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DeMar DeRozan and the Raptors eye a
third straight win against the Cavaliers. AP
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The game everyone expected to go on a
landslide just went fiery with Raptors taking a good fight, leading the team to
2-2.
Kyle Lowry with 35 points, including a
driving layup in the final minute, and DeMar DeRozan with 32 points lead the
Toronto Raptors evened the Eastern Conference Finals by beating the Cleveland
Cavaliers 105-99 in Game Four.
The team got back on level after big
losses in Games One and Two with the help of DeMarre Carroll scoring 11 points
and Bismack Biyombo with 14 points improving Toronto’s record to 8-2 at home
this postseason.
The Cavaliers are counting on home
court advantage after a 10-0 start these playoffs. With the Raptors having a
record of 2-6 on the road in playoffs, it is a massive challenge and just what DeRozan
said “We like that challenge.”
This is the first time Cleveland lost
consecutive playoff games at an Eastern Conference opponent since dropping the
final three games of the conference semifinals to Boston in 2010.
James scored 29 points and Kyrie
Irving had 26 for Cavaliers, who trailed as many as 18 points. Channing Frye
scored nine of his 12 points in the fourth quarter.
Kevin Love having a bland game with 4
for 14 shots in Game Four, scored 10 points, did not play in the fourth quarter
after appearing to injure his left ankle when he stepped on referee David
Guthrie late in the third. Cavs coach Tyronn Lue, however, said that Love’s health
was “no concern.”
Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas was
active but did not play. He has been out since spraining his right ankle in the
third quarter of Game Three against Miami on May 7.
Game Five is on Wednesday back in
Cleveland, where Raptors are 0-3 this season.
Source: SPIN.ph
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