Raptors @ Grizzlies
The Raptors are going to play without Andrea Bargnani and Amir Johnson along with Paja and Reggie nowhere near ready to start playing again and Paja probably not play another minute in a Raptors jersey but will help the Raptors go into the free agancy period and try to reset the francise once again.
Tonight the Raptors will be out skilled by the Grizzlies but in reality playing defense does not take talent but takes heart and passion like if you fight for a rebound you have a lot better chance of getting it than if you let the Grizzlies surround the basket and have no problem getting the rebound instead. Also if you are in front of a Grizzlies player and not just let them go to the basket for a dunk it will mean that they will need to work harder and really actually work for their points instead of the Raptors giving them the points. Then on offense the Raptors will need to pass the ball around to find the open shot ie best shot possible and it will need to start with Jose Calderon distribating the ball and unlike the last game Vs Detroit Pistons he will need to go for the higher % pass than the lower % pass while everybody will need to play hard and play as a team to the team a chance to win the game.
The Grizzlies(13-17) are coming off a 14 point win in Indiana (104-90) over the Pacers last night and they have won the last 3 aganist the Raptors and 6 of 7 aganist the Raptors @ home. They will be lead by Rudy Gay (20.9 points and 6.2 boards a game) and Zack Randolph (12.6 boards and 17.8 points) will hard to handle on the glass and can take down a lot of rebounds especially if the Raptors do not contest the glass and do not take down rebounds and Mike Conley (7.1 assists per game) will be the Grizzlie who will be handling the ball and the guy the Raptors need to pressure to creat turnovers and extra possions throughout the game.
See u after the game Go Raptors Go
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