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No blackouts in Canada for Raptors game either. We just tried a random game from January https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1240361144595906560">https://twitter.com/darrenrov...
Time travel to the past is possible (at least temporarily)
Game 1 against Orlando coming up right now...
We were at that game and I remember wanting to fight the two dudes behind me who were engaging in some serious Lowry slander
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This game is *much* less annoying than I remember but I have the benefit of knowing that in the future (a) the Raptors win championship and (b) there is no basketball
Play by play commenting at the beginning of the third quarter: That’s how fast things change in the NBA
Dude, you have NO idea
Dude, you have NO idea
Raptors were up by two with under one minute left. Still can’t believe they lost this one. No wonder I was so annoyed 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy"> (it all turned out ok in the end, I know)
We have now moved onto to game 2 v Orlando. Less than 5 min left in the 4Q
That was a mood
That was a mood
How did I forget that game 3 v Orlando was the Kawhi flu game?
AKA the game where the NBA finally starting noticing Pascal Siakam
We have moved onto game 4 v Orlando
The Nick Nurse meme origin story
The Nick Nurse meme origin story
Interlude: one of my favourites games from this season. Since we are also watching the Orlando series, can confirm that this November game really was playoff loud. We were there. The crowd was losing its mind
Kids were making fun of us for rewatching old Raptors games, and yet they revisit tv, movies, YouTube content and books all the time.
TBH at this point rewatching the 2019 playoffs is like rewatching a favourite tv show. Yeah, I know the outcome...
TBH at this point rewatching the 2019 playoffs is like rewatching a favourite tv show. Yeah, I know the outcome...
But I don’t remember all the twists and turns, and oh the drama! It’s also fun to watch without any anxiety: I know how it ends, so I am picking up a lot of more of what is going on in the actual game lol
And for now, reruns will have to do since the sequel (which was looking to be a worthy successor to the previous sesason) is currently on hiatus after stopping very abruptly with a cliff hanger episode
And speaking of rewatches, we are also current doing this and i am delighted to report that it holds up very well https://twitter.com/piptal/status/1241155977971466241?s=21">https://twitter.com/piptal/st... https://twitter.com/piptal/status/1241155977971466241">https://twitter.com/piptal/st...
We have moved onto the 2019 eastern conference semis - game 4. First play off appearance of the lucky red chevron jerseys (I had forgotten game also feature officiating by Marc Davis *and* Tony Brothers Lol)
Full disclosure: we did not feel the need to rewatch game three of the series, which was mostly notable for the cookie run that occurred afterwards https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-kawhi-leonard-kyle-lowry-spotted-grabbing-cookies-at-1am-after-loss-sixers/">https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-n...
4 minutes left in the first quarter and the Philly crowd is already chanting “Ref you suck” https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy">
Marc Gasol, when asked about Kawhi Leonard in his post game interview: “He’s pretty good at basketball”
Next game up: Game 7 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😍" title="Smiling face with heart-shaped eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with heart-shaped eyes">
I actually need to rewatch this one. I was too stressed to watch most of it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy"> (I did a lot of pacing and leaving the room to do laundry) https://twitter.com/piptal/status/1206964783729262593">https://twitter.com/piptal/st...
Ahhh the memorieshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy">
Another thing I did not remember: Kawhi only got two threes in this game and he didn’t even get the first one until there were just 3 minutes left in the 3rd Q
ECF Game 1: LET’S GO!
(I know what happens so it’s okhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy">)
(I know what happens so it’s ok
So we sort of skipped game 2 lol. Moving right along to ECF game 3. My recollection that every home game was dreary and rainy is confirmed by the shots of Jurassic Park (it is also slightly freaking April 2020 me out to see all those people in such close quarters)
this is also the point in the playoffs when I started posting game gifs. At this point it was just post game 80s teen movie dance gifs https://twitter.com/piptal/status/1130297615436976137?s=20">https://twitter.com/piptal/st...
This game had everything! Underrated game because it’s not game 7 v Philly. Danny Green misses a lot of shots, Kyle fouls out, playoff Powell (who also fouls out). Giannis misses FTs, Pascal misses FTs and we go to 2 OT
I should add: Toronto crowd getting louder and louder each time Giannis misses a FT (by game 4 the crowd noise was insane)
Also Kyle Lowry looking so extremely annoyed at sitting on the bench as the game moved onto double OT https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy"> I wonder if there is a gif of that?
Drake waving good bye to Giannis as he fouls out of the game at the beginning of 2OT https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy">
So far, it’s my second favourite game of the playoff run (behind, of course, Game 7 of the Sixers series. Game 4 of the Sixers series probably in third place)
Going to rewatch game 4 against the Bucks tonight for a lovely bit of synchronicity. It was one the 2 playoff games I attended last year *and* we were supposed to be watching the Raptors play the Bucks live at the ACC tonight.
Nostalgia time (stupid phone just reminded me that i had tickets for tonight& #39;s game) https://twitter.com/piptal/status/1130986432976367616?s=20">https://twitter.com/piptal/st...
Also baking a cake because if I can’t stress bake for sports I can certainly do it for life in general right now https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy">
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My recollection of this game: It was so f*cking loud we couldn’t hear anything over the PA system. Giannis getting jeered at the FT line. Blowout playoff games are such a blast https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy">
The crowd is so loud on TV. I haven’t watched this one on replay before (since we were there). Jack just said that “this crowd seems a little lubricated” https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy"> Guilty as charged.
Current status: eating cake and perhaps some slight lubrication
Also found this
Game 5 of the ECF. We find out about FVV jr (turns out he was born prior to game 4)
Never forget https://twitter.com/piptal/status/1131794361585459200?s=20">https://twitter.com/piptal/st...
Jack on Giannis: He likes being the hammer, he doesn& #39;t like being the nail