Toronto Raptors at Charlotte Bobcats 3/29

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All right everyone, please rise and put your hands over your hearts for the singing of the Canadian National Anthem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDSWn8RQDCU

:g: Catchy Tune... But you can't really dance to it.

The Raptors are 2.5 games behind the Cats (as of Saturday afternoon). Let's kick that ass and send them back home with an 'L'

[Dr. Blotter]

Fuck yeah!! Monday Night Bobcats game is the only time I am excited for a Monday!!

Let's Go Cats!!!!

[teej]

Our two biggest wins this year (and ever) came at home vs. Toronto and Miami. Let's make this one our biggest of them all. I want Henderson and Brown playing at least the last 8 minutes.

[bobcatniners09]

I think we are a sure lock for the playoffs now. Now we have to look towards seeding. Don't want to play the magic or celtics 1sr rd, really bad matchups for us.

[TheLegend]

We got this game hands down. Let's go CATS!!!

[rsxnova]

Bosh has been playing like Randy Moss on the Raiders so i like our chances.

[Marvel]

Blow em the hell outta there

[ohara831]

Toronto is comming off a tough game yesterday. With the Cats rested and at home, this should be a win. But cannot be overconfident. LB has to make sure the guys are ready and focused.

[Maal]

Fuck yeah!! Monday Night Bobcats game is the only time I am excited for a Monday!!

Let's Go Cats!!!!


100% agreed.

[ALong13]

Tyrus Thomas out tonight! Hopefully Derrick Brown sees some extra time at PF and can make the most of it. We need the win tonight!

http://blogs.charlotte.com/inside_the_nba/2010/03/brown-thomas-likely-out.html

[Walt Cronkite]

Am I the only one with tennis on FSS instead of Bobcats?

[Black]

why the hell is womens tennis on?

[Walt Cronkite]

why the hell is womens tennis on?

FSS fuckin up hard.

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I just checked, I have tennis here in Charlotte too.:g:

[Walt Cronkite]

YES! Back in business.

[Black]

YES! Back in business.

thank god, i think the stream i had was in Italian

[WarioVsMooChicken]

Felton's shot looks AWESOME

[BobCatsFanInTx]

Tyrus Thomas out tonight! Hopefully Derrick Brown sees some extra time at PF and can make the most of it. We need the win tonight!

http://blogs.charlotte.com/inside_the_nba/2010/03/brown-thomas-likely-out.htmlI get the feeling the Bobcats will play solid basketball but they will still lose a close one.

I hope I am wrong.

[dnbman]

video link?

[EC123]

I wish the Bobcats would stop trying to run plays for Theo Ratliff.

If Dell Curry could avoid words with the "O" sound, like "go," "show", "Theo", "Toronto", "over", the world would be a much better place.

[spectre]

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you're a lifesaver Spectre. The kids are on the Wii hogging the TV :)

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Chandler is down. Looks like the ankle

[rsxnova]

Shit Mr Glass is down:(

[spectre]

Aw crap. TC was playing really good D there for a stretch. He did great helping DJ on Jack so he could recover and then just manned up on Bosh.

Then he gets hurt.

Like to see a little bit of good Jax anytime.

[rsxnova]

Why is TT out?

[spectre]

sprained ankle. Dunno if it was from practice or not.

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Jax barking at the refs yet again.

[Walt Cronkite]

RGM broke't.

[spectre]

2nd unit is bringing some good energy.

I feel like we should be kicking their ass.

TC's back!

er...I thought he was back. Maybe he's back from the training room.

[Walt Cronkite]

DJ being active on defense, made a gutsy shot early in his minutes. Lotta jumpers by both teams.

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Tyson Chandelier has returned

[spectre]

TC really plays Bosh well.

Hughes contributing some points!

[rsxnova]

Hughes is hitting better than Flip for the most part

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Without Bosh, do you think the Raptors would even be a 20 win team?

[spectre]

Without Bosh, do you think the Raptors would even be a 20 win team?

