I am not saying the refereeing was the reason why the Raptors lost tonight or the series but these guys and the league should be embarrassed of the refereeing. They are bias and seems to miss a lot of calls when it comes to Toronto. They fell for a lot of embellishment.
As far as tonight's game, the Raptors did not play smart at all. They abandoned the plays that was very effective for them in 3 rounds, going to the baskets instead of shooting from the outside. The supporting cast pretty much was a non-factor especially offensively. Patrick Patterson was awful and couldn't make the shot even when he was wide open. He was not bad driving to the net though. Carroll was the same thing. Lowry and Derozan struggled in the last two games because the Cavs defense was double-teaming them. I like Derozan but there are times that he got in trouble because he fell on the trap of being double-team. He needed to distribute the ball more. Lowry was not good early but played well late unfortunately it was way too late. Biyombo was not a factor tonight due to early foul trouble thanks for brutal calls by the refs. JV was actually playing well offensively but defensively wasn't very effective. Can't fault him because it was his 2nd game after injuries. But give credit to Lebron James and the Cavs. They were on a mission tonight and they are prepared to eliminate the Raptors tonight. Not really that dissapointed that the Cavaliers elminated the Raptors because at least they showed everyone that they can beat this team if they play smart basketball. Just dissapointed in how the way they lost on all 4 games. Nobody gave a Raptors a chance to beat the Cavs in this series including myself. All I was hoping for and I am pretty sure others as well are hoping they put up a good fight. We weren't at all dissapointed because they played so well in their two wins.
Usually I make fun of Toronto fans because of how arrogant some of them are. But hats off to Toronto Raptors fans in TO. They were well-behaved and passionate about the game. Actually on my Facebook post about Raptors being eliminated, one of my friend from another country in Asia was saying they were impressed with the way Raptors fans' behaviour after the lost. They weren't booing the Cavs or Lebron James. They were loud and how fans on Jurassic Park behaviours are. So, thumbs up TO!!
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