kingofkings

Slow the pace of the game down, clog up the lanes, etc. Isn't that exactly what I was saying in my previous posts in this thread?? See what happens when we expose the Wizards suspect shooters?? I predicted exactly what was going to happen in this game.

We made them shoot jumpshots. Our perimeter defense deserves credit in this game, we forced their shooters to struggle, not the other way round. This is how we are going to get wins this year. Slow the pace down to a grind, capitalise on turnovers, through our traps and we will get some great wins. Our big men were solid tonight. Once again, they do not need to dominate, just let them play the percentages and make sure that the driving and cutting lanes are blocked. This will force the opposition to shoot jumpshots, which is the weakness in most players games, today.

We do not need anyone to score 30 for us to win, if we slow down the pace of the game. So, where are all the Wizards fans now?? They all said that I was stupid and my ideas of how we were going to win this game were flawed. This was exactly how I said that this game was going to pan out. Don't believe me, read the thread again!!

And to the guy that bashed on our big men, McCoy and Davis have almost 30 rebounds combined in this game. They do not need to have the ball in their hands to be good players. Just let them do their job, which is to defend, guard the lanes and stopping easy layups. It does not matter that they are not big named players, they just need to get the job done. Has anyone seen Stackhouse,Hughes, Jordan and Russell, or are they all missing in action, yet again!!

Crossword

All I have to say is, GOOD. Those Wiz fans... talked No masking TBF on our board and theirs, but the Raps... they're not half bad, eh?

Kwame played great, but MJ was just awful. Vince didn't play that good either.. but hey - we're winning, and a big part of it is due to Vince's contributions.

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kingofkings

Yeah, my guess is that we never hear from them again in this thread. Tough game to watch though, but we still got the job done. Damn Peterson looked aggressive tonight. He wanted the ball and actually did some good things off some hard screens that were set for him. I am glad to reinforce that we do not need Carter to score 30 every night, for us to win and Iam really pleased about that.

It is only one win, but it will build up confidence within our team. We can win with defense. We have to play like this every game, for us to be a factor this year. We have shown that we can up the ante on defense and do all the little things required to enable us to win close games. Lenard did some great things for us off the bench and can hold that bench slot down before Murray gets back, healthy.

Damn, Wizards looked awful tonight. It was due to what we did. We forced the issue, slowed down the shotclock for them and made them struggle. So, we can with with great defense. Our big men can compete and this is what give me confidence.

It will be a long season for the Wizards, especially if the trend of their backcourt shooters in Stackhouse, Hughes, Russell, Lue, Jordan, etc struggle like they did tonight. They will lose alot of games, because of this. As for the Raptors we will move on!!!

BCH

The Wizards problems tonight were hardly due to what the Raptors did to them. What happened was something that was a concern coming into the season and it is something that will fix itself as the season goes on.

I am not pleased with what the Wizards did, but if I were a Raptors fan, I would hardly feel like I had earned the right to say anything definitive about what they accomplished tonight.

The perimeter guys were off, Kwame played better than any Raps big man, and the Wizards were hardly a turnover machine. Congrats on the win though, it wasn't luck, but I wouldn't say it was likely to happen again.

Shadows

A win is a win, You predicted wrong we predicted right.

The Raps may look bad but the Wiz look worse.

I've been hearing alot about the Wiz team from all of there fans here and boy were you all wrong.

Only the first game of the season but that was pathetic, I'm still trying to figure out how we got this W.

GO RAPS G0

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edited by shadows.. Can I still use this colour lol.... I seem pretty pissed in this post, We played like crap but I'm super excited about the win.

McCoy with 12 boards....Who was it that laughed at us for having him... cough BCH cough lol

kingofkings

At the end of the day if you want to bag and put down our team and say that we are a one man team, you have to be prepared to back up those statements.If you are going to say that we need Carter to score on every possession for us to win, you need to rethink all your points.We can win on defense and this was just an example.

Sure, both teams struggled but we beat them fair and square. Enough of all the excuses etc, we played the Wizards on our terms and played them in the way that I said that we would, according to what Lenny Wilkins had been implying in the lead up to the season and the way the Wizards team is structured. At the end of the day, if you cannot hit jumpshots, you will struggle to compete with any NBA teams. The Wizards learned that today and will learn that all season.

Our big men stood out tonight, but we could not really counter Brown. That is one area that really concerns me. Can we hold out the big athletic guys around the league?? We just might struggle on this aspect of the game. But remember, Carter and Peterson will always be factors for us in the game, whether they score big or not.

We played this game on our terms and won. There is no need to debate this point. We will go forward!! Remember we were also hit by injuries and a lack of depth on our roster. It took guts tonight and it will take guts all season long. I back our guys!!

There can be no excuses, for anyone that predicted that the Wizards would win this game easily. Their weakness was our gain. Tough, but the truth hurts sometimes. Deal with it!!

raptors32

Leonard looks like a great addition of what looks like a really nice bench player. Mccoy and Hunter looked good as the new additions.

Hunter and Leonard add something to our back court that are starting pg lacks. The ability to head man the ball and giving up the ball on the break.

Good to get a win, even if it was a very ugly game.

Oh yeah, I don't think I can watch a game with commentary like that again. Horrible.

Shadows

I agree 100% with this KOK

While I'm not going to pee my pants over this win because we did not play good, we definetly did hold down Washington offensively in every which way. The starting 5 played tight perimeter D and to Washington's credit they missed alot of easy shots.

Plenty of negatives spots as a team today but there were alot of bright spots.

Morris Peterson- Leading scorer of the game, He rushed a couple of shots, and really should not relly on his 3 so much but he looked terrifc out there. Holding Jordan to 8 points on 4-14 shooting is great. Also 10 boards and 3 steals MOP.

Jelani McCoy- We have been getting alot of slack for starting McCoy at C. 6 points, 12 boards 2 blocks is exactly what this team needs, he's a horse on the boards and I really liked him on the floor tonight.

Voshon Lenard- How good does he look, he just came into camp a week ago and seems to have alll the defensive plays figured out. Very under-rated defender, 10 points in 18 minutes

Shadows

I was considering watching the game on mute after the 1st quarter. Elliot was not bad but that other guy was TERRIBLE.

NorthEast Wiz

Whoa is me!

Terrible game but you guys won. As BCH said, you should not feel good. We actually almost came back while shooting 30%. MJ's weak play tonight was predictable with the pre-season he had, just as his strong play early last year was predictable.

A win is a win.

Overall I am not that disappointed.

We will get you in DC.

BCH

McCoy'[s rebounding probably had more to do with the number of bricks than his ability.

Mo Pete did look good though and he has a nice stroke. I was not impressed with Williams personally. Kendra did what I expected.

Psubs

Too bad Vince didn't drop 50 like he said he wanted. But I would rather him score 20 and win every game than be like Kobe average 26 ppg and be 0-2.

Jordan should've stayed retired. I'm glad Carter sealed the victory with that defensive play.

Oh Ya!

Lakers 0-2.

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