Lebron Leaves Them In Half

Caught the last 5 minutes of the Raptors/Cavs tilt tonight and I have to say I was on the edge of the HQ couch. I think I would watch more basketball if I tuned in this point during close games between good teams more often. Here it was 95-94 to the Lebrons, but the Raptors were clawing desperately trying to make a case.

And not bad. Not bad at all. Lebron and Shaq are so imposing they look like Na'vi tribesmen compared to everyone else on the court. Yet Bosh and the boys were able to keep up relatively well in the offensive zone. A couple of shanky three pointers and a give away at the end being the difference.

Rebounding and defense was what did them in. You could put an actual Tyrannosaurs Rex in a Raptors uni and still Shaq would find a way to dominate. What an absolute behemoth, even in the hired gun, tail end of his career.

Still though a promising match. And the best playoff chance that any T.O. team is going to get for a while as they sit at .500 in the top eight. Will Colangelo be a buyer or seller at the deadline? After tonight, even if the Raps sit in eights on Feb 18th, they've shown they can play with the biggest of the big boys. I'm saying they're bona fide buyers.