Man I hate TSN broadcasts, but at least Rod Black doesn’t pretend to know anything about basketball. Why is everyone saying that this is a huge game? Ok, I mean I understand, but why be so cavalier about this game, but no peep about the 3 previous ridiculously digusting dry heaving ee water @#*&$()#… games? To imply that winning this game for the possible tie breaker if they end up with the same record is…absurd, seriously absurd.

Anyways, they lost because they couldn’t hit shots, gave the Magic more than enough open looks, played small ball…no Chris Bosh, no hope…bla bla bla…the lone bright light was the rebounding situation, which really didn’t matter as the offense was stagnant and didn’t go anywhere…anwyays, check out the usual suspects (Arsenalist, Dinosty, Cuzoogle and AltRaps) for their thoughts on what went wrong, all I can muster tonight is a my play-by-play:

1st Quarter:

• Parker rolls off Rasho’s screen, and sticks the jumper at the elbow.
• Turkoglu walks through the lane and lays the ball up over Rasho.
• Nelson penetrates and kicks to an open Lewis for an easy trey.
• Howard elbows Rasho to the ground..no call.
• Evans crowns Moon in transition.
• Moon actually passed up on an open look, I don’t know how to feel about that, lol.
• Lewis blows by Moon in the posts for a short hook, Raptors timeout.
• Parker curls off a high screen, and pops a jumper.
• Moon decides to force a jumper now; I knew it wouldn’t last…
• Bargnani misses a layup at the net after making a nice move to get there.
• Parker catches the swing pass from Calderon, pump fakes, takes a step inside the arc and sticks another jumper.
• Leo finally echo’s what I have been saying about Moon trying to block shots rather than playing good defense (he let Hedo walk into the lane).
• Parker curls off a high screen, than drops a nice bounce pass to an open Andrea for the jumper, sweet.
• Calderon steps inside the arc and hits the jumper.
• Burgers are here, see you in the 2nd.

2nd Quarter:

• TJ misses the tech foul shot, should have been Kapono shooting that bad boy.
• TJ posts up Arroyo and hits the fade-a-way + 1 baby.
• Arroyo hits a jumper on TJ.
• TJ answers with one of his own.
• Turkoglu jab steps and hits the step back over Bargnani.
• Kapono gets fouled by Evans with the pump fake, he hits both from the line.
• Humphries checks in for Brezec, I’m sure the forced shots are following.
• Delfino bricks back-to-back treys.
• Humphries bricks an open jumper.
• Turkoglu lays the ball into Bargnani’s mouth.
• Kapono finds Hump under the basket for an easy dunk.
• Delfino bricks two more shots in a row, Raptors timeout.
• Parker strips the ball from Howard, then draws the foul from superman.
• Calderon hits an open jumper in the corner.
• Calderon penetrates and finishes the layup in traffic.
• Humphries catches the ball at the top of the key, and sticks it.
• Nelson goes coast-to-coast and finishes the layup.
• Jose steps inside the arc, and hits a jumper.
• Lewis just put down the lamest dunk in recent memory, on the break.
• Calderon sticks another J on the screen and roll.
• Moon throws Hump an alley-oop on the break.
• Humphries bricks a 10 footer as the quarter winds down.

3rd Quarter:

• Moon jacks a three to start a quarter. 2 for his last 12 behind the arc, to me, that means don’t shoot it.
• Parker curls off Rasho’s screen for an open jumper.
• Bargnani steals the ball from Evans in the paint.
• Turkoglu puts down a lame dunk on the break.
• Lewis hits a layup in transition (off Bargnani’s missed shot), Raptors timeout.
• Calderon bricks a trey out of the timeout, leads to a Nelson layup in transition.
• Parker draws a foul from Howard in the paint, he hits both.
• Howard out of the game with his 4th, gotta take advantage now.
• Bargnani takes it to the rack, drawing the foul, he hits both from the line.
• Parker hits a contested trey off Calderon’s penetration.
• Cook hits a layup after Rasho blocks Lewis in the paint…gotta hustle.
• Calderon penetrates and lays it up.
• TJ waved Calderon towards the end of the bench, but El Mago stood his ground, and took the first seat…my man!
• Humphries forces a running hook over Lewis, he hits it.
• Moon throws the ball away on the entry pass to Humphries.
• Moon gets to the line, and cuts the lead to 1.
• Delfino draws a foul on the break, hits both, and gives the Raptors 1 point lead.
• Nelson takes Humphries baseline and schools him.
• Humphries hits a floater on the pick-and-roll from Jose + 1 - he missed the FT tho.
• Moon blocks Hedo from behind.
• Humphries gets fouled again taking it to the rack, he misses both.
• Jose tosses an alley-oop to Moon.
• Adonal Foyle, in the greatest play of his career, crowns the entire Raptors team with a dunk down the lane.
• Turkoglu nails an OPEN trey…no one rotated fast enough.
• Delfino tips in a missed Humphries shot.
• Nelson sticks an open trey in Calderon’s eye.
• Moon passes on an open dunk, instead of dunking it…fucking pansy…I hate him.
• Ford hits a leaning/floater at the buzzer.

4th Quarter:

• TJ step to the free throw line and nails a jumper over Arroyo.
• Moon gives Evans a wide open look behind the arc.
• Howard puts down an alley-oop off the lob pass from Cook, Raptors timeout.
• TJ hits a layup in a helter skelter run up the court…ugly, but deadly.
• TJ tips the ball away from Howard, and draws the foul.
• The Raptors are standing around watching, no movement.
• Hedu hits a trey in transition.
• Ford answers with one of his own.
• Howard spins and dunks over Bargnani.
• Ford comes back and drops a J over Arroyo.
• Smitch goes small ball, again…
• …and it leads to a sweeping Howard hook as the clock expires.
• Hedo throws Howard an alley-oop pass from half-court, Raptors timeout (games over, fyi).
• Ford draws a foul on Arroyo on a shot attempt, he hits both.
• Small ball is quickly over, Rasho in.
• Lewis sticks a dagger at the top of arc.
• Parker steps inside the arc, and nails a jumper.
• Rasho forces Howard to travel in the paint.
• Kapono finally gets the ball behind the arc, and isn’t prepared…idiot travels.
• Jose hits the jumper on the screen-and-roll with Rasho.
• Howard puts back a nasty dunk off Hedo’s missed layup.
• Rasho lays up the ball off the pick and roll with Jose.
• Delfino air-balls the trey attempt, then Rasho gets called for an offensive foul.
• Parker misses a fade-away jumper in the corner.
• Turkoglu hits a pullup in the paint, game over…I’m done, need some chamomile tea.

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