It was another dreadful game for the Toronto Raptors' All-Star backcourt, but the supporting cast kept the contest from being an outright catastrophe.
Despite failing to protect several late-game leads—namely being up four with 45.9 seconds left in the fourth, then up three with 14.9 remaining—the Raptors did just enough to eke out a 96-92 overtime win over the Miami Heat.
The ongoing struggles of guards Kyle Lowry (18 points on 7-of-22 shooting) and DeMar DeRozan (20 on 9-of-24) make it easy to wonder if the playoff lights are simply too bright for this Toronto team. But even though the Raptors squandered home-court advantage, they avoided what could have been a debilitating 0-2 series hole and kept their postseason pulse pumping.
"[Tonight was] definitely a must-win," Lowry told ESPN's Heather Cox afterward. "Even though we didn't protect home court, it's 1-1. It's an even series, 0-0 in my mind. They gotta beat us three times, we gotta beat them three times."
Can the Raptors win three of the next five without getting their guards back on track? It's tough to even imagine th ...
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