Every night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the lig. Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.No Raptor has escaped stoning amid Toronto's disappointing start. As the handsome new addition who was meant to fix everything wrong with the Raptors, Jermaine O'Neal has taken a particularly big share of blame. He will not hear any of those accusations this morning, though.
O'Neal destroyed the Kings with 36 points on 15-of-19 shooting, along with nine rebounds, three steals and two blocks. His line either substituted for a mediocre Chris Bosh performance, or made it so that Bosh didn't need to assert himself. Something like that. Clearly, the Sacramento defense keyed on Bosh, often sending a guard to double early. All the focus left J.O. one-on-one with Brad Miller much of the time ... and J.O. delivered.
Two Rondos, Indeed: Rajon Rondo missed a triple-double by one assist, finishing with 11 points, 10 rebounds and those nine dimes. Of course, he also added seven brutal turnovers for the Celtics. Boston lost in Golden State (more on that later), and turnovers continue to be the Celtics' guilty pleasure.
Bench Buddies: Rashad McCants and Sebastian Telfair saved the Timberwolves from the pine. Telfair tossed up a 20-point, 8-assist line, getting 10 of those points from the stripe. Meanwhile, McCants came in shooting missiles: 23 points on 12 FGAs, including 7-of-9 from three. And that was in 21 minutes. Minnesota was murdered by the Knicks on the glass, which made the hot bench shooting doubly vital.
Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Did you even watch the Raptors game?? Or are you just theorizing as to what may have happened.
Yes, I watched the Raptors-Kings game. My comments on whether it allowed Bosh to not be dominant or caused Bosh not to be dominant meant that it was hard to tell. Bosh wasn't awful at any moment -- the defense was keyed on him. But Bosh could have asserted himself, and that would have resulted in fewer J.O. opportunities. I'm saying the cause-and-effect between the two is up in the air, that's all.