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RSS FeedsRaptors earn fresh shot at the King: Arthur
(The Star Religion)

 
 

28 april 2017 05:02:54

 
Raptors earn fresh shot at the King: Arthur
(The Star Religion)
 


MILWAUKEE—Same old Raptors. You said it earlier in the series, right? Everyone did. They lost Game 1 and got blown out in Game 3, and it was the same old Raptors, sure enough. In Game 6 everything was collapsing, and you might have howled it again. But after blowing all of a 25-point lead, the Raptors found just enough fight at the end. They kept the roof from caving in, or the floodwaters from rising too high. Toronto won 92-89, and will face Cleveland in the second round.It wasn’t easy, because it never is. The 25-point lead was 13 at the start of the fourth. And then it was eight. And then it was three, and then it was gone. The Milwaukee Bucks were dead and then they were not, and the Raptors were falling apart. They turned the ball over; they lost rebounds; they committed fouls, they couldn’t make a shot. With 4:51 left in the third quarter Toronto was up 71-46, and with 3:06 left in the game the Bucks took a two-point lead. If they hadn’t missed eight second-half free throws, it would have been worse. Toronto still had a chance: down two, three minutes left, and confidence came from all sorts of places. DeMar DeRozan drove on Giannis Antetokounmpo and tied it. Down two again, Patrick Patterson — the formerly indispensable Raptor who had been recently forgotten, lost in a slump — played give-and-go with Cory Joseph and dunked to tie it again. The Raptors got a stop, moved the ball, and Joseph, who was 0-for-3 for the game, nailed a three.And in the final minute, DeRozan turned the corner to avoid a double team, got past seven-footer Thon Maker, rose before Antetokounmpo could get up, and dunked with 48.7 seconds left: 87-82. Joseph added two free throws. It ended with the Raptors making free throws to seal it, and DeRozan finished with 32 points. It was enough to survive. Maybe they are not the same old Raptors. Before the game, Milwaukee coach Jason Kidd was asked what you learn about players in elimination games. ...


 
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