2014 Eastern Conference Playoffs -1st Round Discussion Thread

[SPTO]

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It's not particularly impressive by NBA wide standards and we didn't even play as well as we could have but HOLY **** IT FEELS GOOD TO WIN A PLAYOFF GAME.

Winning a game when committing 21 turnovers is pretty ugly but I agree.

WHOOO HOOOO BABY!

Raptors 1
Dinosaurs 1


See ya in Brooklyn!



P.S. DeMar was CLUTCH!

[King_B_Mack]

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Its just annoying because the dude acts like he's the biggest Raptor fan in the world and is trying to become the celebrity face of the Raptors when he didn't give a **** about them six months ago.

It's probably worse when you consider the fact he was supposed to be an ambassador for the Raptors or whatever last year and still riding the Heat's jock at the same time.

[skywalkah]

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Bulls fans

What do you think about Butler's ceiling?

Similar to a Luol Deng. Can score and finish on the break, earns a decent chunk at the charity stripe (by design), mediocre shooter when it's all said and done though. I don't think his jumper is going to get that much better. He's definitely more athletic than Deng, but their games are pretty similar.

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[lilteapot]

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Toronto played pretty mediocre basketball but squeezed out a win. They'd better cut the turnovers if they want to even have a chance in Brooklyn.

I'm not a Nets fan but I wished I had some money to blow, I'd definitely cop some tickets and hop on a train there :/

[SPTO]

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Did the Refs screw the Raptors again or is that card finally used up for good since they won tonight?

I want a Black/White Out in BK on Friday night.

The refs were screwing around with em. There were some pretty weak phantom calls in the 4th quarter. I mean, when you have a former college coach and long time broadcaster in Jack Armstrong openly wondering what the foul is at times then you know the calls are pretty screwy.

The officiating has been pretty bad this series for both teams though it seems the bad calls on the Raptors come at the worst times.

[skywalkah]

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Toronto had to get this one, glad to see em do it. Telling you i love the assembly of the Raptors fans outside the arena, good atmosphere with this team / organization sans the Drake thing

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[King_B_Mack]

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How did they not see Gortat get whacked in the face?

[SPTO]

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It's probably worse when you consider the fact he was supposed to be an ambassador for the Raptors or whatever last year and still riding the Heat's jock at the same time.

I hate to be "that guy" but he was only named the team's ambassador at the beginning of this season.

Sept. 30th 2013

[aholbert32]

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Wall is pushing that damn pace. Making the Bulls run at every opportunity.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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The refs were screwing around with em. There were some pretty weak phantom calls in the 4th quarter. I mean, when you have a former college coach and long time broadcaster in Jack Armstrong openly wondering what the foul is at times then you know the calls are pretty screwy.



The officiating has been pretty bad this series for both teams though it seems the bad calls on the Raptors come at the worst times.

No idea who those two are but I'm going to assume they work for the Raptors in some capacity, which if that's the case then I'm not surprised that they're questioning them since the Toronto media has convinced everyone up there that there was a conspiracy against the Raptors the minute this series was announced.

I've had no issues with most of the foul calls on us in this series. Tonight we were sloppy on both ends, picking up silly fouls, shooting horrible from the line and not getting much from Deron or Paul tonight outside of the 4th while Toronto finally got something from DeRozan and got significant contributions from Patterson, Vasquez and Johnson.

[King_B_Mack]

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Kirk has to lead the league in playoff incidents in the last six years or so lol.

[SPTO]

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Yeah, i'm not going to say there's some grand conspiracy because as i've said I find some of the calls on both sides to be a bit curious. All I ask for is consistency and it seems they're being consistent with their calls so far for the most part. (except for Brooklyn somehow not making a foul at all in the 4th quarter in Game One)

Either way, this may not be the prettiest basketball i've ever seen but it sure as hell is exciting.

[KG]

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That's the 2nd time that punk pushed a Wizard. He pushed Gortat in the back after he hacked him earlier.

[Majingir]

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The refs were screwing around with em. There were some pretty weak phantom calls in the 4th quarter. I mean, when you have a former college coach and long time broadcaster in Jack Armstrong openly wondering what the foul is at times then you know the calls are pretty screwy.

The officiating has been pretty bad this series for both teams though it seems the bad calls on the Raptors come at the worst times.

Ya. Both sides do get bad calls,Raptors ones just hurt so much more since Raptors have hard time coming back from those calls while Nets are veterans so they know how to come back from those calls. Lucky that no call at the end didn't come back to haunt them(the one where Williams slapped Amirs arm while he was going for the dunk).

Game overall still wasn't great by Raptors,and I'd say they were lucky to get this win cause Nets played worse(just like how Nets were lucky to win game 1 cause Raptors sucked), so I guess they're even now in that department lol. Lets hope Raptors can steal at least 1 in Brooklyn now!

I want a Black/White Out in BK on Friday night.

If Nets do have blackout in the crowd, I really hope Raptors wear:

[phenom1990]

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Lol at Beal glaring at Wittman for calling the timeout.