Leonard shines again, Raptors fall to Butler and 76ers in Game 2:
and the Toronto Raptors couldn't overcome one of their worst first halves of the playoffs on Monday.
"That's normally the case from the team that goes down 0-1 or loses the last game," Raptors coach Nick Nurse said pre-game."I think that's always the thing you remember." If there was a positive, it's that as terrible as Toronto was, the home team only trailed by 13 at the break.
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