Toronto Sports
Yesterday was a pretty big day for Toronto sports....
After re-upping JFJ for another year, in a nod to the unexpectedly successful run thus, the Leafs gave the league leading Buffalo Sabres just about all they could handle, in Buffalo no less! While the 7-4 final might look like a blow-out, the Leafs had them down 2-0 at one point, and had it tied 4-4 in the third. Only a poor clearing play, Andrew Raycroft they proceeded to get tripped by his own player, making it 5-4, and after a HUGE save from Ryan Miller, the boys from the B-lo potted two empty netters.
Now, admittedly, I was only kinda watching that game, as the Raptors were playing LeBron James (and, I guess, the rest of the Cavs) at the same time. After jumping out to a big first quarter lead, the Cavs fought back, but were held off by a Raptors team that didn't panic like I thought they would (and apparently did a lot while going 0-5 on the west coast last week). They actually showed the high tempo play that sent them to a 7-1 record in the pre-season. It was also my first chance to see some of the new faces on the Raps, and let me say... they looked good! Garbajosa looks like a tall, slightly slower, Manu Ginobili... and slightly slower than Manu isn't all that slow.. not to mention Fred Jones and Anthony Parker are starting to settle in nicely.
I also noted how many new players the Leafs have... now, I guess some of these are results from injuries, but holy crap... I honestly hadn't heard of 3 or 4 of these guys. And they actually acquitted themselves well!
Now, as long as Montreal keeps playing half decently, I'm sure I'll be able to stomach the inevitable Leaf Mania, but I just hope their ACC roommates can step it up and paly like they did last night more often. With the shitty Eastern Conference in the NBA, anything can happen!
After re-upping JFJ for another year, in a nod to the unexpectedly successful run thus, the Leafs gave the league leading Buffalo Sabres just about all they could handle, in Buffalo no less! While the 7-4 final might look like a blow-out, the Leafs had them down 2-0 at one point, and had it tied 4-4 in the third. Only a poor clearing play, Andrew Raycroft they proceeded to get tripped by his own player, making it 5-4, and after a HUGE save from Ryan Miller, the boys from the B-lo potted two empty netters.
Now, admittedly, I was only kinda watching that game, as the Raptors were playing LeBron James (and, I guess, the rest of the Cavs) at the same time. After jumping out to a big first quarter lead, the Cavs fought back, but were held off by a Raptors team that didn't panic like I thought they would (and apparently did a lot while going 0-5 on the west coast last week). They actually showed the high tempo play that sent them to a 7-1 record in the pre-season. It was also my first chance to see some of the new faces on the Raps, and let me say... they looked good! Garbajosa looks like a tall, slightly slower, Manu Ginobili... and slightly slower than Manu isn't all that slow.. not to mention Fred Jones and Anthony Parker are starting to settle in nicely.
I also noted how many new players the Leafs have... now, I guess some of these are results from injuries, but holy crap... I honestly hadn't heard of 3 or 4 of these guys. And they actually acquitted themselves well!
Now, as long as Montreal keeps playing half decently, I'm sure I'll be able to stomach the inevitable Leaf Mania, but I just hope their ACC roommates can step it up and paly like they did last night more often. With the shitty Eastern Conference in the NBA, anything can happen!
posted by Iain @ 8:19 AM
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