A timeout was called and Ibaka was helped up and somehow stayed in the game, but he was feeling it both that night and the next morning. Maker has taken a little more time to develop.
This five-second clip succinctly sums up why Lowry only managed 11 shot attempts in Game 1.
Toronto scored just 13 points in the final frame and 32 points total in the second half.
The dunker, on this occasion, was Giannis Antetokounmpo, the man who in Game 1 nearly re-wrote the Bucks slogan from "Fear the Deer" to 'Fear the Freak.' That could actually happen if the Raptors can't get Antetokounmpo under control and the Bucks go on to win the series.
The next year, the Raptors were swept by IN as Lowry battled back and shin injuries. "He just missed some shots". He was 0-for-6 from behind the arc.
"When I woke up this morning I didn't know", Ibaka said.
Milwaukee wasn't a good defense in the regular season, finishing 19th in the league in defensive rating.
Wright only played eight minutes and took only one shot which he missed, but he was active and brought energy back to the Raptors when they needed it. That's one thing about the playoffs, teams are gonna gameplan for me and DeMar.
As long as Butler can guard Thomas when it matters and get points for the Bulls, it's going to be the Bulls in crunch time.
Contain Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek Freak dominated the first game of the series with his scoring and rebounding.
Lowry sounds like he will comply but grudgingly. Lowry had four rebounds and five assists. My teammates want me to be more aggressive, so I'm (going to) have to force some more shots. "Once he settles down, he's gonna figure it out - what he should do, when to make the right pass, when to take the shot, when to be aggressive".
"But once you get going, your auto feels like a 2016 Lexus or something".
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"They just outplayed us tonight and I didn't play well enough", Lowry said. It's his whole team.
"It's just his competitive edge", Raptors coach Dwane Casey said of knowing Lowry would come up big.
Sequences like this in which the indecision of Toronto's supporting cast sapped the offensive flow became the standard in the second half.
NEED TO KNOW Boston point guard Isaiah Thomas is preparing to play Game 2 before flying out to Tacoma, Wash., to be with his family to finalize funeral arrangements for his younger sister Chyna Thomas, 22, who died in a auto accident early Saturday. "We didn't play with any pace, any rhythm, any movement". DeRozan seemed to be suggesting that Lowry's initial response and what he will actually do in Game 2 are quite different.
"If you keep playing that way, it's always going to bite you in the behind", Casey said. DeMarre Carroll and P.J. Tucker need to do a better job of limiting Antetokounmpo. "We've got to make sure we set screens the same way, and now we show the officials those videos".
After Game 1, the Toronto Raptors find themselves in familiar territory.
The 24-year-old was able to attain the record in just 22 minutes of action.
The Raptors will now have two more days of practice to work out the kinks before the two teams do battle again on Tuesday at the ACC.
Against an opponent that won 51 games, though, the Bucks would be wise to remain vigilant and resist complacency. Look for Lowry to have a much better effort and for them to get more production from their bench. "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".
Tucker said he didn't play at all like a rookie.
"It would have been easy to let go of the rope", Bucks coach Jason Kidd said.
The Bucks go into Game 2 on Tuesday night knowing they can do no worse than a split before the series returns to Milwaukee.
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