Houston or Toronto?
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Last night’s game between the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors served as an interesting benchmark for the on-going development of these two teams.
Toronto Raptors 92
HOUSTON ROCKETS 116
At the moment:
Toronto is 31-28/.525, 2nd in the Atlantic Division, and 5th in the Eastern Conference; while, Houston is 30-29/.508, 3rd in the Southwest Division, and 9th in the Western Conference.
Both teams played last night’s game without several key players in their respective line-ups, due to a variety of physical ailments/injuries:
Toronto
1. Chris Bosh/PF-C, leg injury [day-to-day]
2. Jose Calderon/PG, arm injury [day-to-day]
3. Hedo Turkoglu/SF, leg injury [incurred last night]
Houston
1. Yao Ming/C, foot injury [expected to return next season]
2. Kyle Lowry/PG, leg injury [day-to-day]
3. Trevor Ariza/SF, hip injury [day-to-day]
Examining the complete rosters for each team:
|
Pos |
TORONTO |
RK |
HOUSTON |
RK |
|
COACH |
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|
|
Triano |
2 |
Adelman |
1 |
|
SUB-TOTAL |
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
STARTERS |
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|
PG |
Jack |
2 |
Brooks |
1 |
|
OG |
DeRozan |
2 |
Martin |
1 |
|
SF |
Turkoglu |
2 |
Battier |
1 |
|
PF |
Bosh |
1 |
Scola |
2 |
|
C |
Bargnani |
2 |
Ming |
1 |
|
SUB-TOTAL |
9 |
|
6 |
|
|
KEY SUBS |
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|
PG |
Calderon |
1 |
Lowry |
2 |
|
OG |
Weems |
2 |
Budinger |
1 |
|
SF |
Wright |
2 |
Ariza |
1 |
|
PF |
Johnson |
1 |
Hill |
2 |
|
C |
Nesterovic |
1 |
Anderson |
2 |
|
SUB-TOTAL |
7 |
|
8 |
|
|
RESERVES |
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|
G |
Belinelli |
1 |
Taylor |
2 |
|
F/C |
Evans |
2 |
Jeffries |
1 |
|
SUB-TOTAL |
3 |
|
3 |
|
|
TOTAL |
21 |
|
18 |
|
|
EXTRAS/OUT |
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|
|
Banks |
2 |
Temple |
1 |
|
|
O’Bryant |
2 |
Hayes |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Armstrong |
1 |
|
LEGEND: Pos – Position; RK – Ranking. |
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is an interesting exercise when considering:
i. Chris Bosh/PF-C becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer;
ii. Chris Bosh is originally from Dallas, Texas;
iii. The relative “NBA talent” base on these two rosters;
iv. The “playoff prospects” for these two teams:
A. This season, and
B. Beyond the current season.
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