Archive for the ‘Terrence Ross’ Category

The Raptors finally came out on the right side of a close game, sweeping the season series with the Magic on a buzzer-beater from DeMar DeRozan.

Here are some thoughts on the game…

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LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Heat proved too much for a resilient Raptors squad in Miami, but the Raptors did plenty of shooting themselves in the foot too.

Here are some thoughts on yet another heartbreaking loss…

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Let Ross Dunk – Take 8

I have no idea whether this is really the eighth highlight reel dunk of the season from Terrence Ross. Maybe it’s only the seventh, or maybe it’s the 12th. I don’t care. All I know is that the 21-year-old rookie swingman HAS to be invited to the 2013 Slam Dunk Contest, and Dwyane Wade and the Heat can probably second that after this jam, which just happened to be his second big dunk of the night against the defending champs…

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Think of all the excruciating, gut-wrenching, frustrating, infuriating, painful losses we’ve watched in the first half of this season alone, usually involving a blown lead or two, and then believe me when I tell you that Friday’s blown lead and loss in Philadelphia was the worst one yet.

That pretty much says it all right there, but here are some thoughts on this absolute disaster of a game…

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With the Raptors mired in another losing streak and sitting 11 games under .500, now a nearly insurmountable 6.5 games out a playoff spot, much of the talk among fans and observers is about what the Raptors have to do to improve, specifically in the short term.

Much of the talk is about what moves have to be made. But if you ask me, the real concern for a team at a delicate stage of a rebuilding process should be more about what moves have to be avoided.

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