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Bosh paces Raptors to win

LARRY MILLSON

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 1:49 AM EST 28/02/08

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  1. Cyrus Of Persia from Canada writes: What a fun team to cheer for! Great work.
  2. Roger S from Canada writes: Wouldn't read too much about this game, Pacers stink, a good college team can beat them at the moment. What Raptors need to ensure is to win the 5 of 6 next easy games before heading to West, March will be difficult month, any record above 500 would be great. If you look at their schedule, 8 games in April are decisive factors to pushing for 3rd seed. It's doable, yet not easy.
  3. Joseph Daniel from Oakville, Canada writes: I thought it was a really good win. 2nd game of back to back and 3rd in 4 nights. Raps have been known to lose those games. They almost lost this one but something funny happened when the second unit came out. They scored and didn't commit any turnovers. Hmmmm...Just wondering who is the regular commentor on here who loves his PG who does't commit many turnovers.
  4. Rich Chan from Vancouver, Canada writes: Good game by the dinos, which almost ended up to look like the Knick game on Friday. I'm not going to lie, but I almost ended up watching a full series of that Girlicious show between time-outs and I must say that I was more amused with it than the Raptors game. Calderon wasn't too effective in this one, and it's a good thing that TJ stepped up for the second unit that ended up playing more time. Good win all around. Primoz really looked antsy to play. I thought Mitchell could've used him in this game with the other bigs, but, oh well.
  5. Yertu Damkule from Canada writes: wierd game. overall depth & TJ picking up the slack was the difference in this one. sure is nice to have him back & rounding into form, the last few games haven't been great for him, but it was important for him to get some PT & his shot going late against the knicks sunday. he needed to get his confidence back, and though he didn't shoot overly well (%-wise), he gave them the boost they needed after the starters came out flat & sloppy in the 1st Q. hey, guys have off-nights, some more than others (hey, bargs: it's ok to have have good games consecutively. really.), so when that happens, having guys that can step up off the bench & carry the load is vitally important to the success of the team.

    i've been away for a bit, down to NY for a bit of a vacation, got to catch the raps/knicks @ MSG. it was worse live. but that game's been done to death, on to bigger & better things.
  6. NikolaTesla -the genius who lit the world from Calgary, Canada writes: Not to go into a long-winded rant about Mitchell but the guy needs to smarten up and stop letting the other teams dictate the style of play. The raps could have but this game away in the 3rd but sam decided to go small resulting in the pacers making a rally and taken the lead. Come on Sam!
  7. Wok Tau Fact from Canada writes: I am glad there is a sporting event for the tall men. Are these Raptor men the good to finish the season with the tall sport trophy?

    It seems I have much to learn in my new land of Canada.
  8. andy c from Canada writes: they won on the last game of a 3 games in 4 night series on the road. in that context i can live with the sloppy win. the officiating on the other hand was a another matter; tj, delfino and bosh did just enough while everyone else looked a bit tired; anyone else think hump want's his role as the second or third big off the bench back? maybe that was sams plan all along to give el Brezedente mins on night one so he could save hump for the second game on the road (that's already been sent off to chuck so the rest of you dont even think about it :P ); was that delfino, calderon, ford, parker and moon on the floor at the same time?
  9. Big Cayman from South Toronto, Canada writes: It TJ Ford fault Calderon had 0 assists, because he distracting the team by coming back. He should have stay injured so Jose can be All star MVP. Sam Mitchell hates Jose that's why not respect. He doesn't hve a clue. Delfino gets the point, he's the man as good as Nash who Jose is better than him. TJ is not MVP as you will find soon than later because of garbage time he want stats.
  10. A non-Imus from Canada writes: Don't read too much into any Raptor victories. But when they lose it's all Mitchell's fault.
  11. Joseph Daniel from Oakville, Canada writes: DING!DING!DING! we have a winner, Big C you win the prize for the Best Rog imitation on here! LOL!.....Sure it was a sloppy win but the many thing is it was a W.
  12. Yertu Damkule from Canada writes: BigC - glad see you finully see what i say for many days, tj no good for team, he all about stats, just look at game sunday, he put up garbage stats just so to convince sam to play more minutes him, and look, it work, now jose sad & that why he no play well. my nephew could see that.

    this is fun...
  13. andy c from Canada writes: part of ford's master plan pretend to be hurt so jose can play mins and once's his production starts slipping ford can come in as a saviour jose not have a bad game beause tj and sam must told the rest of team to miss shots on purpose so no assists for calderon all one big master plan to get tj back in the starting lineup sam can repeat as coach of the year even never he get it again because it fluke last year because peope who vote have no idea at all just like the people vote labron for mvp when should vote caldeon again they at all no clue
  14. Joseph Daniel from Oakville, Canada writes: andy C, Yertu (welcome back) , Big C you guys are killing me. I am splitting a gut here.
  15. Archie Gillespie from cowtown, Canada writes: BigC, yertu, Andy, Josef. You make me laughinh now. Jose, I luuuuv Jose, have great game cause in morning my 9 year nefew and Jose cure cancer and fix global warm in afternoon before game. TJ and Sam suck they cant fix diseese and hot earth. Jose for MVP and pope.
  16. Big Cayman from South Toronto, Canada writes: LMAO!
  17. Yertu Damkule from Canada writes: archie, too good...'hot earth.' that's awesome. fix global warm. pope. i am actually L-ingMAO.
  18. C Ta from Richmond Hill, Canada writes: I think mocking Roger is rather unnecessary. I'm probably in the minority here, but someone ought to stick up for him. Notwithstanding his comments against Mitchell, dissing Roger in that fashion is indirectly putting down Jose Calderon.

