milwaukee........
Damn, I had my fingers crossed a few times though :)
Blatche has a VERY bright future as well. Ive said it before and i'll say it again on that one.
by billy332 on Jan 29, 2008 9:52 PM EST reply actions
Hell Yeah!!
by LoDawg31 on Jan 29, 2008 9:53 PM EST reply actions
GASP... pant pant pant
-We're gonna get wrecked tomorrow night. This was one of those rising-in-the-face-of-adversity games that lots of teams have on the first night without their lead player.
-TASER!
-Great game from Blatche. He positively took the game over for part of the third. Huge growth. Also liked his defense on Bosh with five fouls toward the end. Stuck with the guy, made life difficult.
-Stevenson. Locksmith. Firecracker. Better than JCN.
-Antawn Jamison is an all-star. I don't care if Turkoglu hit a buzzer-beater against the Garnett-less Celtics. 24 and 20, none bigger than that last one. How many forwards can post 20 boards? How many players in this league can hit those little floaters like he was doing all night?
-Hope we get Caron back soon.
-HELL of a win. Just one hell of a quality win.
Yeah im convinced
When you see Blatche do those things at 7 feet tall and just be absolutely stunning like that you realize just how smart Grunfeld is and just how good Blatche will be if he works hard and wants it. He could be a Chris Bosh down the road, and could be a Lamarcus Aldridge with better passing and lowpost game sooner than we may think......
Either way the future is bright for Blatche, and in turn for us because any time you have a 7footer that can do all that on your team and he's 22 years old with a bright future, than in turn your team has a very bright future.
Nick Young has a bright future as a 2guard too.
Antawn and Caron are allstars, period.
by billy332 on Jan 29, 2008 10:02 PM EST reply actions

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