The Growl

Well, the season didn't start out the way we wanted it to.  The Pistons game was more or less embarrasing.  There was turnovers, terrible FG %, and terrible play from the rookies.  However, the Grizzlies have the chance to rebound from that loss tonight against a very good Raptors team.

In case you didn't see, the Raptors took down the Cavaliers a couple nights ago.  I really like the Raptors this year, and have them ranked at 10 in my power rankings.  Colangelo had a very busy offseason, and so far so good.  The Grizzlies had a very active offseason, and so far so bad.  The good thing about this is that it is only one game into the season.

I am most interested to see how Marc Gasol does tonight.  He did great on Wednesday, but that was against Kwame Brown, old Ben Wallace, and Charlie V.  He put up 21 points and 15 boards.  Tonight he is going to be tested against Bargnani and Bosh.  Bargnani looked like an animal against the Cavs, and Bosh is an elite big man in the league.  So, we will get to see how Gasol does verse the big boys.

Prediction
Grizzlies 93 Raptors 100

-I just don't see the Grizz being able to hang with the Raptors tonight.  I have a feeling that Bosh is going to tear up Randolph down low.  Our bench play was horrific on Wednesday night, and we are in desperate need of Iverson to return.  He could have provided a spark for that second unit and taken some pressure off the rooks. 

-Darrell Arthur would have been nice, too.  But, we have what we have right now for a bench.  And that is not good.  That is where the Grizz lose the game tonight, because the Raptors added some quality depth this offseason. 

-Rudy started off hot last game.  Let's hope that can carry over. 
-Chip, over at 3SoB, made a good point about how OJ was chasing Rip and Gordon around picks all night, and how this contributed to his shot being off. 

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