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Raptors Discussion: v96| Playoff Round 1 vs Philadelphia

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If we can clinch the 4th seed and get home court advantage in the first round that would be significant.
 
Clark4Ever said:
If we can clinch the 4th seed and get home court advantage in the first round that would be significant.
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I believe PHI has to lose twice for that to be possible, they're favoured by a dozen or so today so I don't see that happening. I don't care too much myself, as long as we play PHI I'm happy.
 
Clark4Ever said:
If we can clinch the 4th seed and get home court advantage in the first round that would be significant.
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Extremely unlikely. Philly has 2 games left against weak teams and they need to lose both and we need to win our last game.
 
canucksfan said:
Looking at the standings I think the most probable opponent is going to be the Celtics.
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really depends, memphis is locked in at number 2 in the west, so them winning or losing has 0 effect on their post season, therefore one could guess that they will prob rest their best players for a meaningless game right before the playoffs.
boston on the other hand, has a decision to make. if they win they face the bulls, who have a vastly inferior record against playoff teams than the raptors and have been playing like trash for 3 months.
if they lose, they face the raptors. given that reports are a few of their top guys arent vaccinated, brown most noteably(qnd maybe he is but theres alot of smoke out there) and that jayson tatum has gone on record saying playing the raptors was the hardest series hes ever been in, it seems crazy that the celtics dont try and win their last remaining game and go for the easier opponent..oh and give themselves a better chance at home court past the 1st round.
 
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Raptors are the team every top 4 seed wanted to avoid and it looks like Philly is gonna play the Raps...honestly it's a winnable matchup for Toronto.

The Raps played Philly tough during the season, they players with chip winning experience on the team, and Embiid/Harden have struggled to get it done in the playoffs in past years
 
swarming d, hit the offensive glass and make your shots

nurse knows how to play embiid and no thybulle to bother gtj at home

we got this
 
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raptors have like 0 pressure on them, philly on the other hand...they are in tough man, we are a matchup nightmare for them and they are playing us and their own past failures lol. we have a real chance here. and most likely we get miami next if we can make it out of the 1st rnd. not out of the realm of possibility to see the ecf in a "rebuilding year" lol.

im not expecting anything but its not hard to see the path opening in front of us.
 
stickty111 said:
Didn't realise thats how the bracket would go. Sets up for potentially a good long run.
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ye, its better.
actually, sorry a bit of a correction, if celts lose to brooklyn/cavs(lol) then we would get bucks 2nd round if miami wins against their playin opponent. regardless, its still the better bracket to be in
 
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