If their wings keep getting open looks at 3s like we're giving them...yes.

[rsxnova]

Bargs would be a scoring beast without Bosh

[EC123]

If their wings keep getting open looks at 3s like we're giving them...yes.

I hate teams that shoot nothing but threes, because when they play my teams, they never miss.

[rsxnova]

Did you guys know Ricky Martin was gay:o

[ziggy]

Did you guys know Ricky Martin was gay:o

Clay Aiken is gay.... You're kidding, right????

[ziggy]

Did you guys know Ricky Martin was gay:o

10 minutes with this would un-gay him.

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt117/lil-saint16_1994/rock%20my%20album/mariah-carey.jpg

[spectre]

WOW!!!!!

that should count!

[Marvel]

Eeew Mariah Carey

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Eeew Mariah Carey

No love for Mariah?

[Marvel]

Felton on fire

[Marvel]

Felton needs a shower because he's hot right now

Neh don't like Mariah, Zigg....Alicia Keys though:biggrin:

[ALong13]

Felton's on fire...I like it! Now only if the Raptors would cool down!

[Talent]

raptors seem butthurt.

[Marvel]

I hate the Raps...lol i said Raps

Calm down Jax for crying out loud

Diaw needs to be traded we need TT playing his minutes

[spectre]

didn't see that coming...

Wonder why an assistant wasn't over telling Jax to shut the hell up?

[Marvel]

Threeeeeeeeeee
Deeeee Jaaaaaaay

[Marvel]

Hughes:facepalm: No ball movement

[spectre]

I think that's the 3rd time in 3 games DJ has fell for that.

[Marvel]

When i saw DJ driving like that i was like "HUH a 5'8 dude going into a swarm of 6'10 dudes" he got to be crrrrazy
Hughes yes

[Marvel]

Damn Diaw had a fricking layup:facepalm:

[ziggy]

Damn, Bosh got all of that one.

[spectre]

Dammit...Felton just fell for it. :facepalm:

[ALong13]

Down by 4 with less than 3 minutes to go...and Toronto has the momentum and felton fouled on the 3...Bobcats are going to lose this...

[Marvel]

Katy.......
I really hate the Raptors, i hate them

[Marvel]

Jax for 3

Turnover come on

Yeah we're in the bonus........ATTACK ATTACK

EXCELLENT defense from Jax

[spectre]

Jax stepping it up these last couple minutes...and we need it BAD.

That wasn't a good shot tho.

[Marvel]

Attack Jax we're in the bonus:facepalm:

Why Felton............ where's the tear drop

[spectre]

I forsee LB drawing up this intricate play where all 5 players touch the ball and it ends with an "oop" for Crash.

What we'll do is pass it to Jax, he'll stand there for 7 seconds and hoist a a contested 3.

[Marvel]

TC going clutch

Oooh missed

That looked like a jump ball to me

[ALong13]

Well we needed this win and obviously we didn't get it...need Chicago to start losing

[GoBobs]

what happened to that rule where you can't foul a player who doesn't have the ball in the last 2 min or it's two shots and the ball. I know they put that in because of the shaq thing how come they get to hack a chandler?

[ALong13]

Had a chance to tie and Felton threw it away :-(

[Marvel]

Felton:facepalm:

[spectre]

Damn that hurt. Felton would probably have been blocked, but I'd give him better odds than relying on TC 5 ft from the goal.

[Talent]

I want to snap Jerret Jacks leg in half..... :mad:

[ohara831]

Choke job. When you cant win a huge game at home, you deserve whatever fate awaits you. The Cats just choked it up big time.

[Marvel]

That's BS, we're coming off a 3 game win streak and we lose to these cupcakes at home. We should have taken this one,with Toronto playing their 2nd straight.CHOKE JOB, BS BS BS

I hate the Raptors

[dnbman]

Damn that hurt. Felton would probably have been blocked, but I'd give him better odds than relying on TC 5 ft from the goal.

