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FINAL SCORE: RAPTORS 111, Knicks 100
Complete Game Info

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In comparison with Friday night’s 30-point shellacking:

i. The Knicks used both Chris Wilcox [#4/5] and Larry Hughes [#2/3: 1-9/FGM-FGA/11.0%] and sat out Danilo Gallinari.

ii. The Raptors chose not to use Marcus Banks [#1-2], Nathan Jawai [#4/5], Jake Voskuhl [#4/5] and Patrick O’Bryant [#5].

iii. The Raptors were able to win the Battle of the Boards [i.e. 50-43].

 

TORONTO RAPTORS’ SUBSTITUTIONS vs NEW YORK KNICKS [Sun Feb 22 2009]
Time	1	2	3	4	5	Start	End	Diff
Q1 12:00	JC	AP	SM √	CB √	AB	00-00	15-14	+1
Q1 05:45			JG √	SM √		15-14	22-16	+5
Q1 03:37		JK	√	√		22-16	24-19	-1
Q1 02:29	RU		√	CB √		24-19	27-27	-5
Q2 12:00	RU	JK	JG √	SM√	CB √	27-27	39-31	+8
Q2 08:51	JC		√	√	AB	39-31	44-41	-5
Q2 05:59		AP	SM √	CB √		44-41	57-53	+1
Q3 12:00	JC	AP	SM √	CB √	AB	57-53	67-66	-3
Q3 06:06			JG √	SM √		67-66	80-72	+7
Q3 01:35	RU		JK	JG √	CB √	80-72	82-74	0
Q4 12:00	RU	JK	JG √	SM√	CB √	82-74	92-85	-1
Q4 07:25			√	SM√	AB	92-85	96-88	+1
Q4 06:46	JC	AP	JK	SM √		96-88	104-93	+3
Q4 03:43			SM √	CB √		104-93	111-98	+2
Q4 00:08			JG √	√		111-98	111-100	-2
LEGEND: Non-Italics & Non-bold – Player in the game at this position; Italics – Player Shifted to a new position; Bold – New Player Subbed into the game at this position; √ – Solid Rebounder at this position; AB – Andrea Bargnani; AP – Anthony Parker; CB – Chris Bosh; JC – Jose Calderon; JG – Joey Graham; JK – Jason Kapono; RU – Roko Ukic; SM – Shawn Marion.

 

 

Those who doubt that Shawn Marion’s most effective position in the NBA is, indeed, the #4/PF should take note of how the Raptors used The Matrix in this game, and the qualitative difference in the way they played:

 

A. With Shawn Marion at the #3/SF position:

 

21:43/MP = +1 Point

 

B. With Shawn Marion at the #4/PF position:

 

22:05/MP = +18 Points

 

C. Without Shawn Marion on the floor:

 

4:12/MP = -8 Points.

 

D. When using 3 solid Rebounders together at the #3, #4 and #5 positions:

 

Graham/3 + Marion/4 + Bosh/5 = +7 Points 

 

Althought the Knicks are by no means a High End Team …

 

Part 1

If the Raptors can play EVEN while using Marion at the #3/SF position; and, then, shift into a HIGHER GEAR with The Matrix in his sweet spot [i.e. #4/PF] … specifically, alongside of Joey Graham [#4] and Chris Bosh [#5] … this team can:

 

[i] Succeed in keeping its opponent off the boards; and,

[ii] Generate easy Fast Break Points of its own.

 

Part 2

In addition …

 

By using Anthony Parker at the Back-up PG position - which the Raptors chose not to do yesterday - whenever one of Graham, Marion or Bosh is not on the floor, the Raptors can still ensure that they have 3 solid Rebounders [relative to their positions] working together in their respective 5-Man Units.

Tags: Andrea Bargnani, Anthony Parker, Chris Bosh, Jason Kapono, Joey Graham, Jose Calderon, Roko Ukic, Shawn Marion

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