Raptors Discussion: v96| Playoff Round 1 vs Philadelphia

[Woodman19]

I'm sure the Refs will gift us game 4 to avoid the sweep to even things out and make for better TV for them to close it out at home.

 

[djdev]

We can blame refs all we want, but Raps deserve to be down this much. Getting dominated in non Embid minutes is a bad look.

yep i spoke to soon, 1st time i have turned off a playoff game in a longggggg time.

welp, at least we have scottie going forward lol

 

[Suntouchable13]

yep i spoke to soon, 1st time i have turned off a playoff game in a longggggg time.

welp, at least we have scottie going forward lol

ARe you saying you did not turn off game 2 against MIL in 2019? That was even worse than this one.

 

[djdev]

ARe you saying you did not turn off game 2 against MIL in 2019? That was even worse than this one.

i didnt, no lol

 

[djdev]

the thing is, we dont really need a gobert type center on this team, we have enough problems creating offensively already lol. we just need a big who isnt useless like birch lol or who doesnt weigh as much as a pre-teen like boucher. both of these guys have terrible IQs as well.

gasol/ibaka werent bigger than boucher, but they were infinitely smarter and tougher.

 

[1specter]

Embiid is the biggest p***y big man in NBA history

 

[IronHalen]

*Embiid falls over* FOULLLLLLLLLLLL

 

[Man Bear Pig]

The gap in free throws sure is something.

 

[trellaine201]

And most in here wished a Philly matchup

 

[PromisedLand]

Embiid is the biggest p***y big man in NBA history

*Embiid falls over* FOULLLLLLLLLLLL

Even Nurse had had enough of his BS

 

[ponder]

the thing is, we dont really need a gobert type center on this team, we have enough problems creating offensively already lol. we just need a big who isnt useless like birch lol or who doesnt weigh as much as a pre-teen like boucher. both of these guys have terrible IQs as well.

gasol/ibaka werent bigger than boucher, but they were infinitely smarter and tougher.

I get where you’re coming from, but this is just factually incorrect. Boucher is 6’9” 200lbs, Gasol 6’11” 255lbs. Gasol is/was WAYYYYYY bigger than Boucher.

 

[PromisedLand]

tell me this game wasn't rigged. What a f***ing JOKE

 

[CabanaBoy5]

I haven’t seen this much of Malachi Flynn all season. Tells you where we are right now. The reffing has been awful but this team doesn’t have the same confidence it had late in the season. Leaders are not leading right now. I think they’ll have a better game at home and the free throws will be more even. That disparity in free brows should be investigated though.

 

[1specter]

Honestly this is f***ing embarrassing and such a bad look for this league

 

[Ashdown2]

basketball is like football ... u can call a foul on almost EVERY play and its the refs who decide it.
one of the reasons i cant stand both those sports.

they also need to call the drop shoulder tackles on the offensive player , its lunacy what big men get away with.

 

[Dr.Funk]

Honestly this is f***ing embarrassing and such a bad look for this league

Have they found the sniper?

 

[Nylanderthal]

the thing is, we dont really need a gobert type center on this team, we have enough problems creating offensively already lol. we just need a big who isnt useless like birch lol or who doesnt weigh as much as a pre-teen like boucher. both of these guys have terrible IQs as well.

gasol/ibaka werent bigger than boucher, but they were infinitely smarter and tougher.

Gasol and ibaka were bigger and stronger than anyone they have now down low. I’m not suggesting Gobert is the cure-all to what ails this team as at the end as he’s not a big shot creator and that’s what they really need, the lack of size and bulk with the “position-less ball” they play is being highly exposed right now.

 

[Nylanderthal]

I get where you’re coming from, but this is just factually incorrect. Boucher is 6’9” 200lbs, Gasol 6’11” 255lbs. Gasol is/was WAYYYYYY bigger than Boucher.

Even serge while not taller really at 6’10” he’s thick and strong and able to bang. Our guys have tofoul Embiid to make any impact on him.

 

[Contenderorpretender]

Hate blaming the refs but when embid gets more ft than the entire raps team...... getting some Tim Donaghy vibes.

 

[WeThreeKings]

FVV was also atrocious at a time the game was close.

 

[Bluelines]

Honestly this is f***ing embarrassing and such a bad look for this league

Ha Ha ... soccer is coming to a NBA city near you ... Philly diving like that tells you that they don't think they can beat the Raps if they paly an honest game... this series is not over.

 

[saltming]

The Raptors raced to an 11-2 lead and had the first six fouls to none for the 76ers.

Refs hamstring the team again. It's pathetic. The NBA is a joke. We complain about the NHL but the American bias in the NBA in not even hidden

 

[Tuggy]

Not a lot to be positive about right now. So many things not going the Raptors way so far in this series.

We'll see if the reffing changes in Toronto but obviously the Raptors need to hold serve at home. If they can go back to Philly at 2-2 then we'll see, but right now looking like a short series.

Losing Barnes really hurt...

 

[inthe6ix]

Losing GTJ is a massive blow - that's 19 points/night out the door with no one to pick up the slack. Add the loss of Barnes and everything he brings all over the court, and this series is looking bleak.

 

[inthe6ix]

FVV was also atrocious at a time the game was close.

That one sequence where the Raps got 3 offensive rebounds and FVV took three straight wide open 3's and missed them all, was just depressing - 5-16 from the arc ain't gonna cut it.

Freddy started well, but just has not been elite enough for us early in this series and if you are getting outplayed by Maxey, that's a crushing gut punch as we have no answer for him nor Embiid as there's no Gasol to shut him down. It is simply bully ball down low and he's making all his free throws.