Thursday, October 16, 2008

Preseason Game Five - vs. Timberwolves

Tonight is Raptors vs. Timberwolves, 7:00PM tipoff. You can listen to the game live on NBA League Pass here. Check out the NBA.com preview.

What to watch for:
- Kevin Love is a legitimate Rookie of the Year contender. He and Al Jefferson could form a devastating one-two punch in the frontcourt as long as they can mesh.
- Roko Ukic continues to be in a stage where he has to play well every time out if he still wants to take the backup guard position away from Will Solomon. The Toronto Star had an article about him. Maybe Smitch will finally make reader Mintz... happy tonight by giving Oko Roko (it's a palindrome!) some minutes.
- Smitch benched some of his second-unit players for not applying lessons learned in practice to game situations. If this is the case, Bosh and Calderon, among others, could play more than 30 minutes each again tonight.

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