NBA | Raptors: Mission improbable

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Linkage - April 27
Published 4/27/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... coach Stan Van Gundy said. "I was really happy with our effort to finish the game in the fourth quarter." While Bosh was dominant – his 39 points were the most he’s ever scored in a playoff game – he really didn’t get much help. Ford, Anthony Parker and Jason Kapono each had 12 points, but none of them played a truly exceptional game."We were in the game the whole time. We can sit here and talk about offence all day, it’s about defence. If we stop them, the game doesn’t get close." - Toronto Star The fourth-quarter boxscore said so much. The Raptors not named Bosh accounted ...

Four-Point Play: Time to Fight Like the Dickens
Published 4/28/2008 at Courtside
... , but Buffery's argument is hardly convincing: "Sure, [Kapono's] defence isn't great. But the Raptors are giving up 104.5 points per game to the Magic in the series, so, obviously, other people aren't defending particularly well either." • You know things are bad when Sam uses this expression: " We're going to fight ...