After a heartbreaking 100-90 loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 1, the Toronto Raptors came back strong in Game 2 with a more-convincing-than-the-score-suggests 98-87 win.
The Raptors' Game 1 loss could largely be attributed to the total disappearances of All-Stars DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, who shot 5-for-19 and 3-for-13 from the floor, respectively, while going a combined 1-for-10 from three-point range and 8-for-15 from the free throw line.
One would think that a bounce-back win for the Raptors in Game 2 would mean that DeMar and/or Kyle got it going, but they finished an equally bad 5-for-18 and 4-for-13 from the field, respectively, a combined 0-for-7 from long range, and DeRozan didn't even shoot a single free throw for the first time this year (although Lowry did go 10-for-10 from the charity stripe).