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The Odds...
Published 4/28/2008 by c_r_black at T.Jose Caldeford
Are not in Toronto's favour. A note that I passed onto both Mr. Grange and TSN's James "C-Balls" Cybulski: Teams down 3-1 and playing Game 5 on the road have a Game 5 record of 2-118 in NBA playoff history. Before you do the quick math, that's a 1.7% chance that the Raptors win tonight (based on historical events). But hey, one of those two teams went on to win their series (1995 Rockets vs Suns). And that Houston team went on to win the NBA championship. So look at this way, they've got less than a 2% chance to win this game, but if they do, then they've got a 50/50 shot at winning the NBA title (this sentence = fuzzy ...

Linkage - April 28
Published 4/28/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... and we need the intangibles Jamario gives us." "He gives us that extra body on the boards, that extra energy and hustle," Bosh said. "And he can block shots and alter shots, too. He does a lot of things that don’t show up in the stat sheet very much." Asked if he found Howard intimidating, Calderon replied: "Personally, no. "In this league everybody can block shots you know that. If he comes to block shots, somebody has to be open. He cannot be in two places at the same time." - Toronto Sun The only way to get Howard off his game in any way may be by grabbing a big early ...