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Toronto Raptors, Game 2

Friday, October 29th, 2010

According to the most recent reports … i.e. Cavaliers-Raptors Preview … Anderson Varejao [PF-C] will not be in the line-up this evening for the visiting Cavaliers.

TORONTO RAPTORS

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

Pos

PERSONNEL

ADV

PERSONNEL

Pos

STARTERS

PG

Jack

=

Sessions

PG

OG

DeRozan

à

Parker

OG

SF

Kleiza

=

Moon

SF

PF

Evans

à

Hickson

PF

C

Bargnani

ß

Hollins-?

C

 

+1

 

 

+2

 

KEY SUBS

PG

Calderon

ß

Gibson

PG

OG

Barbosa

ß

Harris-?

OG

SF

Weems

=

Williams/J

SF

PF

Johnson

à

Jamison

PF

C

Andersen

à

Powe-?

C

 

+2

 

 

+2

 

RESERVES/EXTRAS/OUTS

PG

Banks

N/A

Williams/M

PG

SF

Wright

N/A

Eyenga

OG

PF

Dorsey

N/A

Graham

SF

PF

Davis

N/A

Samuels

PF

C

Alabi

N/A

Varejao

PF

 

0

 

 

0

 

COACHING

HC

Triano

àà

Scott

HC

 

0

 

 

+2

 

OVERALL

 

+3

 

 

+6

 

If the home side should manage to lose this game, with their first west coast road trip of the regular season schedule set to kick off on Monday:

Mon Nov 1 @ Sacramento Kings
Wed Nov 3 @ Utah Jazz
Fri Nov 5 @ LA Lakers
Sat Nov 6 @ Portland Trail Blazers

there’s a very real possibility for the Raptors to be 0-6, by the time they play their next game in the cozy confines of the ACC.

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The first published wagering line for this evening’s game was listed as:

Toronto -2.5/-110

The currently published wagering line, however, is now showing as:

Toronto -3.0/-108 [as of 8:15 AM]

Although this is not the NBA game which will be given out to KSS clients today, the Cavs should also be a solid selection, at +3.0 … if Byron Scott is able to use Leon Powe [PF-C], as the primary replacement for Varejao, while continuing to feature JJ Hickson [PF], as his go-to scorer, with Antawn Jamison [PF] coming off the bench … and, especially, if this line continues to rise, in their favour, as tip-off approaches. 

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Up-date:

The currently published wagering line for this game is now …

Toronto -3.5/-104 [as of 11:00 AM].

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PS. Despite what many Raptors fans might think about them, each of Jamario Moon, Anthony Parker and [even] Joey Graham [Reserve-?] are solid NBA players – if used in their proper roles – who are quite capable of succeeding on a lower tier playoff team … when working under a top notch coach and without the benefit of playing beside a ‘superstar’ teammate … in comparison with their current counterparts in Toronto’s line-up.

Which Cavalier should be used to defend Rajon Rondo in Game 6?

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Mo Williams?

Anthony Parker?

Daniel Gibson?

Despite what certain NBA observers might think …

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Thursday Bullets

John Hollinger (Insider): “In the backcourt, the biggest issue has been how to hide Mo Williams on defense. The best answer, it seems, is to just put him on Rajon Rondo and live with the consequences. Cleveland has lost three of four since switching the matchup so that Parker would guard Rondo, with Williams guarding Allen. While Rondo has had his way with Williams, this arrangement at least allows Parker to contain Allen. Since the empirical evidence suggests Parker can’t guard Rondo either, the Cavs really gain nothing from the switch.”

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The best individual match-up Cleveland has to go against Rajon Rondo, the stellar PG of the Celtics, isn’t any of these 3 players but …

     vs.  

… by a country mile.

The fact is that …

Delonte West:

1. Has the size and strength [i.e. at 6-3, 180] required to keep a strong PG like Rondo [6-1, 171] under control from a purely physical standpoint;

2. Is left-hand dominant [i.e. which puts his "strong" left hand on the same side of his body as Rondo's "strong" right hand, from a defensive perspective];

3. Has the type of:

i. Back-to-basket low-post offensive game;

ii. Passing/play-making ability;

iii. Scorer’s mentality; and,

iii. Ability to make enough perimeter shots;

to keep Rondo occupied on the defensive end of the floor … while making him work hard [i.e. expend energy] and, possibly, drawing him into foul difficulty.