    Although TJ rescued Jose tonight, watching Ford gives me fits. Rewatch the end of the first half as an example of a wasted possession, which is typical of Ford's game. A shoot-first PG isn't so bad if he could actually finish! 6/15?? Ugh. Calderon was due for an off night or two, but he didn't force shots and kept turnovers low (as always).

    I understand we need both for the Raptors to be successful, but I get the same feeling of angst with TJ playing the point as I do seeing Jamario pull up for 3's, Kapono doing everything he can not to take 3's, or Humphries creating off the dribble.
  19. Stevie Dee from Canada writes: Oh, for @#%! sake C Ta, the reason people mock Roger is that he doesn't realize that everyone on this friggin' site realizes Jose's value. The problem is that Roger wets his pants on every Jose basket or assist and is oblivious to any mistake that he makes.

    Relax, no one here is anti-Calderon, it's just that they will acknowledge when he has an off game!
  20. Big Cayman from South Toronto, Canada writes: I disagree that anyone dissing Rog S is dissing Jose. Every regular poster here recognizes Calderon's ability, but unlike Rog S we don't necessarily believe he is the second coming of Christ or that TJ is a detriment to the organization. TJ showed yesterday (whether you had fits or not) that he is needed to help win games. Roger S gets slammed for his evident bias and exaggerations. He also gets slammed for making excuses and blaming others for when Jose has a bad game or being conspicuously absent when he is usually a blow hard and spouting off from anything Jose does whether its making a layup or scratching his crotch. His rants are tirsome, and his adulation borders on sickness.
  21. C Ta from Richmond Hill, Canada writes: Anyone have a link to coverage of last night's game from Indiana's perspective? Always interesting to read thoughts from the opposing fans. I'm sure they must be crying foul over the officiating.
  22. andy c from Canada writes: C Ta: Smith has it linked on "the other" raptors blog
  23. Joseph Daniel from Oakville, Canada writes: C Ta perhaps we are a little rough on Rog. I actually have come to the point now where I look forward to Rog's comments. You know just ofr a bit of balance. Like the others in here we all love Jose and are not trashing him. We wouldn't trade him away for the 2nd coming of Christ as Big C pointed out, unless Kobe Bryant was coming along with him. But his bashing of TJ and Smitch's coaching got a bit tiresome. Heck he was bashing TJ when TJ wasn't even playing.
  24. C Ta from Richmond Hill, Canada writes: Thanks for the heads up, Andy.

