Game 55 (TOR v. MEM) Feb 20: Gay Squares off Against the Grizz for the FirstTime

[Mile High Champ]

(34-18)..............(22-32)
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES v. TORONTO RAPTORS

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Date: February 20 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Air Canda Centre, Toronto, Ontario
TV:RSN




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PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS:


PG...........SG..........SF..........PF...........C


CONLEY----ALLEN----PRINCE----RANDOLPH----GASOL



PG...........SG..........SF..........PF...........C

LOWRY----DEROZAN----GAY----JOHNSON----VALANCIUNAS


STATS:

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Key Match UP


Amir Johnson v. Zach Randolph

MHC TAKE:

The Raps have now won 5 straight games and sit only 5 games back of the 8th playoff spot. Tonight's game will mark the first time Rudy Gay will go up against his former team. More to come.

Lets go RAPTORS!!

[ink]

Raps win, Gay has more he wants to prove than the other way around.

[Tmath]

Tough matchup. Should be a fun game though, I expect it to get chippy.

[ink]

We know how Cousins demolishes our frontcourt. How about Gasol and Randolph? Advantages: their bigs, our wings. I am excited to see Ed get a shot at his old practice partners.

[C_Mund]

If Val gets caught against Z-Bo he'll foul out in 4 minutes. I don't mind him against Gasol where he's had a bit of experience.

I think Demar might get a pretty tough time from Allen tonight but Rudy should go off. Lowry's probably got a chip on his shoulder too.

I say all of this with a shaker full of salt, but I think the Raps manage to somehow keep the streak going tonight.

[Tmath]

We know how Cousins demolishes our frontcourt. How about Gasol and Randolph? Advantages: their bigs, our wings. I am excited to see Ed get a shot at his old practice partners.

This is where we were missing Bargnani. His post defense certainly won't hurt tonight.

[the_jon]

The importance of this game goes far beyond playoff implications. A solid team win here would be huge.

[heusy_79]

Gay drops 32 and the Raps win 101-89 !

[Sly Guy]

both teams on a back to back and travelling. Should be a sloppy one.

[Bob_at_york]

We know how Cousins demolishes our frontcourt. How about Gasol and Randolph? Advantages: their bigs, our wings. I am excited to see Ed get a shot at his old practice partners.

I don't think our wings have that great an advantage. I think Allen and Prince will be able to slow down our wings. I am not expecting a win but i am expecting a good game.

[magikmc]

I hope I'm wrong, but I get the feeling Gay is going to overdo it and chuck like crazy. Hoping for a W, but feeling like an L is coming.

[Raptor17]

I think we should get a win, we arnt thatt mis-matched down low if you think about it. Val should be able to do a decent job on Gasol, and Amir has been great defensively all year so he can probably hold Randloph.

We have so much athletisim on the Griz, if we can force turnover and keep our turnovers low, we should be good

[greg_ory_2005]

Im expecting Gray to get some minutes. Hopefully he can try and limit Gasol. Then we gotta worry about Zbo, who got the big size advantage against Amir. Definitely gonna be a tough game.

[Johann]

Then we gotta worry about Zbo, who got the big size advantage against Amir. Definitely gonna be a tough game.

Zbo doesn't have a big size advantage. Same height, but Zach is much heavier/slower.

[GodsSon]

I hope I'm wrong, but I get the feeling Gay is going to overdo it and chuck like crazy. Hoping for a W, but feeling like an L is coming.

I'm feeling the same...

Hope we're wrong though.