Raptors Continue to Make the Same Mistakes

I almost routinely fall off my chair at the post game quotes from the Raptors players and coach Sam Mitchell. Apparently, they have this strange idea that if they say they're improving over and over, they might actually do it. "It's different things and that's encouraging about this whole situation. It's not the same mistakes over and over," Chris Bosh said with a straight face following the Raptors' loss to the Celtics. Oh, I won't try to convince you that the Raptors went into that game as favorites. I dare not even suggest that they themselves thought themselves to be favorites. However, at the end of the day, the Raptors lost a game they should have won. They squandered a 16—point lead, allowing Paul Pierce to score a whopping 24 points in the fourth quarter. The Raptors went away from the struggling Bosh in favor of Jermaine O'Neal, who had a great first half. The result? Obvious. Turnovers, missed shots, bad shots, the works. I've gotten to a point now where I listen to the ... (link)