A better team would have beat the Raptors tonight, at least it seemed that way to me. The Pacers came out gunning in the 1st quarter; got out hustled by the Raps B-squad, clawed back in the 3rd, and made a game of it in the 4th.

I know what you’re thinking…rebounding killed the Raptors. Usually you would be right…surprisingly not tonight. The Raptors outrebounded the Pacers 46-39. This game was this close for two reasons:

1. The Pacers had about 15 WIDE OPEN LOOKS FROM THE PERIMETER.
2. The Raptors turned the ball over 17 times.

All this ads up to 16 more field goal attempts for the Pacers. Only stands to reason they would keep the game fairly close…annoyingly close in fact. The worst part of it all was that this was one of the most boring games I have watched in a while. The Pacers are hard to watch. Thank G*d Jermaine O’Neal wasn’t playing. He is super boring to watch on offense. Talk about a black hole on offense. I can’t stand him actually. He was lucky to get that massive contract, that he never even came close to living up too.

So no post of mine would be complete without some Moon bashing. Moon sucks man. He easily played the worst game of the season as far as I am concerned. Going back to the last two Knicks games. He gave the hot shooters enough space to hoist threes with reckless abandon…and they hit them all. Delfino was able to come in and pick up the defensive slack. Smitch didn’t look too happy with my moon my man, he still got off 8 shots. Calderon played like crap, but he was due…and here it comes…you ready? … that’s the luxury of having this point guard situation…there, I said it. Joke is, it’s true. TJ had a great game, dropping 16pts and 7ast.

Uhm…that’s all I have, freaking long day for me…sorry…here is my game wrapup:

1st Quarter:

• Bosh wins another tip-off, he has a good winning percentage there.
• Bargnani misses his first three point attempt.
• Bosh airballs over Murphy, then Murphy comes back and reverse dunk in Bosh’s mouth.
• Bosh goes right back at Murphy for an easy layup.
• Rush hits a wide open trey in transition, 7-2 Pacers.
• Dunleavy hits a runner over Bosh inside 15.
• Bosh gets fouled in the paint, hits both from the line.
• Bosh takes Murphy on the baseline and finishes with a dunk.
• Bosh penetrates and dishes to a cutting Moon on the baseline who actually dunks the ball when he gets close to the rim.
• Calderon finishes a tough layup in traffic.
• Bosh misses a bank shot from 5 feet.
• Rush hits another open three from the top of the arc, timeout Raptors.
• Moon gets yanked for some really shit defense, the Raptors don’t hit a basket out of the timeout.
• Bosh is getting the ball on almost every possession, but he can’t seem to carry the load early on.
• Diener hits an open trey, I don’t know where Jose went on that one.
• Bargnani seems to be the only person working on the floor.
• Calderon cuts inside the arc, and hits a jumper.
• Diener starts out on the break after stealing the ball from Bargnani, and dishes to Dunleay for a layup.
• Delfino momentarily stops the bleeding with a trey.
• Harrison backs Bosh deep into the paint and puts a layup in his mouth.
• Delfino takes it to the rack and sticks it.
• Dunleavy hits an open trey.
• Humphries shoots from the top of the key, what the f*ck man? Who does he think he is?
• Dunleavy is all over the court, dude is playing nice for the Pacers.

2nd Quarter:

• Humphries sticks a layup off of Rashos pass all coming from TJ’s penetration.
• Delfino nails his 2nd trey.
• Humphries is really getting on my nervers, why the hell does he shoot the ball so much?
• Raptors force the Pacers into a bad shot as the shot clock expires, they grab the board.
• Ford finds an open Rasho on the baseline who hits the jumper, the lead is cut to 3.
• Humphries hits a tough jumper.
• Granger hits a wide open three.
• Granger comes back, and hits a jumper.
• Bosh grabs an offensive board, then puts a nasty dunk down in the paint.
• Rush hits another trey off a couple swings…he was wide open…I know, surprising.
• Ford draws a foul driving the paint, he hits 1 of 2.
• Bosh rotates on Granger and forces a turnover.
• Ford takes it to the rack, hitting a tear drop in the lane.
• Bosh draws a charge on Dunleavy.
• Delfino hits another open trey off of Bosh’s offensive board.
• Ford finds Kapono for a layup in traffic with a sick pass + 1
• Moon blocks Granger on the drive, then forces a shot clock violation.
• Ford puts the Raptors up 2, hitting both shots from the line.
• Ford is feeling it, hitting a step back jumper over Diener.
• Moon gives Granger some space, and Granger nails an open three.
• For f*cks sakes…Moon pump fakes 8 times, and jacks a shot…obviously missing with a thud.
• Kapono cleans up the mess getting fouled on the offensive rebound, and hitting both from the line.
• Parker finds a cutting Kapono who misses the layup, but Bosh puts back the shot.
• Kapono catches and shots inside the arc.
• The Raptors rotate perfectly on defense, forcing the Pacers into a shot clock violation.
• Man I hate TSN productions…Rod Black is more annoying then the MLSE ass kissing crew.

