However, the second and third quarter was a different story altogether. “We played well. We just fell short”. The Pacers blew out the Raptors in Game 4, and they have the momentum right now. They were left for dead and buried. He’s also earned the trust of Dwane Casey to guard even star small forwards throughout the season such as Paul George and Carmelo Anthony. “Once again, we failed to live up to that moment”. If not, they could likely see history repeat itself for a third consecutive first-round exit.
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DeMarre Carroll, one of the starters, said what it’s like to watch a fourth-quarter run like that from the bench: “Norman [Powell], Bismack Biyombo, Cory Joseph”. “I thought we played a little nervous, a little tight, on our heels”. “They were just scrappy, this is what the playoffs are about”. It ended with him on the floor. Down four late, Solomon Hill drained a corner three with 14 seconds left to pull the Pacers within one point. “If they don’t, it can get ugly like we saw in Games 2 and 3”.
Atlanta leads the best-of-seven series 3-2. The team will now attempt to clinch the series on the road in Friday’s Game 6, which takes place at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. “Sometimes I was touching the ball (on the release) and it was still going in”. “We just didn’t finish around the basket well enough”.
They waited until seven minutes remaining in the final quarter to take a lead, and needed some help at the buzzer, but the Toronto Raptors edged the Indiana Pacers in dramatic fashion 102-99 victory in Tuesday’s Game 5 matchup. “I just feel like my normal self”, DeRozan said. “It’s all about patience”. “The biggest reason we won”.
George, who had 37 points through three quarters, had just two in the final period, with Powell serving as his primary defender.
“I did”, he said.
Hawks-Celtics: Here’s another series that’s been a back-and-forth battle.
The whole comeback was unbelievable, really.
The Hawks went to the locker room up 47-39. The bench group gave back most of the lead to start the second.
Game 6 will be played on Thursday at TD Garden in Boston. We were playing uptempo. “We still have one more to go, so we have to go back to IN and take care of business”.
Over the first 8:40 of the fourth, the Raptors shot 8-for-15 from the field while limiting IN to 1-for-7.
Like Lowry said, Toronto slowly chipped away, allowing its defense to spark its offense. Two clutch free throws from DeRozan with 13 seconds left put the Raptors ahead by three. From there, it was about holding on, about things going Toronto’s way for once. Now it seems he’s struggled to get himself going, recording a surprising 13.3 points a game. “Saved by the bell, you could call it that”. I tell him to stay patient, he went to the D -League and did his stints down there, did them no problem, didn’t sulk.
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“It was good, it was positive”, Lowry said of the postgame locker room atmosphere.