I think he thought TC was going to be moving towards the basket. If TC moves to the right a step, that's a dunk for two and we're going to overtime.

Sad last play. Complete goof.

[spectre]

I think he thought TC was going to be moving towards the basket. If TC moves to the right a step, that's a dunk for two and we're going to overtime.

Sad last play. Complete goof.

True, if TC had went more to his right it'd have hit him right in the stomach. Thing is TC is best when it's high and he doesn't have to do anything other than flush it.

Eh. There were a lot more things we should have done throughout the game better than we did...should have won this easily.

Jax shat the bed 4/5s of the game and Crash was slow to start. If we're relying on Felton to be the main threat in the starters we're hurting anyway.

[ohara831]

Just hate it. Raptors had huge heartbreaking losses Fri and Sun. They were coming off a tough loss last night and we were well rested at home. Just looked like we had no fire tonight. Not focused, not ready to play. LB has to take some of the blame. He cannot let these guys come into this game so ill prepared to defend home court. He needs to kick some ass tonight in the locker room.

[BobCatsFanInTx]

I predicted this one.

[bcat jones]

this team is excactly who we thought they were...dont waste anyones time with the playoffs...that was a HORRIBLE loss...unexplainable/unforgiveable given all the factors...PRETENDERS stop wasting everyones time...4th quarter meltdown at home...OUCH...back to reality!!!

[bcat jones]

just hate it. Raptors had huge heartbreaking losses fri and sun. They were coming off a tough loss last night and we were well rested at home. Just looked like we had no fire tonight. Not focused, not ready to play. Lb has to take some of the blame. He cannot let these guys come into this game so ill prepared to defend home court. He needs to kick some ass tonight in the locker room.....great great points!!!!!

[BobcatsAllDay]

Stay away from Chicago!!!

[CatNation]

is stickum banned in the NBA?

[WarioVsMooChicken]

Bobcats Planet:

Win 3 of last 4 games. Everyone pissed.

[BRNC]

"We were not amused"...it is always better to bury the enemy and not give them a chance to bury you...not a disaster but certainly (IMO) disappointing...

[TYsonofabitchANDLER]

Disappointing loss....I hate the raptors

[Maal]

and if no one else has said it, I will, those refs fucking sucked its hard for 5 guys to play against 8...David Stern must want to keep this playoff race tight....

[TYsonofabitchANDLER]

those refs were terrible

[BRNC]

Guys we had a (31-24) advantage at the free-throw line...IMO it is BS to blame the refs for this...points in the paint and our failure to keep the Raptors (10-4) off the offensive boards cost us the game...and "Doris" passing up open looks never helps...:facepalm:

[Toocool]

Heartbreaking loss. Good lead, blew it badly. We could of used this game to climb the ladder, but instead we play poor defense and loose late game. Left a really bad taste in my mouth.

[teej]

and if no one else has said it, I will, those refs fucking sucked its hard for 5 guys to play against 8...David Stern must want to keep this playoff race tight....


those refs were terrible

Agreed. Eric Lewis cleary wanted Jack on the bench and as was documented by Dell and Steve, he called each of the first 5? fouls in the fourth quarter. Unbelievable.


Guys we had a (31-24) advantage at the free-throw line...IMO it is BS to blame the refs for this...points in the paint and our failure to keep the Raptors (10-4) off the offensive boards cost us the game...and "Doris" passing up open looks never helps...:facepalm:

Sure, except for one thing. They had 9 attempts going into the fourth, and they're a jump shooting team. We're a dunks and layups team. Jack was sat for a good 5 minutes when they made their run, and while he may have deserved his fourth foul (debateable) his fifth foul wasn't even close to an offensive foul, and that ended up being a 5 to 6 point swing where we could've been up 7 but were only up one. Or maybe when Tyson was fouled off-ball, and we didn't get to keep the ball? Larry said postgame there was no explanation for that, any of Jax's fouls, Theo's goaltend, or anything else. He said the officials were "hard to communicate with" and it's obvious that they weren't close to accurate.

