Tough one for the young Raptors as they lost an one point elimination game on the road. This series surprised me. I had picked the Raptors to win in 6, but I totally under-estimated the experience factor. The Raptors inexperience and the Nets experience has been on display the entire series with this game 6 being no different. The Raptors played well enough to win and take this show back home, but the Nets finished this thing strong. Another bad shooting night for half-man-half-brick as Vince had 21, but Kidd and Richard Jefferson had good games with 18-8-15 for Kidd and 24 for RJ. Kidd averaged a triple double in this series, but RJ was the story in this game. He had a great move at the end to score the go-ahead basket right at the rim and he stole the ball at the other end as Jose Calderon tried to force a pass into C-Bosh. Bosh would have had a great shot if only this pass was a little higher, but RJ jumped high to steal it. Another critical mistake by a young team and that ended their season. The Raptors have a great future and there's talk that they may even replace their "Coach of the Year". That would be odd, but I wouldn't put anything past this league. As for the Nets, they get the Cavs and The King in round 2. I am sure it's a little tougher than the Raptors.
Toronto @ New Jersey - 97-98
Playoff schedule for 05/05/2007
Utah @ Houston - The only game 7 of round 1. I expect Houston to get the job done at home.
Chicago @ Detroit - Game 1 at Detroit. Should be a good one.
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