Bucks lose Game 2 but leave with split

For the second game in a row, Antetokounmpo led all scorers with 24 points with eight points in the first half and eight in each of the third and fourth quarters. The improved ball movement didn't last and despite the better paint protection, Antetokounmpo still found ways to contribute offensively, racking up 24 points, seven assists and six offensive rebounds. He scored four points on 2-of-11 shooting from the field, 0-of-6 from deep, and finished with a game-worst minus-22.

"When I woke up this morning I didn't know", Ibaka said. "We try to limit other guys from doing things but it's tough once he gets it going". I just knew that he wasn't going to be satisfied with the way he played in the first game.

On TNT's Inside the National Basketball Association, panellist Shaquille O'Neal said prior to Game 2 that the Raptors were the most likely top-four seed to be upset in Round 1.

"That's the way they play", Lowry said. "Going back home, we have a chip on our shoulder and I think we have the advantage". For me, I just wanted to get to my spot. "I got to my spot and let it go". Jonas Valanciunas added 10 points and 10 boards, and Cory Joseph chipped in with 11 points. "We did the right things, we had the right plays". The Raptors led by one point with 2:46 to play after Antetokounmpo made a layup.

Boston got within 91-82 early in the fourth before Chicago went on a 14-4 run to push its lead up to 19. They couldn't shake the pesky Bucks though and Spencer Hawes scored on a tip-in at the buzzer - an ugly possession that saw Milwaukee grab four offensive rebounds - and the Raptors' lead was down to 55-52 at halftime.

As important as the Raptors getting Antetokounmpo under some semblance of control was, Lowry getting himself under control and starting to look a lot more like the Lowry the Raptors' faithful became accustomed to in the regular season was just as key.

Behind a deluge of 3's (14-29, 48.3 percent) the Toronto Raptors got a much-needed victory on Tuesday night. They even met him 27 feet from the basket to not allow him to get a head of steam and clogged the paint anytime he got in the lane.

Los Angeles stormed to a 12-point lead in the first quarter, reeling off the kind of dunks that earned the team's Lob City moniker years ago.

Their momentum continued into the second quarter, and a running jumper from Tucker capped a 12-2 Raptors run and gave Toronto a nine-point lead. A nine-point lead in the second quarter after a flurry of three-pointers and open jumpers. The Bucks kept fighting back, making timely jumpers, forcing turnovers, and a Giannis Antetokounmpo three-pointer tied the game with under two minutes left.

The Raptors now take this playoff run on the road with Game 3 in Milwaukee on Thursday. Saturday's loss at home to the Milwaukee Bucks was déjà vu for a Toronto team that lost their fourth consecutive Game 1 at home to start the playoffs. He had little choice when Valanciunas got into some early foul trouble, bringing in rookie Jakob Poeltl for a few short minutes rather than go back to Ibaka, who was already on the bench and coming off a sprained ankle in Game 1. After shooting 1-for-7 through the first two quarters, Ibaka had 13 points in the second half, hit three-of-four threes and had two emphatic blocks of Antetokounmpo and Thon Maker at the basket.