He’s the ultimate grandmaster. “I believe he’s one of the best coaches out there, one of the best coaches I’ve had”. Toronto could point to being competitive in the first three games of the series, but Game 4 went completely off the rails as the Cavs trounced them, 128-93, to complete the sweep. In the playoffs against Toronto LeBron was already averaging 60% shooting for his career.
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LeBron James has some serious clout when it comes to influencing the masses. And for the second straight year, they make an exit without having a single victory over the defending Eastern Conference champions. “They don’t just do it for one game, not just for a little spell, they’re able to do it for a number of years and accumulate highlights that we will always look at”. Dating back to last year’s postseason, the Cavs are now 8-0 when Korver connects on four or more three-pointers (5-0 this postseason). “That was our goal”.
“It’s all action to me”, James told ESPN after putting up 29 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds.
In fact, things had gotten so bad that “Saturday Night Live” did a skit last weekend that went viral on social media called “The Other Cavaliers”, a parody that poked fun at Cleveland’s supporting cast.
Practically speaking, the series was over when LeBron James hit the greatest bank shot in the history of bank shots to win Game 3.
This time around, the Raptors are feeling even lower than they have in years past.
While the Raptors had some time after their first-round win over the Wizards, the Cavaliers came right into Toronto after their seventh game.
Team president Masai Ujiri is expected to speak with reporters later this week.
In the wake of the disappointing loss, Toronto head coach Dwane Casey has been rumored to be on the hot seat.
“All of my success, I have to credit Casey”, DeRozan said.
Lowry said Toronto had high expectations entering the postseason.
Love him or hate him, the four-time MVP deserves respect as one of the best National Basketball Association players ever.
“No matter if its the first quarter or the game-winner, I feel pretty comfortable with it”. “We got a lot of guys playing well, good team effort”.
But he says they want to be the ones to finally knock off James and end his streak of consecutive NBA Finals appearances.
“You’re looking at probably one of the guys that’s going to go down as one of the greatest ever, and is a matchup nightmare for anybody”.
Despite his disappointment, DeRozan said he won’t shy away from the challenge of facing James.
“We’re pitbulls. It’s a dog fight and we’re going straight for the neck”, he said.
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry was left to rue his side’s failure after getting swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in their second round playoff series. “We see them. It’s not’s like there’s no door to get out of the room”. So maybe everyone on the Raptors could just figure it all out next year instead of breaking up this duo. Never mind the regular-season flirtation with new-found three-point range, the playoffs revealed him for what he’s always been.
Said Casey: “I haven’t given up on our team”.
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“I love it here”, he said.
