Last 5 Minutes of the Raptors vs. Cavs

Raps up seven with 4:56 remaining.  Bosh at the line…makes one of two.  Cavs run Lebron off a P/R (pick and roll) but Lips Jones misses an open three.  Two consecutive fouls by the Raps…none of the shooting variety.  James draws 3 and finds Anderson V for a lay-up.   Raps finally start going to Bosh but Anderson V beats him to the spot…going left as usual.  Charge.  Goaltending on Joey Graham…89-85 Raps.  One thing worth noting is that the success the Cavs have when LBJ starts the offense on the left elbow extended.  Usually he comes off a screen and either gets to the rim, finds the roller off the screen, draws the entire defense and finds the open man in the corner for a 3.  Freddie Jones missed 3 instead of re-posting to CB4.  Missed 3 by Cavs….more offensive “sets” that involve less than 3 passes.  TJ Ford with a pull up jumper..Raps up 6.  Daniel Gibson with a terrible force…how can the rest of the Cavs not give the ball to the King?  He’s their meal ticket.  Bosh settles for a jumper and misses.  More missed jumpers from the Cavs and TJ Ford finally gets to the rim.  Raps up 8.   Hey Lebron gets the ball and scores…there’s a surprise.  Back to six but under 1 to go.  Raps move the ball well for once but Freddie can’t hit a wide open jumper.  3 misses from the Cavs and this game is over.  Despite poor execution for most of the 4th Q by the Raps, the Cavs managed to be even worse.  If the Cavs aren’t going to get Lebron the ball in a position to score when it matters, this team will struggle  Losing to the Raptors is unacceptable and Mike Brown has proven to be the magic elixir that might allow Sam Mitchell to keep his job for another couple of weeks. 

4 Responses to Last 5 Minutes of the Raptors vs. Cavs

  1. Jonathan says:

    Raptors are crap and unfortunately the Cavs arn’t looking to hot either, well they are b/c of the King, but yes, their coaching is the shwags.

    I watched some of the PHX vs Hornets matchup last night. Aside from the obvious thrill of watch Stevie Nash, I was impressed by Chris Paul…it appears that he is another ‘point guard’ who can both drop dimes and score. They played identical minutes last night, but Stevie handed him his papers with 7 AST and 24 PTS. CP3 had 4/18…not bad!!! This kid is a true PG though….fun stuff.

  2. Harry says:

    The beauty of Chris Paul is that he runs the Pick and Roll better than anyone in the league other than Nash. He can split the double team, draw two and find the roller and even appear to get caught in the screen action before reversing field and beating the big man to the hoop and finishing almost always while protecting the ball with his body (he doesn’t get up too high, so he needs to). The only thing he really needs to work on his jumper because right now he can still be left open from 20+ feet.

  3. JJ Redick says:

    The Cavs miss Luke Jackson.

  4. Harry says:

    They sure do…I can only imagine that Scot Pollard would feel much more at home with his presence…

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