Specifically, if you take a closer look at the GameFlow chart from Game 5, you should be able to see that Cleveland more than held its own against Boston when Delonte West was on the floor without Mo Williams playing beside him. 

[i.e. A main probelm for the Cavs in Game 5 was that Mike Brown chose to only use Mr. West for a grand total of 9 minutes, zero ("0") in the 2nd half.]

Up, down, or approximately where they are right now

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

With last night’s 16th loss of the season …

Toronto Raptors 95
MIAMI HEAT 115
Game Summary

the most important question for the Toronto Raptors is:

Q1. Should this team, as constructed, be expected to improve substantially over the course of the next 55 games, or not?

A1. Well …

PART ONE

This is what the Eastern Conference standings look like today:

Eastern W L PCT GB CONF DIV HOME ROAD L 10 STREAK
Boston1 20 4 0.833 0.0 13-3 5-0 8-3 12-1 10-0 W 11
Orlando2 18 6 0.750 2.0 14-3 3-1 8-2 10-4 7-3 W 1
Atlanta3 17 6 0.739 2.5 10-4 2-2 10-2 7-4 6-4 W 4
Cleveland4 18 7 0.720 2.5 11-5 4-1 10-2 8-5 7-3 W 3
Miami5 12 11 0.522 7.5 8-5 3-2 7-7 5-4 4-6 W 1
Milwaukee6 11 11 0.500 8.0 6-7 2-3 9-3 2-8 3-7 W 2
Detroit7 11 13 0.458 9.0 8-5 1-3 8-4 3-9 6-4 L 1
Charlotte8 10 13 0.435 9.5 9-10 2-2 9-3 1-10 6-4 W 1
Toronto 11 16 0.407 10.5 7-9 0-1 7-5 4-11 4-6 L 1
Indiana 8 14 0.364 11.0 6-7 0-1 5-6 3-8 3-7 L 1
Chicago 8 15 0.348 11.5 5-9 3-2 6-5 2-10 2-8 L 2
New York 8 16 0.333 12.0 4-11 2-2 4-8 4-8 5-5 L 1
Washington 7 15 0.318 12.0 6-11 1-4 4-7 3-8 4-6 L 5
Philadelphia 6 18 0.250 14.0 5-10 3-2 4-8 2-10 1-9 W 1
New Jersey 2 23 0.080 18.5 2-15 0-5 1-8 1-15 2-8 L 4

PART TWO

As of Fri Dec 11 2009, this is what the Strength Of Schedule [SOS] looked like for the teams in the East:

Team

SOS Rk

Boston 1

28

Orlando 2

22

Atlanta 3

15

Cleveland 4

27

Miami 5

9

Milwaukee 6

26

Detroit 7

4

Charlotte 8

17

Toronto

16

Indiana

20

Chicago

3

New York

5

Washington

10

Philadelphia

6

New Jersey

18

PART THREE

Looking at the injury situation for the Raptors and the other teams around them in the standings:

Team

Significant Player Loss To Injury

Milwaukee 6

M-Redd [A]

Detroit 7

R-Hamilton [A]; T-Prince [C]; B-Gordon [B]; W-Bynum [B]

Charlotte 8

None

Toronto

J-Calderon [B]; R-Evans [C]

Indiana

M-Dunleavy [A]; D-Granger [C]

Chicago

T-Thomas [C]

New York

None

Washington

A-Jamison [A]

Philadelphia

L-Williams [C]

Legend: A – Missed games earlier in the season; B – Missed recent games; C – On-going absence.

PART FOUR

For all practical intents and purposes:

Team

Expectations Moving Forward, Relative To The Raptors

Milwaukee 6

Struggle to maintain present position

Detroit 7

Maintain present position

Charlotte 8

Maintain present position, if remain injury-free

Toronto

 

Indiana

Improve upon present position, if D-Granger returns

Chicago

Improve upon present position, if T-Thomas returns

New York

Improve upon present position, if remain injury-free

Washington

Improve upon present position, if remain injury-free

Philadelphia

Improve upon present position, if L-Williams returns

PART FIVE

As has been said in this corner, since the 2009 NBA Draft took place …

when the Raptors chose not to trade down from the No. 9 position [overall], in an effort to re-invigorate their squad with:

