Valanciunas Ties Raptors Playoff Record for Double-Double's

They've never gotten past the second round and have lost at least one home game in every playoff series they've been in since 2005-2006.

"We have to act like we're down", Kidd said Monday after the team's final workout before returning to Toronto.

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For Casey, that starts with pure hustle. Toronto's defense needs to make the shots more hard for Antetokounmpo after he shot 72.2 percent from the floor. "Once you get into the paint, they're all in there trying to get the ball, and you gotta kick out and we gotta make shots". "To come in here and get one feels good". It was the confidence level, the way they were scoring. With all due respect to the Vincesanity era, this is probably the best team the Raptors have fielded since their inception.

By the end of the 2016, the Toronto Raptors have had second best offense in the league, marginally trailing only the Warriors.

To go along with the great night from Giannis, the Bucks impressed with their youth, living up to the "Young Bucks" moniker. The Bucks kept fighting back, making timely jumpers, forcing turnovers, and a Giannis Antetokounmpo three-pointer tied the game with under two minutes left.

"It sounds like a yearly song we sing but we're going to go as (Lowry) and DeMar (DeRozan) go and he's got to be aggressive no matter what the defense is doing", Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. Past year they did not advance as far in the postseason as they would have liked, and they are aiming to correct that this time around.

After another strong season on the court, the Toronto Raptors secured a spot in the postseason. "You have to screen in playoff form, you have to cut in playoff form, you have to run in playoff form, and we didn't do that long enough". We did it in certain parts of the game.

KEEP AN EYE ON Whether the Jazz can contain Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan without injured big man Gobert, who was among the NBA's leaders in several defensive categories this season. He's too big, too athletic, too talented. Their lone loss was one of the games Kyle missed while nursing a wrist injury. The Bucks were 38-of-85 shooting in the win and 9-of-23 from 3-point land. I would bet on the Celtics getting on track tonight. "It's incredible how hard he's got those guys playing". Raptors F P.J. Tucker made his playoff debut. He gave Milwaukee credit for playing a good defense, but Toronto is going to have to bounce back, play that defense, set a better game rhythm, pace, and control the ball better in the half court game.

The Raptors had the plethora of large wings that could shut down a "one-dimensional" Antetokounmpo.

It should have been time for the Raptors to put some distance between themselves and the Bucks, but the opposite occurred. They have, however, bounced back under Casey in series past.

For stretches in their 106-100 victory on Tuesday, Toronto looked like the championship contender it aspires to be. Making life hard for Antetokounmpo is one thing; not forgetting about his teammates is another.

Memphis came out super hot and just couldn't maintain the offensive firepower throughout the game.

"The communication has to be a lot better", Tucker says. "We will figure it out".

"Physicality was really the emphasis going into the game", Brogdon said. "But it's just communication". The second game of the best-of-seven series will be played Tuesday night at the Air Canada Centre.

"This has been a resilient team". For the Raptors to get back in this series, they'll need to continue to be aggressive and try to get the Bucks frontline into foul trouble. "He's human. Everyone has a night like that, we just can't panic every time a guy has a tough night".