Tough loss tonight

No positives to take away from the game other than the fact that it was actually a really close game with 6 min remaining despite playing half the game in the bonus, Walker shooting 20%, Jaylen not being allowed to step on the court and the worst part....shooting 50% at the line as a team..that’s just shameful

This post was edited by ZxFamily-GuyxZ on Oct 24 2019 04:27am

Yep

Could and should have been a lot worse.

I feel like kanter could have got a few more minutes and a little more of a role on offense? Maybe brad is just slowly weening him into the system? Tatums stats for the game seem a bit better than they appear, I think he needs to take a step back for sure. He's looking to be the clear #1 scorer and I think brad wants him to be that but he doesn't have the ball control OR the finishing ability at the rim to be guy that. I'd definitely look at Hayward as the #1 option for now. Looks to have his quick first step explosiveness back and I think he's finally found his rhythm with his shot.

Do we see timelord given a greater role and preferred option over theis or was that strictly match ups?

Kanter played great defense on Embiid too. Sure, plenty of double teams to help him....but Al Horford also got the same help guarding him. I loved what I saw from our defense.
We just couldn’t make shots. Mainly FTs....we can’t have a small lineup that’s going to get out rebounded if we are going to miss every jump shot and FT...

Bench scoring was also a major issue. Not going to worry to much though since it’s only game 1. This will be fixed once Kanter is coming off the bench. He’ll lead the 2nd unit.

Williams should be the starter but not until he learns to play defense instead of just wanting highlights. He jumps at everything...

But yeah...we couldn’t have played worse last night and we were still in it mid 4th Q in Philly.....I’ll take it

This post was edited by ZxFamily-GuyxZ on Oct 24 2019 09:01am

Tatum and Brown wanna be alpha so bad wonder if they will get behind Kemba/Hayward

Great game ^^

Raptors lights out shooting didn't matter...our defense forced 22 turnovers
Great ball movement as well....none of this last year

Grant Williams the difference tonight

Love Kemba, shots aren't really falling for him right now but he has a ton of fucking heart. Great post-game interview

The team showed more chemistry and emotion last night than at any point last year

This year is going to be amazing

This post was edited by ZxFamily-GuyxZ on Oct 26 2019 06:26am

Pretty insane stat about just how good the Raptors played last night and we still managed to battle and get the W (From Celticsblog)

The C's had a TS% of 48.3 and Toronto had a TS% of 62. No team has ever won with a TS% of 48.3 or lower when their opponent had a TS% of 62 or higher. (1 playoff game in 1984 the exception)

The 3s they were hitting was a joke...Siakam and Lowry didn't take an open 3(lowry took 1) the entire game and were 11-16 at one point (Siakam 5-5 contested 3s)

Game 2 was already a bigger team win than any last year LMAO

This post was edited by ZxFamily-GuyxZ on Oct 26 2019 06:41am

The ball movement was crap lol definitely a lot better last season

Let's just be greatful raptors are very mediocre defensively (even though we still couldn't make open shots in the first 3/4 to save ourselves)

This post was edited by GiantPhony on Oct 26 2019 07:26am