* An additional NBA-calibre player obtained in a trade down

* The lower 1st Round pick they could have obtained in a trade down, which could have been used to acquire an in-coming player like Brandon Jennings, or Terrence Williams, or Earl Clark, or Rodrigue Beaubois, or Taj Gibson

* The lower 1st Round pick they could have bought with their $3.0 M ‘draft voucher’ obtained in their trade with the Miami Heat, which they could have used to acquire a player like Taj Gibson, or DeJuan Blair, or Derrick Brown, or Dante Cunningham, or Sam Young, or Marcus Thornton, or Nando De Colo

or

The upper 2nd Round pick they could have obtained in a trade down, if a lower 1st Round Pick was not available, with which they could have acquired an in-coming player like DeJaun Blair, or Derrick Brown, or Dante Cunningham, or Marcus Thornton, or Nando De Colo

and the decisons were made by Bryan Colangelo:

1 To not re-sign Shawn Marion for the dollar amount required to retain his services;

2 To not re-sign their own unrestricted free agents [i.e. Anthony Parker and Joey Graham];

3 To sign Jay Triano [then, interim head coach] to a 3-yr contract extension;

4 To complete the series of trades which then ensued with Orlando, Dallas, Golden State and Milwaukee, in effect, exchanging the following players on the team’s 2008-2009 roster with their corresponding counterparts [i.e. coded by colour] on the current version:

2008-2009

2009-2010

Calderon

Calderon

Parker

DeRozan

Marion

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bosh

Bargnani

Bargnani

Ukic

Jack

Kapono

Belinelli

Graham

Wright

Humphries

Johnson

Voskuhl

Nesterovic

Banks

Banks

Douby

Weems

M-Bonsu

M-Bonsu

Jawai

Evans

O’Bryant

O’Bryant

… that actually did little overall to substantially improve the Quality Depth on their team, despite what the fanbase was originally led to believe by the Raptors’ Management Team and assorted NBA “observers” who extolled the influx of supposed “talent” associated with these new additions to the roster …

this year’s Raptors team is no better than a number of other middle-of-the- pack outfits in the Eastern Conference and, in fact, should be expected to struggle to make the playoffs this season.

Those who thought/think that this edition of the Toronto Raptors has UNDER-ACHIEVED, to this point, this season …

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were/are fundamentally INCORRECT.

This is precisely WHO and WHAT the Raptors are, and approximately WHERE the 2009-2010 version of their team SHOULD BE expected to finish this season, based on the personnel [i.e. players and coaches] on its roster.

Where would the Raptors be today, if …

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Following last night’s deflating home loss to the Atlanta Hawks, the conference standings in the East look like this:

Eastern W L PCT GB CONF DIV HOME ROAD L 10 STREAK
Boston1 18 4 0.818 0.0 12-3 5-0 8-3 10-1 9-1 W 9
Orlando2 17 6 0.739 1.5 13-3 3-1 7-2 10-4 7-3 L 2
Atlanta3 16 6 0.727 2.0 9-4 2-2 9-2 7-4 6-4 W 3
Cleveland4 16 7 0.696 2.5 10-5 4-1 9-2 7-5 7-3 W 1
Miami5 11 10 0.524 6.5 7-5 3-2 6-6 5-4 4-6 L 1
Milwaukee6 10 11 0.476 7.5 6-7 2-3 8-3 2-8 2-8 W 1
Detroit7 10 12 0.455 8.0 8-5 1-3 7-4 3-8 5-5 W 4
Charlotte8 9 12 0.429 8.5 8-10 2-2 8-3 1-9 6-4 L 1
Toronto 10 15 0.400 9.5 7-8 0-1 6-5 4-10 3-7 L 2
Chicago 8 13 0.381 9.5 5-8 3-2 6-3 2-10 2-8 W 1
Indiana 7 13 0.350 10.0 5-6 0-1 5-6 2-7 2-8 W 1
Washington 7 13 0.350 10.0 6-10 1-4 4-6 3-7 4-6 L 3
New York 8 15 0.348 10.5 4-10 2-2 4-8 4-7 5-5 W 4
Philadelphia 5 18 0.217 13.5 5-10 3-2 3-8 2-10 0-10 L 12
New Jersey 2 21 0.087 16.5 2-13 0-5 1-8 1-13 2-8 L 2

