Will Jose be OK?

How about TJ Ford?

Bargs at center?

Will this be 3rd quarter garbage time?

WE WANT A GAME 7!!!!!!!!

Garbage time... for the Nets.

Raptors win this game. 95- 91

stat line:
Derrick Martin: 48 minutes

darrick martin is so gully that i don't even care if he plays the whole game. all that chub is merely stored up energy

I am looking forward to a monstor game from Chris Bosh and AP. If that doesnt happen there is no way we are winning this thing.

If TJ and Jose both dont play the Raps have a 1% chance of winning the game. If both can play thats great but hopefully they can be effective. I will be depressed if the Raps last game has D-Mart starting at point.

It would take a head shot to keep Jose out of the game....he's playing.

....if only

the cynic in me says CB4 finally breaks out but everyone goes cold. Nets win by 10.

but..........can't be a cynic now! gots to win baby!

Raps go hard ass on the nets and take them by surprise.

Finally, I am going to be at home and get to see the Raps extend this series to a Game 7. I'm shocked... I was able to get first row tickets in the second level two days before the game. What a travesty... this team should move to Brooklyn immediately.

I cant wait to see Mitchell's surprise... basically Mo Pete will be the point guard and Calderon will play center. Seriously though I think the injuries could be a blessing in disguise for this team. They look like they've been folding under the pressure all series, and maybe playing shorthanded will take the pressure off... and maybe it will increase the pressure on the Nets too if they cant get off to a blazing start.

But even if we lose, at least I will be able to say I saw the last game with Mitchell behind the bench and Mo Pete in a Raptors uniform.

Official game time is now 8pm.

Time to man up, this game is on bosh's shoulders. I don't understand his inferiority complex, if its going to be the last game of the year destroy your body and go inside...no more god damn jump shots from 19 feet out!

LETS DO IT!

This works surprisingly well for me in NBA 2K7 with TJ and Jose both injured. :-)

Have a great time at the game! Rock some signage!

We got this

Not 100% sure, but I think the game is at 8:00pm EST.

Mitchell's Surprise?

The obvious surprise: Calderon is healthy and starts, a la Jason Kidd. Smitch considers this "surprise" leaking as revenge for him not realizing Kidd was healthy.

The more ingenious surprise: Parker starts as PG. (What, you really think SMitch is going to trust MoPete as PG after this regular season?)

The stupid obvious surprise: Martin starts as PG. (Or Dixon. That counts here too. But in this situation, Martin > Dixon.)

The "even Smitch isn't that stupid" surprise: Bargs starts as PG. Smitch claims that "the front office wanted to see him use Andrea more."

The oscar award surprise: TJ is just acting up during practice on orders from Smitch; he's actually 100% healthy.

There's no way the Raps win this if they don't focus 100% on defence. No matter how lucky they get on offense or how on fire Bosh gets...they need to get stops and play smart basketball.

^ yes

i think getting bargnani some touches is gonna help us out, especially if we play a big lineup because jefferson or vince is gonna have to guard either bosh or bargs, and we'll be able to get some fouls on them. we have the depth to deal with fouls on our guys, the nets don't

most importantly, we need to play hard, focus and not waste possessions either on offense or D. if the raps players get us to game 7, i'm sure the ACC fans will be able to do the rest

^^ I just went and downloaded Sex Packets. I'm now convinced that this game is so ours!

^^WHERE? I want the album!! GIMME GIMME GIMEEEEE

Soulseek is your friend among other methods...

better bring this home...

sex packets, a dollar or two
just tell me, how many for you
this time...
this time....

go raps

I THINK, it serves the raps well to be underdogs. favorites, at least on record, was not a good position for them to be in.

here's the other thing that has to happen.

bosh has to not only have a good game, but show he can dominate. he hesitation, no pause, no thing. get the ball, know what you're going to do and do it. be it post up, 19 footers or whatever.

no more 20 soft points. they all have to be statement points. so far, all the statement points in this series has be scored by Calderon, Parker, Mo Pete, and even Ford.

Bosh's points seem to be complementary.

how good has mo been for us so far? he seems like a man on a mission when he's out there compared to some of the other guys.

you're right about bosh needing to dominate. we are used to playing when bosh is doing our scoring and we need to get back to that. we need tj and jose's energy to battle kidd, not to score the majority of our points.

it's a friday night, so i'm probably gonna be trashed when i'm watching this game, so i don't want to have to kill someone if the raptors lose.

GO RAPS

TORONTO BELIEVES!!

BRAMPTON BELIEVES!!

Wakin up today to see that the Warriors just smoked the Mavs. Seriously folks, stranger things have happened, we can take this tonight. Especially since Smitch is our starting PG now!

^ lmao. I know Smitch's surprise already. He's gonna put Luke Jackson into the starting line up and have no particular PG to start with. When that obviously fails, he's gonna throw in Juan Dixon.

This is assuming both Jose and TJ are out for tonight. But i think both will play for sure cuz this game's kinda big.

You have to wonder, if CB is getting run over by the likes of Jason Collins and Mikki Moore, what will happen if the Raps move onto the next round and face stronger bigs?

For the love of God...Go Raps.

Have we gotten a rebound yet?

I see that Calderon is starting, so that must mean he's healthy. Anyone know if TJ is healthy?

not too bad we look like we came to play

I believe they said he was playing.

Nice start, just keep running that midrange screen for Parker. Bosh with a 3!?!

Too early to tell but they look reasonably sharp.

we need to really step up on D cant b letting Jason make it tht simple

Wow, Mo-pete's put back slam!!!

Where did those hops come from?

freee throws man...

we need a big lead early man

Looking ok. We need to make a run while they have bench in the game.

I like the matchups better when Jose starts and TJ comes of the bench. TJ has been good so far.

Raps look like they want it tonight -- but the Nets aren't going to roll over... nice game so far...

can jason kidd have one bad game at home?

Doesnt look like it. Kidd has suddenly become a sharpshooter from three. Shooting was supposed to be his weak thing. I guess he doesnt have a weak side

cant expect jersey to miss free throws

no good bosh 2 fouls

when is dixon gunna play properly

Can anyone explain why Dixon continues to get minutes?

We would be up by 10 if Bosh brought it. But alas, he has not.

Dixon should not play.

Agreed with all the above about Dixon. He just sucks. Why not keep him on the bench.

TJ is shooting good. Hopefully he can start dishing out too.

I was just coming here to comment about how useless Dixon looks... and then it appears I've been beaten three deep...

and on cue dixon hits a 3 and gets a steal :S

:@ NACBARRRRR

OK ... this next half is gonna be rough on the old ticker.

Vintage MoPete, flying through the paint for rebounds, battling off screens ... so good to see.