Why...WHY???
Seriously, WHY GO FOR THREE???
YOU ARE ONLY DOWN TWO!!!
Oh, that's right...because FUCKING VINCE IS AFRAID OF GETTING BUMPED IN THE PAINT. Not ALL the time, mind you, but at the most inopportune times. Of course. He's trying to kill me, I think. Seriously. I just busted a blood vessel screaming "NOOOOO!!!!" at my tv, knowing full well that an ill-advised and off-the-mark jump shot was about to send the series back to the Meadowlands.
They didn't deserve to win that game anyway. The first half, the defensive schemes that the media have been calling "brilliant" the last couple days completely fell apart. If there's one thing I despise, it's the "jump in front of a guy w/ one outstretched arm a half-second too late because you blew your coverage assignment" maneuver. It's a favorite of RJ's. Bleh. And yeah, Collins has done a good job on D thus far, but...why do commentators always tiptoe around the fact that he is UTTERLY USELESS 95% of the time? And I have to be fair- Boki was crap tonight.
On BOTH sides though, someone has to agree with me...the officiating was atrocious. For both teams. Just all-around awful. I watched the game alone so I don't know what anyone else was thinking, but I couldn't believe some of that shit.
Anyway. I called a letdown game, so at least this way I get to say "Hey look, Becky was right." So...yeahhh, woooo, Becky was right. Whatever. Assholes.
At least they made it interesting in the second half. I must have switched my seat 5 times, and my outfit 3 times. It didn't work. I'm amazed, I always have so much control over the outcomes of games.
As an aside...I had a close friend in college from Toronto, and he was always about 10 years behind the rest of us in terms of...well, everything. Music, fashion, etc. And we would joke that it was because he was Canadian, but it was always in jest and I figured it was just him. But scanning around the Raptors' fan base tonight? I mean, I saw denim shirts and jackets, I saw turtlenecks under vests, I saw scrunchies (!), I saw fuschia lipstick, I may or may not have even seen some shoulder pads...what gives, Canadia?
(I'm joking. I'm just bitter.)
*deep breath* Friday. Same bat time. Same bat place. *sigh*
UPDATE: This is what this post would have sounded like if I could actually, you know, write.
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Well, I don't agree that you play for the tie on the road. Working against that is Boki's frosty night, but the opportunity to knock a team out in their joint with an open three is too sweet to pass up. On balance, I think it's the right play but not by much.
That said, the writer at your link says the Raps aren't winning in OT. I guess if I had his prescience, I just might have to rethink this.