Prior to the 2009 NBA Draft, however, these were some of the players who were recommended in this space for the Toronto Raptors:

Terrence Williams [OG-SF, New Jersey, 1st Rd]
Earl Clark [SF-PF, Phoenix, 1st Rd]
Derrick Brown [SF-PF, Charlotte, 2nd Rd]
Taj Gibson [PF, Chicago, 1st Rd]
Dante Cunningham [PF, Portland, 2nd Rd]
Marcus Thornton [OG, New Orleans, via Miami, 2nd Rd]
Nando De Colo [OG-SF, San Antonio, 2nd Rd]

Prior to the 4-team trade that involved the Raptors, Magic, Mavericks and Grizzlies, it was also suggested here that Toronto should:

1. Trade Jason Kapono.

2. Either: A. Re-sign Shawn Marion; or, B. Let him walk away, as an UFA.
3. Retain the services of their own Free Agents.
4. Retain the services of useful still-young players like Kris Humphries and Roko Ukic.
5. Retain the services of an experienced, NBA proven and successful head coach who prioritizes Team Defense and Rebounding.

6. Obtain the services of a cost-effective veteran Back-up Point Guard, Combination Off Guard/Small Forward, and Center.

If the Raptors would have followed those recommendations, instead of:

1. Drafting DeMar DeRozan [No. 9, overall]; and,
2. Acquiring the services of Hedo Turkoglu, Jarrett Jack, Antoine Wright, Marco Belinelli, Amir Johnson and Sonny Weems; and,
3. Giving Jay Triano a contract extension.

culminating with a roster that looks like the middle column in the following chart:

TORONTO RAPTORS ROSTER

Role

End 2008-2009

Suggested 2009-2010

Current 2009-2010

STARTERS

1

Jose Calderon

Jose Calderon *

Jose Calderon *

2

Anthony Parker

Anthony Parker *

DeMar DeRozan

3

Shawn Marion

Jamario Moon **

Hedo Turkoglu

4

Chris Bosh

Shawn Marion *

Chris Bosh *

5

Andrea Bargnani

Chris Bosh *

Andrea Bargnani [CE] *

KEY SUBS

6

Roko Ukic

Earl Watson

Jarrett Jack

7

Jason Kapono

Marcus Thornton

Marco Belinelli

8

Joey Graham

Derrick Brown

Antoine Wright

9

Kris Humphries

Kris Humphries *

Reggie Evans

10

Jake Voskuhl

Andrea Bargnani *

Rasho Nesterovic **

RESERVES

11

Quincy Douby

Roko Ukic *

Sonny Weems

12

Pops Mensah-Bonsu

Reggie Evans

Amir Johnson

OTHERS

13

Marcus Banks

Marcus Banks *

Marcus Banks *

14

Nathan Jawai

Joey Graham *

Pops Mensah-Bonsu *

15

Patrick O’Bryant

Rasho Nesterovic **

Patrick O’Bryant *

HC

Jay Triano

Jeff Van Gundy or Avery Johnson

Jay Triano [CE] *

Legend: HC – Head Coach; * – Played with team previous season; ** – Played for Raptors before; UFA – Unrestricted Free Agent; RFA – Restricted Free Agent; Blue – UFA, retained; Purple – RFA, re-acquired; Green – UFA, acquired; Red – 2009 Draft Pick; Orange – Acquired via trade; Brown – RFA, acquired; Turquoise – Signed new head coach; CE – Contract Extension.

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Yours truly thinks they would.

It’s by developing and then implementing a sound Basketball Philosophy … which emphasizes the importance of [I] Team Defense, [II] Rebounding, and [III] Shared Team Offense, in this order … maintaining general roster stability, from one season to the next, while acquiring Quality Depth, and obtaining the services of an experienced and successful NBA head coach, that the Raptors would be able to fundamentally alter the direction of their franchise and construct the type of championship-calibre organization which UFA’s like Chris Bosh, Joe Johnson, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James, etc., would willingly CHOOSE to play for, if they have their druthers, either, this coming off season or further down-the-road.

Source of Raptors’ on-going defensive problems

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Last season the Raptors finished 4th in the Atlantic Division and 13th, overall, in the Eastern Conference [i.e. 33-49/402].

