The Toronto Raptors had five players score in double figures, led by a team-high 23 points and 15 rebounds from Jonas Valanciunas, and tied their first-round series against the Indiana Pacers with a 98-87 victory in Game 2 on Monday night at Air Canada Centre.
Toronto snapped a seven-game playoff losing streak that had been a thorn in its side, getting the much-needed victory after it lost Game 1 on Saturday. Paul George scored a game-high 28 points for Indiana, but Monta Ellis was the only other Pacer to score in double figures.
The Raptors survived the night despite a combined 28 points from Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan and tweeted this after the hard-fought victory:
In Game 1 on Saturday, the Raptors relied heavily on Lowry and DeRozan offensively, only to get a combined 8-of-32 shooting performance between Toronto's two All-Stars.
Much of the same took place at the start of Game 2. Lowry and DeRozan combined to make two of their first 17 shots, but it was the big man Valanciunas making an impact at both ends and resembling an NBA legend early on, as Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun n ...
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