    Only one Pacers fan mentioned the officiating, but he was pretty civil about it. Sad to say, but their fans seemed rather indifferent. Biggest issue was their team's thuggish identity and not the game itself. For those complaining about Raptor's lack of toughness, perhaps Primoz will bring that gangsta mentality with more than just his talk.
  25. Roger S from Canada writes: What you guys are talking about TJ Ford couldn't even finish the layups last night, but his supporters are already coming out of the cave in full force? Come on, men, you can do better than this. LOL No need to say more, TJ Ford can contribute if he plays under control and comes up from bench, TJ hurts the team when he pretends to the man of the team. When you start to count on him, he will let you down. Whenever he is struggled, he refuses to play. He is TJ Ford. Where was TJ in last year's playoffs? This season, neck, wrist, down to stomache, can you predict what will be the next mal-functional part from TJ Ford in April? I don't know where, but there will be.
  26. Roger S from Canada writes: What you guys are talking about TJ Ford couldn't even finish the layups last night, but his supporters are already coming out of the cave in full force? Come on, men, you can do better than this. LOL No need to say more, TJ Ford can contribute if he plays under control and comes up from bench, TJ hurts the team when he pretends to the man of the team. When you start to count on him, he will let you down. Whenever he is struggled, he refuses to play. He is TJ Ford. Where was TJ in last year's playoffs? This season, neck, wrist, down to stomache, can you predict what will be the next mal-functional part from TJ Ford in April? I don't know where, but there will be.
  27. Jason J from Markham, Canada writes: It's sad to see how bad an once quality team in Pacers was damaged by a cup of beer ...
  28. Rich Chan from Vancouver, Canada writes: You know what's annoying about this thread. It's the fact that Big C started this whole TJ and Jose thing this time and Rog didn't even mention it. For Christ's sake Big C, will you just let it go. Your immaturity is so annoying. Anyways, I posted earlier and I just have to say that it's a good thing to have both point guards do their thing. When one isn't going well, the other steps up.
  29. Rich Chan from Vancouver, Canada writes: Actually Big Cayman, though you might not understand the analogy, since you're so dense. TJ is like the Green Hornet to Jose's Kato. Where TJ gets all the attention from the rest of the NBA (analysts and fans), while Jose gets to do all the hard work and gets no respect. I didn't know there was such a thin line between being a terrible player, good player, great player and all-star because I was just reading Gilbert Arenas saying that Canadian's don't know how to laugh about things and that Calderon would probably not even play here next season so we shouldn't get so amped up about his all-star snub. By the way, I'm originally from Jamaica, and Cayman sucks!!!!!!!!!
  30. Yertu Damkule from Canada writes: yo, rich...that's just it. when jose has an off-night & TJ plays well, rog simply doesn't have anything to say. i can honestly say that i don't recall a single time i've read a positive comment from roger about TJ. when the roles are reversed, he comes out guns-a-blazing in ridiculous diatribes against TJ (he likes to toss smitch under the bus at any opportunity as well). BigC bringing up the TJ/jose thing was simply an attempt to show how one-sided roger is/can be - ignoring jose's poor performances while lauding his good ones, and ignoring TJ's good ones & only focusing on when he struggles or is injured. BTW rog, really classy, this continual banging on the 'TJ sucks' drum while he's out injured. nice. if you're a raptor fan, it's ok to criticize, we all do it, but if it's done without context, it just becomes a silly personal vendetta. clearly, roger cares more about jose than he does for the team. i'll start caring about what gil has to say when he actually writes something intelligent. at this point, most of what's contained in his blog looks like it was written by his 9-yr old nephew. if he knew anything at all about canadians, he'd realize that we, on the whole, laugh at ourselves as easily as anyone (or moreso). he should also realize that we're pretty passionate about our only decent pro sports team. and that there's more chance of him leaving the wiz this summer than there is of jose leaving the raps. or that the wiz have played almost as well without him as they did with him (until recently, but that's more due to caron being out). gil may be a great player, but as simmons puts it, 'would you want to play with him.? F-no. but whatever.
  31. andy c from Canada writes: so rog, what is your assesment of jose's play last game? nice direct question for you and really no reason to change topics.
  32. Big Cayman from South Toronto, Canada writes: Ha! Rich, your panties still in a bunch from the last thread?! Yeah you're quite intuitive, sure this thread is about TJ v Jose (end sarcasm). If you couldn't see that I was spoofing Roger you're not very bright. Maybe you would be more at home on Chuck Swirsky's Blog. My imaturity is so anoying? What's this, "By the way, I'm originally from Jamaica, and Cayman sucks!!!!!!!!!"? Very mature (and relevant too), but not surprising from a guy pretending to be from Jamaica who watches Girlicious.
  33. Jackie Moon from Toronto, Canada writes: Rich, I got to disagree! Calderon's gotten more buzz outside of Canada this year than Ford has ever gotten. When was Ford ever in contention as an All-Star aside from his name being on the ballot this year (but so is Bargnani's so that should say something in itself)? Check out this blurb from ESPN:

    4. Jose Calderon, Raptors Calderon has been playing at an All-Star level this season. With T.J. Ford in and out of the lineup with injuries, Calderon has become a leader on the Raptors and the best pure point guard on the free-agent market. The Raptors say they'll match any offer for Calderon, and I believe them. Who would let him walk away?

    Anyone think Roger S is a bunch of guys who get a kick out of getting such a reaction out of everyone on these boards? This guy is not for real, come on!
  34. Rich Chan from Vancouver, Canada writes: Good post Jackie Moon, in fact you have to hand it to Arenas who upon mentioning a lot about Calderon has actually helped the point guard get a bit of recognition among the NBA and other fans who didn't know who he was in the first place.

    In regards to Rog S, I know he is a stickler for always getting on the TJ/Calderon debate way too much, but in this thread he didn't mention it in the beginning until Big C had to result to childish sarcasm and bring it up again.

    The same way that Rog S sticks up for Jose is the same way that Big Cayman talks about TJ. Their views are both so blatantly obvious that both must be carrying their respective love-childs. Easy girls, both point guards are necessary for Toronto's success, okay Big C.
  35. Big Cayman from South Toronto, Canada writes: Chan you obviously can't read, "The same way that Rog S sticks up for Jose is the same way that Big Cayman talks about TJ." That's total BS I'm wondering if you are actually that dumb that you would really think that. Find one quote where I bash Calderon and adulate TJ Ford like the moronic and all too real Roger S does. Though it is quite funny that you go to defending him, and saying that he is "...a stickler for always getting on the TJ/Calderon debate way too much,.." You're only on me because I pointed out your very faulty logic in the Raptors thread last week. But keep on going so everyone can see the banality in your tirades.

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