Offensively, they scored 99.0 Points Per Game [16th in the NBA].
Defensively, they allowed 101.9 Points Per Game [20th in the NBA].
In terms of Points Scored Differential, they finished with a Per Game mark of -2.9 [23rd in the NBA].  
In terms of Rebounding Differential, they finished with a Per Game mark of -1.5 [22nd in the NBA].

Thus far, this season, Toronto is:

* 2nd in the Atlantic Division and 10th, overall, in the Eastern Conference [i.e. 7-11/.389];

* 4th in Points Scored Per Game [104.9]

* 29th in Points Allowed Per Game [109.4]

* 23rd in Points Scored Differential Per Game [-4.4]

* 20th in Rebounding Differential Per Game [-0.4] 

How much is the roster really improved for the 2009-2010 Toronto Raptors, compared with the 2008-2009 version?

Role

2008-2009

2009-2010

’09-10 COMPARISON

OFF

DEF

REB

TOT

COACHES

Head

S-Mitchell

J-Triano

+

-

0

0

Assistant

M-Evans

M-Iavaroni

?

-

+

0

Assistant

A-English

A-English

0

0

0

0

Assistant

J-Triano

M-Nori

?

?

?

?

STARTERS

1

J-Calderon

J-Calderon

0

0

0

0

2

A-Parker

D-DeRozan

0

-

0

-

3

S-Marion

H-Turkoglu

+

-,-

-

-

4

C-Bosh

C-Bosh

+

0

+

+

5

A-Bargnani

A-Bargnani

+

0

+

+

KEY SUBS

6

R-Ukic

J-Jack

+

0

0

+

7

J-Kapono

M-Belinelli

0

0

0

0

8

J-Graham

A-Wright

0

0

0

0

9

P-M-Bonsu

A-Johnson

0

0

0

0

10

J-Voskuhl

R-Nesterovic

+

0

+

+

RESERVES

11

M-Banks

S-Weems

+

+

+

+

12

P-O’Bryant

P-M-Bonsu

0

0

+

+

EXTRAS/OUT

13

Q-Douby

M-Banks

0

0

0

0

14

K-Humphries

R-Evans

-

-

0

-

15

N-Jawai

P-O’Bryant

0

0

0

0

TOTAL

-1; +7

-6; +1

-1; +6

-3; +6

Legend:

[+] – Upgrade vs. last season; [-] – Downgrade vs. last season; [0] – Same vs. last season; [?] – Undetermined vs. last season; Grey Shade – New Add this season.

The main problem the Raptors have right now is rooted in the Basketball Philosophy of its Management Team which continues to place far too much emphasis on the Individual Offensive ability of specific players and not nearly enough emphasis on those same players’ Individual Defensive ability.

Until the Raptors add more multi-dimensional players to their roster with the ability to defend their position[s] effectively AND reward those players with additional playing time during important parts of games, Toronto will continue to be little more than a high scoring [entertaining?] Treadmill Team.

Substitution Charts can tell you a great deal about the game

Friday, October 30th, 2009

There are many different ways to track the performance of an individual player, or specific combinations of players, in a NBA game.

When you do this work, what you find, somteimes, can be most revealing.

This is what the “Substitution Chart” looks like for Wednesday’s game between Toronto and Cleveland.

TIME

TOTAL

TEAM

PG

OG

SF

PF

C

SCORE

DIFF

Q1 12:00

 

V

Williams

Parker

James

Varejao

O’Neal

6

-9

 

5:24

H

Calderon

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

15

+9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:36

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Parker

James

O’Neal

8

0

 

1:25

H

 

 

 

 

 

17

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:11

 

V

Wiliams

Gibson

Parker

James

Ilgauskas

11

+1

 

0:22

H

 

 

 

 

 

19

-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:49

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Moon

James

Ilgauskas

11

0

 

0:07

H

 

 

 

 

 

19

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:42

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

13

0

 

0:55

H

Calderon

DeRozan

Wright

Turkoglu

Bargnani

21

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:47

 

V

Gibson

Moon

James

Hickson

Ilgauskas

16

+3

 

0:54

H

Calderon

Jack

Wright

Tukoglu

Bargnani

21

-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:53

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

17

+1

 

