2014 NBA Playoffs: Toronto Raptors(3) vs Brooklyn Nets(6)

Great series.

 

Does Lowry know the definition of passing the freaking ball? ******* you were tripled from the start.

 

Lowry went 1 on 5

 

Only if rocket can play same defense....

 

How anticlimactic. Would of at least like to seen a shot have a chance to go in. Also looks like PPat got in Lowrys way which assisted in the Pierce block

 

The downfall of Lowry.

He can be a ballhog at times and I remember many times in the 4th he'd go into Iverson mode or something.

Three players on him...two were wide open.

 

He did that before in the 4th. Went in against the trees and ignored a wide open Chuck Hayes.

I know you want to be the hero, but the hero can also be the guy setting up the play. Very very frustrating from a fan in general.

Also baffling Derozan didn't get any touches late.

 

With 6.2 seconds left it's difficult to blame Lowry. You are racing against the clock so maybe he just had one goal which was to get a shot up.

 

Lowry was dumb to force it like that. But look at what the Nets did. They basically sent the entire team at Lowry and made damn certain he wasn't gonna beat them. If only the Rockets had that mentality the other night with Lillard.

 

Good job Lowry for the ball hogging last second shot, proving the Rockets did a good thing to get rid of you. If this was Lowry and Harden on the same team, I think there would be a jump ball between the same teammates.

 

It hurts a team, more times than not, because he's not Allen Iverson.

 

raptors started from the bottom and they're still there

 

Brooklyn will win series aganst Miami, mark my words

 

Lol!!

 

Jason Kidd in his first year as a coach and completely drunk is still a better coach than McHale. They tripled the biggest threat, everyone knew Lowry was getting the ball as did everyone knew that Lilliard was getting the ball. A REAL coach would've set a double team for Lilliard on the inbound with worst case a forced OT.

 

Should have set Greivis up for the kick out...Everyone knew Lowry would force it ...

 

Rockets fans can rejoice. Toronto remains tied with Houston for the most pathetic postseason franchises in the NBA since 1997. Only one playoff series victory for both teams. Although the Raptors almost deserve to be excluded since they've only been in existence since 1995.

 

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I loved also the announcers when Toronto hit that layup with 8 seconds left to close to within 1 and then Brooklyn called a timeout immediately giving props to the Nets for using the timeout and not taking any chances. They had to have Lin in Game 4 on the brain.

As for the final play, yes, the contrast between the Rockets and Nets is painful to watch. Sure, it was a different situation with the Raptors having a lot more time, but bottom line is the Nets pretty much keyed their entire defense on Lowry. The Rockets could've easily smothered Lillard and made him for a contested 30-footer(or forced the Blazers to inbound to Aldridge for a fadeaway 20-footer).

 

If they were going to do one on 5 at least 2pat should have cleared out so lowry had a better chance at the Rim. That was a terrible last play. They should have ran a play.