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TJ Ford what were you thinking?

By Sill ⋅ February 22, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The Toronto Raptors who were on quite a roll (beating the Magic, Lakers and Nets) lost there first home game in eight games last night. And why? Did they have a chance to win? Sure they did. Bosh should have / could have caught the defensive rebound and made it a free-throw game. But they didn’t. So you’re down by 1 point, with 16 seconds left in the game.

Now I realize it’s a team game, but with 16 seconds left down by one point. You call a timeout and talk strategy. What was the strategy though? I can almost guarantee that Sam Mitchell didn’t tell the Raptors. “Alright, everyone make room for TJ. He’s gonna drive the basket wide and try a trick shot that if works we’ll look like heros! Oh and don’t try to pull a rebound down.” Seriously TJ, try that when you’re up by 16 with 1 second left in the game.
Raptors mental note: With 16 seconds left you’re down by one. Give yourself a chance to actually win the game not get an H in your game of HORSE.