0:34

H

Calderon

Jack

Wright

Turkoglu

Bosh

21

-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:19

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

22

-1

 

1:54

H

Calderon

Jack

Wright

Johnson

Bosh

27

+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0:25

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

22

0

 

0:25

H

Banks

Jack

DeRozan

Johnson

Bosh

27

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q2 12:00

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Moon

O’Neal

Ilgauskas

28

+2

 

2:11

H

Jack

Belinelli

DeRozan

Bosh

Bargnani

31

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:49

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

28

-4

 

0:48

H

Jack

Belinelli

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

35

+4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:01

 

V

Williams

Parker

Moon

O’Neal

Ilgauskas

28

-2

 

1:22

H

Jack

Belinelli

Turkoglu

Bargnani

Nesterovic

37

+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:39

 

V

Williams

Parker

Moon

James

Varejao

32

+2

 

1:34

H

Jack

Belinelli

Turkoglu

Johnson

Bargnani

39

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:05

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

33

-1

 

0:15

H

Calderon

Belinelli

Turkoglu

Johnson

Bargnani

41

+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:50

 

V

Williams

Parker

James

Hickson

Varejao

34

-4

 

1:05

H

 

 

 

 

 

46

+4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:45

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

34

0

 

0:23

H

Calderon

Belinelli

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

46

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:22

 

V

Williams

Parker

James

Varejao

O’Neal

36

-6

 

2:11

H

Calderon

Belinelli

Wright

Bosh

Bargnani

54

+6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:11

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Parker

James

O’Neal

36

-2

 

0:59

H

Calderon

Belinelli

Wright

Bosh

Nesterovic

56

+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:12

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

37

0

 

0:49

H

Calderon

Jack

Belinelli

Wright

Nesterovic

57

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0:23

 

V

Gibson

Parker

Moon

James

Varejao

39

+2

 

0:23

H

Calderon

Jack

Belinelli

Bosh

Nesterovic

57

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q3 12:00

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Parker

James

O’Neal

49

+2

 

3:52

H

Calderon

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

65

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:08

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Parker

James

Varejao

55

+4

 

1:36

H

Jack

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

67

-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:32

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

57

+2

 

0:30

H

Jack

Belinelli

Wright

Bosh

Bargnani

67

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:02

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

60

+3

 

0:25

H

Calderon

Jack

Belinelli

Wright

Bargnani

67

-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:27

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

62

+1

 

0:53

H

Calderon

Jack

Wright

Turkoglu

Bosh

68

-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:34

 

V

Gibson

Parker

Moon

James

Varejao

69

+6

 

2:12

H

 

 

 

 

 

69

-6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:22

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

70

-3

 

1:04

H

Jack

Belinelli

Wright

Turkoglu

Bosh

73

+3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:18

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

71

-2

 

0:46

H

Jack

Belinelli

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Bosh

76

+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0:32

 

V

Gibson

Parker

Moon

Hickson

Varejao

71

-2

 

0:32

H

Jack

Belinelli

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Johnson

78

+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q4 12:00

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Moon

O’Neal

Ilgauskas

72

-4

 

1:45

H

Jack

Belinelli

DeRozan

Bosh

Bargnani

83

+4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:15

 

V

Williams

Parker

Moon

O’Neal

Ilgauskas

74

-2

 

1:35

H

 

 

 

 

 

87

+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:40

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Parker

James

O’Neal

76

+2

 

0:34

H

 

 

 

 

 

87

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:06

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

76

0

 

0:09

H

Jack

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

87

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:57

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

78

-2

 

1:56

H

Jack

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Bosh

Nesterovic

91

+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:01

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Parker

James

Varejao

79

-1

 

1:29

H

Calderon

Jack

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

93

+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:32

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

91

+4

 

4:17

H

Calderon

Jack

Wright

Turkoglu

Bosh

101

-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0:15

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

91

0

 

0:15

H

Calderon

Jack

Wright

Turkoglu

Nesterovic

101

0

LEGEND: Bold – Player subbed into the game; Italics – Player in game shifted to new position; PG – Point Guard; OG – Off Guard; SF – Small Forward; PF – Power Forward; C – Center; DIFF – Difference in Score; V – Visiting Team; H – Home Team.

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It contains a fair amount of useful information, if you take the time to examine it in detail.

