Cooling down the heat with a little drizz(y)le: Raptors Vs Heat Thread

Who wins?

  • Heat in 4

    Votes: 6 5.8%
  • Heat in 5

    Votes: 13 12.5%
  • Heat in 6

    Votes: 45 43.3%
  • Heat in 7

    Votes: 8 7.7%
  • Raptors in 4

    Votes: 2 1.9%
  • Raptors in 5

    Votes: 1 1.0%
  • Raptors in 6

    Votes: 13 12.5%
  • Raptors in 7

    Votes: 16 15.4%

  • Total voters
    104
  • Poll closed .

AFRAM GLORY

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Heat in 4. Casey is too rigid and stubborn to exploit mismatches toronto has with miami. Miami can matchup with toronto in every way possible, slow the game down and force toronto to play eastcoast grind bball
 

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The only way Miami are gonna beat the Raptors is if they can make outside shots.

Our defense on the inside is pretty strong and it's not like they have a dangerous post presence. Their best players in the post are probably D Wade and Joe Johnson. That means if the Raps pack the paint well enough they're gonna have to beat us from '3' and they aren't nearly as deadly from the perimeter as Indiana (who had the 2 Hills and PG who couldn't miss from there).

Not to mention, the Heat don't have anyone (yes, inc. D Wade) that can take over nearly as well as Paul George can, especially at this stage of his career. He won't command nearly as much attention and won't be as productive as PG was against us.

For the Raps offense, well it has to improve because the Heat are another team that are great on D. Whiteside patrolling the paint although he is susceptible to foul trouble. Then you have people like Deng and Winslow on the perimeter.

Hopefully Lowry picks it up this series. If he plays well, Raps will win no question. Especially with Dragic defending him. DeRozan will probably have an easier time unless they put Deng on him because DeRozan can't deal with lengthy defenders.

The biggest battle to me is Valanciunas/Biyombo vs. Whiteside. The winner there will probably win the series.

I had no confidence in the Raps yesterday admittedly pre-game but now I get the sense we are over the first round curse and will FINALLY get to playing the kind of basketball that got us 56 wins in the reg. season.

RAPS in 7
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