3rd Quarter:

• Moon misses another jumper inside the arc.
• Parker curls off of a Moon screen, and nails the jumper on a catch and shoot from Calderon. I am a big fan of this play, they should go to it a couple times a quarter.
• Bosh draws a foul going to the rack, hits both from the line.
• Rush sticks a jumper over Bosh off the switch on the screen.
• Bargnani misses a trey off the high sreen with jose.
• Dunleavy takes it to the rack, blowing by Moon.
• Bosh travels on the baseline, with very little defensive pressure on him.
• Dunleavy blows by Moon for another layup.
• Moon misses another three point attempt, but Parker grabs the offensive rebound - Bosh finds a cutting Moon, who hits the layup + 1
• Bosh lays-up an alleyoop pass from Parker.
• Murphy shoots 6 free throws in a row…seriously.
• Moon and Murphy trade open dunks.
• Granger hits another trey.
• Calderon misses a trey.
• Bosh crumbles to the floor like a house of cards, but draws the foul, he hits both.
• Granger BLOWs by Bosh and lays it up in traffic.
• Delfino nails another trey from Fords swing pass.
• Daniels steals the ball from Bargnani, and dunks it on the break, Pacers up 3.
• Ford forces Daniels into a shot clock violation.
• Ford misses two layups in a row.
• Delfino drives hard to the rack, and draws a foul with 0.4 seconds left in the quarter, he hits both.

4th Quarter:

• Parker nails a trey to start the 4th off of Ford’s penetration.
• Ford stops and pops from the foul line.
• Bargnani blocks some black guys shot on the drive, but Ford turns it over on the other end.
• Delfino gets excited and misses a three.
• Daniels hits a wide open 15 footer, Raptors timeout.
• Parker travels, and turns the ball over.
• Ford banks an awkward shot over a couple guys.
• Granger nails another trey.
• Delfino returns the favour with one of his own.
• Parker finds Bosh in the paint with a nice pass, Bosh draws the foul from Granger.
• Ford hits a tough turn around jumper from 18.
• Parker blocks Dunleavy, sending Ford on the break who drops a dime for Bosh who draws the foul in the paint, he hits both from the stripe.
• Delfino takes it to the rack, and draws a foul from Dunleavy.
• Bosh nails a tough shot a the shot clock was winding down.
• Ford penetrates and kicks to an open Delfino for a three.
• Ford forces a three as the shot clock was expiring.
• Dunleavy takes it to Bosh out of the timeout, and hits the layup.
• Parker takes it baseline, and draws a foul on Dunleavy, he hits both from the stripe.
• Daniels splits the defense like a hot knife through butter, and no one was there to help at the rim…he dunks it wide open…in a half court set.
• Ford penetrates and drops a sweet dime to Moon, who throws down a superman, draws the foul, but doesn’t hit the FT….this game is over still.
• Daniels gets another open lane to the rim, draws the foul from Moon, hits both from the line.
• Delfino gets called for a charge on the drive. He needs to develop a pull up jumper, he would be dangerous.
• Daniels hits a turn around jumper over Parker, tough shot.
• Ford misses a layup with the Raptors up 3, Pacers rebound and timeout.
• Rush misses a bad 3 point attempt over Bosh, Parker grabs the rebound, and draws the foul, hits 1 of 2.
• Chuck calls the game with 9 seconds on the clock and the Raptors up 4…good call man.

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