For example:

Bosh/Bargnani vs PF/C Combos for Cleveland

Varejoa/O’Neal = +9 [7:35]
O’Neal/Ilgauskas = +16 [
7:09]

Hickson/Varejoa = 0 [0:23]

James/Ilgauskas = -1 [0:29]

James/O’Neal = -4 [6:00]
James/Varejoa = -6 [2:06]

+25 [14:44]

-11 [8:58]

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There were, at least, 2 items from Wednesday’s victory that should be of some concern to the Raptors, heading towards this evening’s Game 2, vs Memphis:

1. The way that Bosh/Bargnani performed against the Cavs’ combinations of PF/C’s not named O’Neal/Ilgauskas or Varejao/O’Neal;

and,

2. The 39:44 played by Chris Bosh … in a game where the Raptors had a 21 point lead just prior to half-time … with a brace on his right knee for precautionary reasons.

Something to keep your eyes on as Toronto makes its way through the first 20 games of its regular season schedule.

Raptors open season with a roller-coaster victory

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Cleveland 91
TORONTO 101
Game Scoreboard

Keys to Victory for the Raptors

1st QUARTER

* Got off to a quick start on the strength of the individual match-up advantage held by Andrea Bargnani [13 pts, superior quickness] over Shaquille O’Neal [6 pts]; TOR 27, Cle 22

2nd QUARTER

* Built a 21 point lead [00:32.9, 57-36], shooting 10-17 [58.8/FG%] while limiting their opponent to 6-22 [27.2/FG%]; TOR 57, Cle 39

3rd QUARTER

* After Cleveland completely erased the deficit by the 2:22 mark [69-69], closed the period with a 7-0 run of their own, keyed by an offensive rebound putback from Chris Bosh [2:04, 71-69]; TOR 78, Cle 71]

4th QUARTER

* Took advantage of a questionable coaching decision by Mike Brown, who inexplicably elected to open the frame by going “Big” [i.e. O'Neal and Ilgauskas vs Bargnani and Bosh], which resulted in a 9-3 run by the Raptors to start the the quarter [10:15, 87-74] 

* Hung on gamely down the stretch, despite Cleveland cutting the margin to just 6 points [1:37]

OVERALL

Effectively used multiple pairings of Bigs:

PF AND C, +/-
Bosh and Bargnani, +12
Bosh and Nesterovic, +3
Johnson and Bargnani, +3
Turkoglu and Johnson, +2
Bargnani and Nesterovic, +2
Johnson and Bosh, + 1
Turkoglu and Nesterovic, 0
Wright and Nesterovic, 0 
Turkoglu and Bosh, -3
Wright and Bargnani, -3
Turkoglu and Bosh, -7

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CLEVELAND CAVALIERS [0-2]

 

POS

MP

FGM-FGA

2FGM-2FGA

3FGM-3FGA

FTM-FTA

+/-

OR

DR

TR

AST

PF

ST

TO

BS

BA

PTS

KPM

JAMES

F

39:46

7-19

6-14

1-5

8-14

+2

2

9

11

12

1

2

4

0

2

23

+29

Varejao

F

24:52

0-5

0-5

0-0

2-2

-2

1

3

4

0

5

0

0

1

1

2

-3

O’Neal

C

24:59

6-12

6-12

0-0

0-3

-25

4

3

7

0

4

0

1

0

2

12

+5

Parker

G

38:27

4-12

2-9

2-3

2-2

-7

0

5

5

1

3

0

3

1

1

12

+5

M-Williams

G

39:40

4-14

2-10

2-4

6-7

-14

2

4

6

2

5

1

3

0

0

16

+6

Gibson

 

34:11

4-10

0-2

4-8

0-1

+12

1

2

3

3

3

1

2

0

0

12

+4

Ilgauskas

 

13:24

2-5

2-5

0-0

0-0

-8

2

3

5

0

3

0

1

0

0

4

+2

Moon

 

19:16

2-5

2-3

0-2

5-6

-6

1

5

6

1

0

0

0

0

0

9

+10

Hickson

 

05:21

0-1

0-1

0-0

1-2

-2

0

2

2

0

3

0

0

0

0

1

-2

Jackson

DNP – Coach’s Decision

Karl

DNP – Coach’s Decision

J-Williams

DNP – Coach’s Decision

Total

 

240