Gee Whiz, They Play Basketball In Canada...

[Long Run]

Hey, we can dream.

And keep the awesome country-wide support going. The reason they play the games is that the outcome is always uncertain, especially at this level of the playoffs.

[rubato]

No you can't. Basketball and hockey are the 'stupid sports' where nearly everyone gets into the playoffs no matter how pathetic they are.

Baseball is heading that way but I hope they will resist as long as possible.


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[Lord Jim]

where nearly everyone gets into the playoffs

Yeah, but when you get to this point, where there are only four teams left, they are all going to be pretty decent...all the slackers have been sent packing...

It looks like the Warriors may lose this one they're down by four with five minutes left to play...

They need to put on a charge...

[Scooter]

[Lord Jim]

[Scooter]

I keep thinking, when events like this come around, that we barely escaped having Rob Ford as mayor when the world's eyes are on our city.

[MajGenl.Meade]

I keep thinking, when events like this come around, that we barely escaped having Rob Ford as mayor when the world's eyes are on our city.

Well only for two nights though.

[rubato]

Toronto? I think I've heard of Toronto. Someplace in Canada isn't it?


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[BoSoxGal]

Toronto has an NBA team? When the heck did that happen???

[Scooter]

1995, just shortly after horseless carriages started appearing in our streets and we began using electric light

[BoSoxGal]

You got me - I clearly don't follow the NBA anymore, the last time I watched actively was when the Boston Celtics and LA Lakers had a big rivalry going in the 80s . . . (eta: and I had a ridiculous schoolgirl crush on Kevin McHale).

Congrats and good luck, I hope you guys win!

[Scooter]

Some Raptors-inspired art by 17 year old Madeline Rotman:


An homage to our injured players.


Drake heckling Dwyane Wade


DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry keeping Dwyane Wade on ice

[MajGenl.Meade]

22 points down at half-time. Not to plan, eh?

[Lord Jim]

Down by 35 with two and a half minutes to go...

Not pretty...

[MajGenl.Meade]

Sad. We're going to bed knowing it's all over

[Lord Jim]

Warriors up by 20 after three...

[Lord Jim]

Phenomenal burst by Curry; 15 points in under two minutes...

The Raptors need to provide a much better accounting of themselves tonight then they did in Game 1 ("I'll take 'The Bleeding Obvious' for 1000, Alex") or this series for them is going to be like Thomas Hobbes described the life of man:

"nasty, brutish and short."

[Gob]

Phenomenal burst by Curry

I get them too.

[BoSoxGal]

[Bicycle Bill]

Gee Whiz, They Play Basketball In Canada...

Judging from the fact that Cleveland leads Toronto 2-0 in the conference finals (with a combined score of 223-173), it doesn't appear that they play it all that well.

-"BB"-