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The loss to the Pistons, a buy canada goose jacket cheap game the Raptors led by 19 in the third quarter and still canada goose outlet had an 11 point canada goose clearance leading going into the fourth, wasn just tough to stomach, it was unacceptable. The post game media scrums were both hushed and to the point. Nobody wanted to stick around on this night.

Jonas Valanciunas sat at his stall still stewing over that last second inbound play. The Pistons did a good job mucking up the Raptors defensively as Blake Griffin wound up drawing both OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam to him at one point after multiple screens, leaving Reggie Bullock heading to the basket uncovered.

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Based on the way the Raptors coughed up that huge lead, this was actually a Canada Goose sale fitting end. They didn deserve better.

But back to that quiet post game locker room, it was just Valanciunas and, on the other side of the room, Danny Green still left among the actual players. Some Raptors staff and a few members of the media rounded canada goose store out those still present. Green may have been slowed by treatment for his lower back, having left the game early in the third after a hard fall, but he seemed in no hurry to be anywhere.

Having watched the majority of the second half from the trainer table where he was getting treatment, Green had a unique call it early film session to draw conclusions from and he had a few. First, though he found a way to lighten the mood.

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uk canada goose outlet is it a full moon tonight, or what? Green asked the room in general. to be a full moon, right? Green said then asking Jennifer Quinn, canada goose clearance sale the teams director of communications if she would look up the actual phase of the moon for the night. uk canada goose outlet

While Quinn was googling full moons, canada goose coats Green asked again, often does a full moon come around, anyway? From across the room at Valanciunas locker came the response: 13 games. deadpan delivery was perfect. The mood in the room instantly went from tense and quiet to relaxed as those still in the room gave Canada Goose online Valanciunas his proper due for the witty response.

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canada goose coats we didn lose that game at the end of the game, he said. canadagooseparka/a> was well before that. You could just tell. I was watching it as I was getting treatment. You could tell body language and just the atmosphere or how the guys looked, it didn look good. It Canada Goose Outlet kind of looked how we were the other night against New Orleans only we had more energy, better kick to start the game. But once things don start going our way we still have to find ways or still conduct ourselves in the same way and not getting down and letting last plays affect our next plays. is plenty of experience up and down this lineup, but early on this team has shown a tendency of rather long funks. Prior to Monday game, they have been able to pull themselves out of it. The loss to the Pistons though was almost an entire second half lull and that can happen. canada goose coats