The Goods On The Game, Pistons at Raptors
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Doug Smith has been a sportswriter for more than 30 years, a journey that's included seven Olympic Games, numerous and varied championships and more dreary regular season games than he'd care to remember. Here, he'll talk about them all, as well as current events and pop culture. (Just don’t ask him about music nowadays — it's not his cup of tea).
Late timing.for bench in second half. Guess Casey wanted a cushion, but may be hard for finishers to find their rhythm so late.
Posted by: Gjp | December 19, 2012 at 09:13 PM
Should have reviewed that out of bounds call
Posted by: Gjp | December 19, 2012 at 09:20 PM
Four in a row, holy hell. Sure, two of the four came against two of the worst teams, but 1) we were losing even those games earlier, and 2) the Raptors had yet to put together two consecutive quality games until now, let alone four. Ball movement is so much better now, and it is not only because of Bargnani. I have been saying for years, that despite his defensive limitations, Calderon is a point guard who makes others around him better.
That said, I'm still hoping Lowry can be our future. If he can learn anything at all from Calderon, he'd cement himself as a top-notch PG. He has the tools; he just needs to know when to play hero ball and when to get the team involved. Some people keep pointing to his big games, but it doesn't matter if nobody else performs and the team loses. Also, his defensive qualities have been over-estimated. Even though his ability to play defense is much better than Calderon's, he's been burned way too often during his gambles. If he can play within Casey's system, he'd bring far more value to the team.
Posted by: J | December 20, 2012 at 12:14 AM