SO HERE we are, headed to a deciding game and all the pressure and heat that go with it.
But enough about the national anthems. What's going on here in the arena, where it matters? Where's the hate? Whatever happened to elbows, hacks, trips, runs from behind? Where have all the glowers gone ? not to mention the stare-downs, the smak, the gobs and the wild-eyed gawks?
They sure ain't here. Heck, when you talk about taking out Jerry Stackhouse, who'd have thought he'd be doing it himself?
Somebody ought to tell these Raptors they're in the playoffs. While their brave hockey brethren and the dastardly Islanders (or is it the other way around?) perform Slapshot III, this series with the Pistons is unfolding with all the rancour of Pledge Week on TVO.