The play of Bismack Biyombo since Jonas Valanciunas went down cannot be overstated.
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On the other hand, Toronto Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll injured his left wrist after being called for a charge and did not return in the game.
But the most important of those 59 combined points came in the final minute of the game when Lowry hit a clutch three to push the lead to 93-87, followed by an equally clutch mid-range jumper that put the Raptors up 95-89 to help fend off a late-game comeback from Miami. Raptors will look to close out the series and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history.
DeRozan scored 34 points, while Lowry had 25 points and 10 rebounds to lift the Raptors 99-91 over the Heat on Wednesday.
In reality, Casey says it’s all about maintaining an even keel going into Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinal Wednesday against the Heat. “They’ve carried us the entire season and not one time did we doubt their ability to score the basketball and neither did their teammates”.
“They’re our guys. We can disparage them all we want to and talk about how bad their shooting is”.
Top performersMiami Heat Guard Dwayne Wade attacks the basket before getting blocked by Toronto Raptors center Bismack Biyombo. Game 6 of the series is Friday in Miami.
In Game 5, Toronto’s All-Stars tallied 19 points in the first quarter alone. But the all-star guard shot 11 for 22 from the field and a ideal 11 for 11 from the free-throw line. I kind of tried to let it go. DeRozan said. “We just told ourselves we were going to continue to be aggressive and it was going to come back around”. “He was locked in all night”. Goran Dragic and Josh Richardson each had 13.
The margin was down to one after Dwyane Wade, who had a team-high 20 points for Miami, converted two free throws with 1:54 to play.
“It’s very unfortunate. Obviously, I don’t know what happened with Luol yet, but he’s an important part of our team, like Carroll’s a big part of their team”, Wade said. “Unfortunately, from there we couldn’t”.
DeRozan responded by converting on two free throws and after a Heat turnover, Lowry drained a 3-pointer to increase the lead to six. It appeared that Dragic’s right arm was being held by Joseph, to which Dragic swung around with his left arm to disengage from the hold. He had missed 12 of his 14 second-half shots before sinking two big ones, a three and a runner, in the final minute to seal the victory.
-DeRozan jammed his sore right thumb in the fourth period while committing a foul against Tyler Johnson. His x-rays came back inconclusive.
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Toronto opened the contest with a 9-0 lead and shot 40 percent from the floor while holding their opponents to 27 percent shooting in the first period. Biyombo amazed the crowd after being able to block Dwayne Wade’s dunk and managed to get back on court, thus finishing a slam dunk. “We know about it, Miami knows about it”, Casey said.
