First Cup: Monday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Steve Buffery of the Toronto Sun: "It's time for Sam Mitchell to try something drastic. He's got nothing to lose, except, perhaps, his job, which he may lose anyway. Down 3-1 to the Orlando Magic in the best-of-seven opening round of the NBA playoffs, the Raptors head coach needs to shake things up for the do-or-die Game 5 tonight, and the best way to do that is to change the starting lineup. Again." ...
The Odds...
T.Jose Caldesports —
... Kapono should start tonight, according to Mike Buffery. Assuming you read Mr. Grange's post-game article that correctly detailed how the Magic went at Kapono at every opportunity in the 4th on the defensive end, I'm not sure starting him is such a good idea. ...
Linkage - April 28
The AltRaps Blog —
"I keep saying this from the start, we’re one shot away from the series being 2-2. We’re disappointed we lost at home but six out of eight quarters down here we played pretty good basketball," coach Sam Mitchell said yesterday. "So we feel pretty confident we can come in here and win a basketball game. We’ve got to." "You guys are going to talk about it but the last time I checked, anything that you guys have said — you may be right in your predictions or whatever they may be — but nothing that you’ve said has stopped one jump shot from going in, made one defensive stop or got one rebound," Mitchell said. "Until you all prove to me that what you write and ...
Orlando Magic News for April 28th: Countdown to Game Five Edition
Third Quarter Collapse —
... ) says Raptors coach Sam Mitchell needs to put Jason Kapono in the starting lineup tonight. After all, what does Mitchell have to lose? His job? Here's an interesting statistic from Buffery's article: Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh are essentially canceling each other out in this series. But the Magic's remaining four starters are scoring 16.7 points per game each, compared to 8.7 points per game for the Raptors. And Mitchell won Coach of the Year last year? Uh, okay... ...
5 Things to Keep an Eye on: Raptors at Magic, Game 5
FanHouse —
... 3. The Outsiders: The Raptors hit 12 three-pointers in their Game 3 win. In Game 4, they hit 2. That's quite a difference. Especially when you consider that they were in double digits for the first two games of the series, both of which they had a legitimate chance of winning in the final minute. There is talk of Jason Kapono starting tonight for the Raptors, and given the way ...
Four-Point Play: Time to Fight Like the Dickens
Courtside —
... . Will their desperation drive them to a win, or will the Magic show a killer instinct and finish them off? Steve Buffery thinks that desperate times call for desperate measures: start hot-shooting Kapono . Probably is a good idea since ...
