Toronto realizes that they will need all the help they can get, so they pulled out all the stops by creating a Canada flag design using their seats.
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When we watch the Raptors Pacers game live streaming or on TV tonight, Toronto has the home court advantage having blown a chance to close out the Pacers on the road in Game 6.
DeRozan, who has struggled all series, came up big when it counted in his strongest game of the seven, and when he spun off a Pacers defender with two minutes left in the third quarter, the crowd roared its approval.
It didn’t matter Sunday night that Paul George got his 26 points because DeMar DeRozan got his 30. Despite shooting a paltry 32.6% in the first half, Indiana’s defense never relented throughout the contest, as Toronto never quite found their shooting touch either. “It’s the final game”. DeMar DeRozan, a two-time NBA All-Star and the Raptors’ top scorer in the regular season (23.5ppg), is being kept to 15.8 points per game in this matchup.
The turnover battle, an area Casey cited pre-game as his team’s Achilles heel, also started strongly in Toronto’s favour as they Raptors turned the Pacers over four times in the first quarter leading to four points.
Jonas Valanciunas had 10 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Vogel didn’t make the same mistake twice in a row, instead deciding to stagger George’s and Hill’s minutes during the first half so that both would be fresh enough to play extended time in the second half. DeRozan again failed to reach double digits in scoring, only managing 8 points on 3-13 shooting.
George is 22 for 22 at the line over the last two games.
The Pacers have played best when Paul George is sharing the offense and getting others involved.
Toronto went up by 16 points when Powell drilled a three-pointer and then swiped the ball away from IN on the next possession for a Joseph bucket. The Pacers forced a Game 7 by picking up a 101-83 victory in Game 6. Scores and results of Raptors vs Pacers will be posted here. “That’s what I try to get our players to lock in on, and not the heavy burden of history”.
The Pacers wanted to ensure that Toronto wouldn’t be able to replicate their fourth quarter success from game 5.
The Pacers, on the other hand, had won three of the seven Game seven games they had played, with most recently in the first round against the Atlanta Hawks in 2014.
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These teams have been gifted the Sunday night prime time playoff spot over the Hornets and Heat, so it is fair to assume that the Air Canada Centre will be the most deafeningly raucous it has been all season.
