Raps vs. Magic - Game 5 Preview

To be honest, I'm not completely sure what happened in Game 4. The Raptors looked like they were starting to pull away, were up by about 7 and then all of a sudden, the wheels fell off. Much in the same way that big time players come through in the 4th quarter, big time teams come through in the 4th quarter and the Raptors showed that they just aren't ready for that sort of responsibility right now. If you have that sort of collapse in the 4th quarter in the playoffs, then you don't have the foundation necessary to win in the playoffs. One of the things I notice (well, it isn't like you have to look that hard) is just how afraid the Raptors are of attacking the lane with Dwight Howard there. The Raptors are taking off balance shots, are pulling up for jumpers when a lane to the basket is more than apparent and are rushing shots when they have them. Look, Howard is going to get his blocks. That's going to happen. Who cares? When he starts getting into block mo...