Now, I'm not apologizing for poor defense and bad execution on offense, or even for letting them draw us into playing their game. We played poorly, but with perfect officiating, or just plain unbiased officiating, I have no doubt we would've won.

That being said, Ray and Tyson blew that last play, and we should've taken it to overtime. I'm not sure who's fault that was, because it was a set play to drive and dish, but it was also a bad pass. So it's everyone's fault - we got outplayed.

[SWedd523]

Where's Slam when you need him. :facepalm:

[Marvel]

Why is Slam banned and why is there 2 Slams......twins

I hate the Raptors

[GoBobs]

I wish we had four more guys like Gerald Wallace. Jackson needs to just play ball and not worry about the refs. He is a vet and he needs to act like it. Everybody in the building new he was going to get that T. We are lucky they missed the free throw or it would have been one point worse.

What a terrible loss. We get hot shooting threes in the first half and somehow lose our scrappy style of play. Outscored 31-23 in the fourth.

[TheBeagle]

Agreed. Eric Lewis cleary wanted Jack on the bench and as was documented by Dell and Steve, he called each of the first 5? fouls in the fourth quarter. Unbelievable.



Sure, except for one thing. They had 9 attempts going into the fourth, and they're a jump shooting team. We're a dunks and layups team. Jack was sat for a good 5 minutes when they made their run, and while he may have deserved his fourth foul (debateable) his fifth foul wasn't even close to an offensive foul, and that ended up being a 5 to 6 point swing where we could've been up 7 but were only up one. Or maybe when Tyson was fouled off-ball, and we didn't get to keep the ball? Larry said postgame there was no explanation for that, any of Jax's fouls, Theo's goaltend, or anything else. He said the officials were "hard to communicate with" and it's obvious that they weren't close to accurate.

Now, I'm not apologizing for poor defense and bad execution on offense, or even for letting them draw us into playing their game. We played poorly, but with perfect officiating, or just plain unbiased officiating, I have no doubt we would've won.

That being said, Ray and Tyson blew that last play, and we should've taken it to overtime. I'm not sure who's fault that was, because it was a set play to drive and dish, but it was also a bad pass. So it's everyone's fault - we got outplayed.
Perfect breakdown of WTF happened out there tonight. Ultimately, putrid defense and trying to play the jump-shooting game with a better jump-shooting team did the team in, but there were literally, as it turns out, game-changing calls made out there tonight. The key one for me was the phantom goaltending call on Theo. Now they don't have the greatest replays at the arena, but it still showed the ball was not on its downard path, and it was not being pinned against the glass, so how the hell was it a goaltend?!?! When that incredulous call was made, I made a mental note to self saying, basically, watch them win by 1 or 2 points, and this bullshit call will be the reason. Now, most of the time, I'm never right with these internal dialogues I have with myself during games, but, goddamm it if I wasn't right this time.

And, yeah, Jack's fifth foul was an insult. And even them not allowing Gerald's circus shot to be an "and 1"; I swear I've seen other games where they allow that shot to count. I know you can't throw the ball over the backboard and in, but it looked like his shot ran parallel to the upper corner of the board, slightly clipping it, not entirely over it. And Larry not getting the call for a 4 point play when he was obviously fouled on the follow through on one of his 3s.

Like teej says, the Bobcats lack of intensity and execution lost this game, but the refs played much more of a role in the outcome than they should have..

[BobcatsAllDay]

Watched from home and the over head cam clearly shows the ball hitting the glass a tenth of a second before Theo blocks the shot. Dell and Steve both agreed with the call. One of those split second calls that didn't go our way. I will give the ref credit on that one b/c I know it was a tough call to make.

This game along with the buzzer beater in Atl sucks. It's no way we lay down vs Philly w/ what's at stake now.

