His play helped set the tone for the rest of the second half, when the Bucks outscored the Raptors 51-32 to pull away.
In contrast to the Raptors, the Bucks snapped a 17-game road losing streak in game one's.
Trailing 1-0 to Milwaukee in their best-of-seven opening-round playoff series, the Raptors will look to hit the ground running when they host the Bucks in what DeRozan called a must-win Game 2 on Tuesday.
"It's a hard way to live", Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. "I thought we did a good job of that".
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"I have to play better", Lowry said in a postgame interview, following a weak four-point performance in Milwaukee's 97-83 win. They had 28 points in transition and whether it's scrambling, multiple efforts, next guy rotating, we didn't do it.
He added eight rebounds, three assists and two steals for a banner night in just his second taste of National Basketball Association playoff action. Antetokounmpo was brilliant in Game 1, however. Because when we go under, we become a soft team.
Lowry played just under 34 mintues and wound up with four points on 2-of-11 shooting and a team-worst minus-22 for the night. Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points, Greg Monroe had 14 points with 15 rebounds off the bench while Khris Middleton chiped in with 10 points and nine assists.
"I talked to C.J. about it", George said.
DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors with 27 points, but made just 7 of 21 field goals.
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Toronto recovered to win seven-game series against IN and Miami after losing Game 1 openers IN last year's playoffs. "We've been there before. It's not a good feeling, but there are things that are correctable as far as our offence is concerend". The forward had nine assists against Toronto in Game 1 but was held to 10 points on 4-of-15 shooting in 40 minutes.
Kyle Lowry is experiencing playoff deja vu, only with a twist.
Giannis didn't just produce on the offensive end, he made huge defensive plays too, as you can see from this wonderful block on Raptors star DeMar DeRozan. "It's hard for him to wow you because we see it everyday in practice", teammate Jason Terry said.
Milwaukee kept it going after Antetokounmpo returned for the final quarter.
"Giannis is a special player and he can cause a problem by getting two or three guys on him", said Kidd. And Toronto does perform well once it gets in front of a defence, producing the eighth-most points per possession (1.13) while scoring more than half the time (52.5 per cent).
He remained in the game, finishing with 19 points and 11 rebounds. The outcome of the game ended up being similar to numerous Raptors Round 1 games in the past.
Over the last two seasons, playoffs included, the Raptors have led after the first six minutes of the first quarter 78 times and trailed after the first six minutes 94 times.
After that stellar second quarter by the Raptors, Milwaukee just muscled up and took the game over.
In this January 1, 2017, file photo, Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey talks with guard Kyle Lowry during the team's NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles. Casey probably stuck with Jonas Valanciunas a little bit too long, and when Casey was willing to play small, he didn't always get Toronto's best five on the court.
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