LIVE: Raptors, Bucks go back and forth in entertaining opening quarter
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Follow our Raps Tracker for a behind the scenes look pre-game at Scotiabank Arena and live reaction from Toronto Star sports scribes Doug Smith and Bruce Arthur all game long. Stay tuned to @StarSports and thestar.com/sports for all your post-game reaction.After the emotion of a season-saving double-overtime win on Sunday, the Raptors need to summon a similar amount of energy and intensity in an equally-important game tonight.Down two games to one to the Milwaukee Bucks, the Raptors host Game 4 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference final at the Scotiabank Arena.How important is the game?The Bucks have lost two consecutive games only once this season and have never lost three in a row. To think Toronto could come back from trailing 3-1 and beat Milwaukee three straight times and twice on the road after a loss tonight would be almost impossible to imagine.Kawhi Leonard, who played a career-high 52 minutes in Sunday’s game and came down awkwardly on his right leg after one a dunk in the second overtime period, was ready to go.“He looks good, so far,� coach Nick Nurse said before the game. “We’ll see.�More on the Raptors:‘Fun Guy’ Kawhi the latest example of NBA brandingOpinion | Bruce Arthur: Kawhi vs. Giannis is the series for Raptors and BucksOpinion | Dave Feschuk: Siakam rebound could give Raptors second wind against Bucks