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To say this is an ugly game is more than an understatement.

So far that’s a plus. Raptors barely have an NBA roster; I’ve never heard of about half of them. Our poor 3 point shooting and careless turnovers have been the story so far. Hopefully it will change soon.

If they keep being tied after like the fifth overtime, is there a rule where they both lose?

And even Cole Anthony. While I completely agree with All Eyes that our stars have reasons why they might not have confidence in other players on the floor with them, I think it’s something they need to overcome. If they never even look at the open guy in the corner, it’s not only demoralizing for those players being ignored, but again puts us into a 3 or 4 vs five situation on offense, which is unfavorable. I’d like to see our best players try to make these other guys better while they’re out there. If it doesn’t work, then get rid of those players and find someone else who can better compliment our best players.

I might disagree with you on this a little bit. No matter who you are, driving one versus three against good NBA defenders is going to fail most of the time. Both the guys you mentioned are excellent passers, and when they get double or triple teamed they pass the ball to an open teammate. That gets to the other point that’s being made here about spacing. Those other teammates are good enough to make you pay if you double or triple team one guy, leaving them with an open shot, and that’s a difference from us. Also, our stars are not doing enough to get the other players on the floor involved, as is also being mentioned above. Houstan, for example, while standing in the corner was often open and no one even looked at him. Makes it easier on the defense if they can forget about a player or two and just help guard the others.

All I can say is amen.

Agree with everything, except to quibble with your last sentence. Wendell Carter was 5 for 13 shooting, including zero for five from three-point range. So while he may have stood out in some areas, I would not call his game “awesome” overall.

My son and I had a good time despite the result. Atmosphere of going to a major league event is always special.

What we need is better teamwork, better spacing, and more threats on the floor. Paulo, Franz, Wendell and Cole took about 75% of our shots tonight and none of them were shooting well.

Ingles actually really hurt us in the fourth, two bad passes

Can’t have Mo in there without Isaac. Like a layup line for Indiana. Zero interior defense.

He’s mostly standing in the corner on whatever side of the court is farthest away from the action.

Seems like good energy but neither team can shoot worth a darn. We’ve been ahead all game which is nice, even though we missed a chance to potentially blow it open early. Lots of fouls so it’s kind of choppy. Thank you for the good wishes BTW.

Neither team can shoot tonight but our interior defense is much better than theirs. Fun game to be at for my son and me so far. We are in the club level seats.

Second unit not great but so far decent start. Lucky for us Indiana missing a ton of shots early

Taking my son to the game today. Only game we’ll make this year. Hope it’s a “high high” today against a team we’re battling for playoff position. They have not been able to keep us out of the paint in prior games this year. Would be nice to see that trend continue.

Amen

It’s not just about figuring things out. You have to have multiple options so when your opponent closes one off, you can beat them a different way. We don’t appear to have those options.

Maybe it doesn’t worry you but we’ve been beating up on bad teams and having trouble when teams play good defense against us, particularly when they clog up the paint.

We’ve seen it before. When Franz and Paulo are stopped from getting to the basket, team often has trouble.

IIRC, same thing happened to MagicOne a few years ago. Obviously same poster.

Franz needs to stop trying to dribble through double or triple teams. He loses the ball regularly when he tries to do that.

Our guard play is so outstanding that it’s hard for anyone else to crack the rotation.

Apparently Nets are tanking.

Isaac out tonight, Banchero questionable. We’re favored by about 9 at home which quite honestly seems excessive to me, both with Banchero questionable and considering how badly we got blown out in our two prior games against them. I hope we play a lot better than we did in Atlanta and get the win.