[spectre]

“I yelled ‘quick fist’ which is a mid-screen and roll, and if you don’t have it you throw back and you’ve got an outside shot,” said Bobcats Head Coach Larry Brown about the last play of the game. “I thought (Felton) was trying to do the right thing, just bad execution. Going left, throwing back is pretty tough.”

Larry Brown was so right to be upset about the Wiz game that we won on Friday night as the crap D definitely carried over to this game. From the start I had a bad feeling and it never went away....all the way to the end. Sure that last play ended up being the deciding factor, but we really didn't deserve to win this game regardless.

Maybe this will be a wake up call. We'd better hope so; Philly has been playing well and if we don't turn this around quick we're going to be on a 2 game losing streak.

[spectre]

Free throws...

Before Jax showed his ass and got the technical on the bench at the 3:30 mark of the 3rd quarter:

Bobcats - 19 FTs
Raptors - 6 FTs

After the technical:

Bobcats - 12 FTs
Raptors - 18 FTs

The got almost as many FTs in 15.5 minutes as we did for 31.5 minutes. Granted DJ & Felton falling for those 3 pt pump fakes didn't help, but even those reinforce the thought that the refs really buckled down on us after that incident.

Jax's mouth really hurts us sometimes.

[spectre]

QCH - Raptors win in CLT, take season series (http://www.queencityhoops.com/GameRecap032910.php)


Meritorious Player: Raymond Felton 18 pts, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 turnovers*

I put the asterisk by Felton's three turnovers because I can't totally blame him on his late dish to Tyson Chandler that bounced out of bounds because that was the right play to make given they just got a dunk on a similar pick and roll in the previous possession.

That play is a perfect example of what happens to this team when they lose or don't play well, someone zigs when they're supposed to zag or someone throws a pass when the other guy isn't ready for it and the end result a turnover. Chandler and Felton still are not in sync and Tyson still isn't used to being an offensive option on those screen and rolls save for the rare lob.

I've watched that replay like 10 times now. He is right that we ran a very similar play right before...a bounce pass to TC (no less) that resulted in a flush...but I'm still not sure what the correct play would be on that last possession. I wanted Felton to take the shot, but Bosh was right there waiting to slap it into the stands.

Maybe the best move would have been one of those floaters Felton's become pretty good at?

[BobCatsFanInTx]

My Prediction from the beginning of last night...I get the feeling the Bobcats will play solid basketball but they will still lose a close one.

I hope I am wrong.

[GoBobs]

QCH - Raptors win in CLT, take season series (http://www.queencityhoops.com/GameRecap032910.php)



I've watched that replay like 10 times now. He is right that we ran a very similar play right before...a bounce pass to TC (no less) that resulted in a flush...but I'm still not sure what the correct play would be on that last possession. I wanted Felton to take the shot, but Bosh was right there waiting to slap it into the stands.


Maybe the best move would have been one of those floaters Felton's become pretty good at?

The perfect play would have been for Felton to throw a high arc lob to Tyson once he drew Bosh, a shot fake jump pass. Even if Tyson is looking for the rebound he would have a chance to react. Honestly I don't know why we don't lob it to him for more dunks. He plays better when he gets a few buckets.

The pass he threw was a good pass though. He just faked Tyson out along with all the raptors players.

[TheBeagle]

QCH - Raptors win in CLT, take season series (http://www.queencityhoops.com/GameRecap032910.php)



I've watched that replay like 10 times now. He is right that we ran a very similar play right before...a bounce pass to TC (no less) that resulted in a flush...but I'm still not sure what the correct play would be on that last possession. I wanted Felton to take the shot, but Bosh was right there waiting to slap it into the stands.

Maybe the best move would have been one of those floaters Felton's become pretty good at? Yeah, I thought Raymond went too deep, and should've gone with the big floaty, and if he misses, maybe we could get a weakside miracle a la Gerald's putback vs. Memphis. Once he passed the FT line with no intent to shoot, and with Bosh waiting on him down low, I knew it wouldn't end pretty.