I was in Section 426 (upper deck, the view is right behind one of the baskets--not the best spot) for this one, man was it exciting.  Here are some thoughts that I posted elsewhere on the web:

    * Game started slow, then the Raps were draining shots, and then they weren't. The Wiz didn't look to be in much of a flow with the Big 3 on-and-off all night. The TOs from the Raps were a godsend, though--we had great open-court play.
    * A friend of mine was yelling at Ruffin/EJ the entire game...can't blame him after what happened. The arena was in complete shock for about 30 seconds...and I knew it was going in once the shot went up. Wow. That sucked. I could only hold my head in my hands...
    * Bosh getting hot in the OT doomed us...why was Ruffin playing star minutes? Brendan, Etan, and Calvin got the shaft in terms of PT tonight. And I didn't see a single good play from Ruffin all night. Ouch...
    * TJ Ford, Anthony Parker, and Joey Graham all gave us huge problems. Those guys can shoot, especially wide-open jumpers, man. TJ broke us down with penetration, as any guard does due to Gilbert getting beat by dribble penetration continually.
    * We missed Blatche for guarding Bosh...he was raising up effortlessly over Etan, AJ, and Ruffin of course--over Booth and Brendan, I can't make a judgment, since they didn't get more than 10 minutes each.
    * There were some absolutely electrifying moments--Arenas's later-discounted 3 at the end of the 3rd was probably the best one. We were screaming our heads off for at least thirty seconds...

(Less serious stuff from the game follows...)  

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[Editor's Note: From the diaries. Thanks to mistersean for (pardon the cliche) stepping up and posting this. -Pradamaster

In the beginning of the game, all of Toronto's shooters started getting hot.  Anthony Parker, Joey Graham, Chris Bosh, José Calderón (with his only move, a cross-over and a lay-up) were all feasting on our inexistent covering of perimeter shooters.  We were slow on defense, and that led to innumerable open jumpers for Toronto's mass of shooters.  On offense, we had a hard time getting into a rhythm, as happens frequently whenever the other team hits shots and doesn't turn it over.  I'm of the opinion that we need a couple steals or long rebounds to get our attacking offense in gear.  Without it, we often settle for jump shots and the offense gets stagnant, which is what happened in the first quarter yesterday.

For the rest of the game, Toronto continued to hold us off at around a 10-point deficit.  We were pushing and trying to gain momentum, but whenever we got it to 8 or 6, someone from the Raps, often Bosh or Calderón, who were both superb, would drain an energy-sapping jumper and soon enough we would be back down 14 again, trying to claw back into it.  It was much like the first game at Toronto--the game was always in our reach, but we could never get enough stops to sustain a real run.

(Details after the jump.)

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