So the RRT continues. Spurs win again. The Sandwich Man is back and better than ever. The Spurs keep on winning. Detroit is still basking in the glow of the Spurs visit. The Spurs are headed to Canada. They have a coin in Canada called the "Tooney", it's worth two Canadian dollars. Canada doesn't have a bill smaller than 5. Canada loves hockey. Toronto is as far south as the French Riviera. More people live in Toronto than in Canada's four Atlantic provinces combined. I have several friends from Canada, they all live in the US.
Other fun facts after the jump.
The Spurs are 43-8. In games they are as close to 50 wins as they are to 1 loss. San Antonio, much like Detroit, is a popular tourist destination. The Alamo is in San Antonio, in case you forgot. The Fairmount Hotel, built is 1906 and San Antonio's second oldest hotel, is in the Guinness World Records as one of the heaviest buildings ever moved intact. It was placed in it's new location, three blocks south of the Alamo, over four days in 1985 and cose $650,000 to move. This game starts early...at 6:00 P.M. Spurs time.
Toronto apparently doesn't pick up their garbage....evidence:
Wow...
San Antonio Spurs @ Toronto Raptors Where: Air Canada Centre When: 2-9-2011, 6:00 p.m. Spurs Time - Timezone Converter Watch: Fox Sports Southwest
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Matchup Analysis
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Starters
PG: Parker needs to dominate Fisher. Frenchie McWonderbutt is glad to be back on foreign soil where somebody might understand French. I expect Parker to take full advantage of the lack of a lingual barrier and dominante Calderon.
SG: DeMar DeRozen is DeAthlectic and has crazy mad DeHops. I don't see him being able to over come Manu's...well, Manuness. The Sickness made a couple of clutch plays last night in Mo-town. I expect more of the same in Toronto.
SF: Wright had a solid game against the Spurs in the last go around. RJ is playing very well of late and his shot is back! Rage will need to make Wright work on defense. (I realized that I need to use this line at least once per preview)
PF: Goat Puff will take on Amir Johnson. I'm going to give the edge to Timmeh. I think Johnson might cause a bit of trouble for Duncan on the offensive glass, but I'm sure TD will be ready for it.
C: Blair will have a chance to work on his perimeter defense against the 7 foot Italian. Bargnani is a scorer. Pure and simple. Blair and Co. should be able to take advantage of Bargnani's weak rebounding. I'll be interested to see if Blair can work over the Raptors defense much like he did to the Pistons.
Bench
Matt Bonner. The Sandwich Man is back. He came back and hit 50% on his 3-pointers and got 10 points. It's good to have you back Rocket. I don't see how the Spurs bench don't dominante the Raptor's bench tonight.
Coaching
Still Pop
Intangibles
Spurs continue the winning on the long ol' road trip. The Raptors are coming off a 18 point loss last night in Milwaukee. Green Bay is near Milwaukee and they are home to the Super Bowl Champs.
Mojo
The Spurs got out of Detroit only to end up in Canada.
Prediction
Spurs continue to win by double digits
Key(s) to the Game
Key 1 - Rebounding. The Raptors get after the offensive glass. The Spurs will need to make sure they get all the defensive boards they can.
Key 2 - 3 Point Shooting. The Spurs are good at it. The Raptors are very bad at it. Matt Bonner and crew need to take advantage of their ability here.
Other Reading
Spurs
48 Minutes of Hell - Great content, best of the True Hoop Network
Spurs Planet - Our old friend Wayne Vore is back.
Project Spurs - Nice content, worth checking out.
Spurs Nation - Always good stuff on your Spurs
OPPONENT
Raptors HQ (SB Nation)
Following Along
TV
Fox Sports Southwest
Radio
WOAI 1200AM; Audio League Pass[streaming]
Online
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