The Raptors had both positive and negative signs in Game 1 against the Bucks. ArdenZwelling breaks them down:
MILWAUKEE — If Kawhi Leonard’s buzzer beater to win Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinal was the most exhilarative, inspiring, euphoric moment inhistory, and it was, Game 1 of the conference final was the adrenaline dump. It was the grim morning after. The come down from the trip.
“Every time he let it go tonight,” Raptors head coach Nick Nurse said, “you were like, ‘That’s going in.’” But as you flip through the pages of the stat book, it’s impossible not to notice what happened in the second half. Lowry hit seven shots, Leonard hit five. The rest of the team hit one. “Pretty frustrating — the fourth quarter killed us,” Lowry said. “Turnovers, missed shots. We just didn’t execute as sharply as we could have. I’ve got to go back and watch the film. I think we got a couple good shots and we missed some shots, but we just didn’t finish the game well. We just didn’t play well. Just didn’t finish the game.
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