We made it. Onto the ECF! Zach Lowe breaks down how he expects each team to deal with Giannis and Kawhi. Long story short: he doesn’t think we’ll see the two matched up very often. Lowe predicts Siakam takes on Giannis, with Ibaka taking on some role and to a less extent Leonard as a […]
Kawhi drove, he faded, he shot, he weirdly squatted and waited, he celebrated. See surprise and awe exhibited, in text message form: “AHHHHH” “Hoooly shit” “NO FUCKING WAY. Shot of the playoffs. Wow wow wow.” “Insane. That had some magic” “What a finish. I’ve never seen a shot like that” And finally, obscurely: “That […]
Looking Back: I think my written notes from the fourth quarter summarize Game 6 pretty concisely. Philly played well at home, and the Raps tossed out a dud, leading to an inevitable blowout, 112-101 for the Sixers. That score belies how far apart the two teams were for most of the game. The Sixers were […]
What a win! This game wasn’t the nailbiter that Game 4 was. The Raptors’ starters showed up. Every starter scored in double figures. Every starter (except Kawhi?!) hit at least two 3-pointers. Ben Simmons took five shots all game. Joel Embiid played sick and finished with eight (8!!) turnovers, letting Van Vleet pick his pocket […]
RAPTORS WIN RAPTORS WIN RAPTORS WIN It’s 90 minutes to tip-off of Game 5, so I’ll keep this one short. This game was a nailbiter and yellmaker. Until the final minute (when the Raps went ahead 7 on late game free throws), the largest lead either team ever achieved was 6 points. It was back […]
This was a tough loss for the Raptors. PHI played well, leading almost wire-to-wire (they took the lead for good at 6:27 of the first quarter). Philadelphia’s bench played well, with Greg Monroe scoring 10 as the lead back-up centre instead of Boban Marjanovic. Kawhi got his numbers, but Siakam didn’t shoot nearly as well […]
I’m writing this one a couple of days after the fact but before the start of game 2. This is just a rough summary of what happened in the game, plus a few other thoughts that come across my mind (value added, straight from my brain). Game Recap Overall, a very solid game for […]
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has recently come under threat. An Obama-era program, it allows undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to apply for renewable permits to work and go to school in the States. Essentially, it hedges against the prospect of an undocumented immigrant being utterly denied […]
I wrote a blog post for the Food Law and Policy Conference, on the a lunch-time plenary discussing the relevance of a national food policy in Canada. Text below. “Over a delicious meal of marinated tofu, mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables, I learned about some exciting projects going on across the country, some facts about […]
This is a few weeks out of date by now, but I wrote a short preview of the Food Law conference for the Dalhousie Gazette: “One of the purposes of the Food Law and Policy Conference is to answer that question: ‘What is food law?’” Jamie Baxter explained to me in his office. Baxter is […]
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