The Greek Freak had plenty of the Raptors' attention the day after he orchestrated a Game 1 win for the Bucks, but he was not the only member of the Bucks to get special attention. That's a lot of time. But coach Dwane Casey said Ibaka "should be ready to go tomorrow night". "I thought they played with more force longer than we did". We already knew that's what they thrive at.
For Casey, that starts with pure hustle. The Raptors lost last season's Game 1 of the opening round to the Indiana Pacers 90-80, but bounced back to take Game 2 98-87. No matter what you do offensively, your rhythm is off or whatever, you can still run back on defence, make them feel you defensively, which I didn't think we did. It was the confidence level, the way they were scoring.
The Milwaukee Bucks are going home with a win and no shortage of self-confidence. While they're young and relatively unproven, no one can doubt the sheer inertia the Bucks generate as they sprint up the court.
Milwaukee Bucks big man Thon Maker marked his first postseason game with a block party in familiar surroundings. "We did what we we're supposed to do - play hard both games".
Lowry struggled mightily at times during last season's historic playoff run, in which Toronto took the Cleveland Cavaliers to six games in the Eastern Conference final. Clippers guard Jamal Crawford is at.378 after going 4 for 12 in Game 1. "We gotta turn around and do the same thing with them". "But not long enough". You can't play on a regular-season level. He's too big, too athletic, too talented. And that's exactly what they did to the tune of a 106-100 victory, tying the series at one game apiece.
Lowry is now shooting 25.6 percent on 3-pointers in the first round in his career, which is the second-worst 3-point FG percentage in that round in National Basketball Association history (min. 100 attempts), ahead of only Lou Williams.
MILWAUKEE - Snell 4-11 0-0 11, Antetokounmpo 13-18 2-5 28, Maker 2-2 0-0 4, Brogdon 6-13 0-0 16, Middleton 4-15 2-2 10, Hawes 1-3 0-0 3, Teletovic 0-2 0-0 0, Monroe 5-11 4-4 14, Dellavedova 3-9 4-4 11, Terry 0-1 0-0 0.
"We got to find other ways to protect the paint".
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"He's shown the ability to block shots, that's for sure", Raps forward P.J. Tucker said.
Toronto has good reason to believe that it is just in their DNA to start slow.
One possible solution Casey has publicly raised is injecting the youthful Norman Powell or Delon Wright into the rotation at times in order to simply raise the Raptors' energy levels and disrupt Milwaukee's gameflow. We did a good job of getting it to the weak side.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Golden State's Kevin Durant missed practice because of a strained left calf and is questionable for Wednesday's Game 2 against Portland, who again will be without center Jusuf Nurkic. Making life hard for Antetokounmpo is one thing; not forgetting about his teammates is another.
Tucker said he didn't play at all like a rookie. "We will figure it out".
"Just our focus and intensity, every play of every minute of every game that we play in this series, we're going to have to give, because Milwaukee is not taking plays off. But it's just communication".
Game 2 is scheduled to tip-off at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night at the Air Canada Centre and it is now a must-win game for the Raptors. He hopes it won't be quite as glaring as Game 1's. "I think we got their attention".
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