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The Rick Report: A Game That Don't Count For Nothing
Toronto Raptors 100, Panathinaikos 76
October 10th 2003
Friday night the Toronto Raptors hosted the Greek League Champions Panathinaikos (man, that's catchy) in a game of goodwill and international brotherhood. In other words, it really didn't mean anything. But at least the Greek Champs fared better against the now legendary defence of the Toronto Raptors than the Washington Wizards did.
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| Thankfully the game was a blow-out of else Dave Feschuk would be writing something about how the Raptors failed to adequately scout the Grecian Leagues and it will someday be their downfall. This may be a digression but how come Rick Brunson .com gets ripped when Feschuk isn't one tenth as funny as us? Back to the real story: Rick Brunson has played his first minutes as a Raptor!! Well, it wasn't even considered a pre-season game so the jury is still out on whether it actually counts. The Raptors own website doesn't even have a box score for this one.
Rumour has is that Rick showed a lot of his patented brand of tenacious bench-sitting before entering the game in the fourth quarter (i.e. garbage time versus a team from Greece). Rick then quickly tallied two fouls and an assist before the Mayor's Office shut the power to the ACC. The city felt that should Brunson actually score a point the delirious fans, in a text-book case of mass hysteria, might break loose and riot in downtown Toronto.
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Freelance Rick Brunson .com photographer VinceCarder snapped this shot of Rick Brunson demonstrating "tenacious b(ench)"
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- According to Leo Rautins, Rick Brunson .com isn't very funny.
- Leo Rautins is an idiot.
- The game was called to an end after the lights went out with 46 seconds left even though Michael Bradley offered to take off his shirt to illuminate the arena.
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