CLEVELAND -- The Raptors arent officially in the NBA playoffs.
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24 points, Luol Deng added 19 and the Cleveland Cavaliers prevented Toronto from
getting closer to a post-season spot with a 102-100 win over the sloppy Raptors
on Tuesday night. Toronto fell behind by 21 points in the third quarter, and
then battled back to take a 95-94 lead. But the Raptors fell apart in the final
minutes. With their fourth loss in six games, the Raptors dropped one-half game
behind Chicago for the No. 3 playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. "We gotta
get back to who we are," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said in disgust. "Its easy to
get up for OKC, Miami and Indiana, but the other teams are playing for something
too, which is pride. That can be even more dangerous." Despite playing without
All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, who missed his fifth straight game with a
strained biceps tendon, the Cavs were able to hold on and snap a five-game
losing streak at home. "It was a good win by our guys," coach Mike Brown said.
"Thats a playoff team. They were playing good basketball. In a game like that,
maybe earlier in the season we might have lost, especially coming down the
stretch when a team makes a run against us. Our guys found a way to win."
Kyle Lowry scored 22 and Terrence Ross had 16 for the Raptors, who had a chance
to tie it in the final seconds but guard Greivis Vasquez lost his footing and
committed a turnover with 1.9 seconds left. "I was trying to spin and I lost my
balance," Vasquez said. "It was just a bad play for me. It was me going to my
weak hand and I lost my balance, stepped kind of weird. I turned the ball over.
Ill take responsibility. Im not going to run away. Im a man. I wish I could be
in that position again so we have another opportunity tomorrow (at Boston)."
Toronto took a 95-94 lead on Vasquezs 3-pointer with 6:45 remaining, but the
Raptors went just 1 of 9 from the floor and scored five points the rest of the
way. Tristan Thompson added 15 points and 13 rebounds and Jarret Jack had 13
points for Cleveland, which kept its faint playoff hopes alive. The Cavs trail
idle Atlanta by 4 1/2 games for the No. 8 playoff slot. The Raptors may be
closing in on their first post-season appearance since 2008, but the Atlantic
Division leaders looked out of sorts at both ends. They fought back from a big
deficit, but fell apart with the game on the line. Toronto missed three free
throws in the final 4:26, but still had a chance to force overtime or possibly
steal their 40th win after forcing a Cleveland turnover on an errant inbounds
pass with 7.8 seconds to go. But Vasquez, who finished with 16 points, drove the
left side and slipped about 10 feet from the basket. As he fell, Vasquez flung
the ball in desperation and it was intercepted on the right side by Deng.
Vasquez remained on the floor for a few seconds grabbing his ankle before he
limped off the court. "It was a handoff to Greivis to turn the corner," Casey
said. "I thought he turned it pretty well and his ankle went out on him. But one
play was not when we lost that game. The game was decided with the way we played
in the first quarter." However, Toronto didnt execute when it needed to and lost
to a Cleveland team playing for nothing more than pride. At least the Cavs
overcame their own mistakes, something theyve rarely done during this
disappointing season. "We just stayed with it," Waiters said. "We didnt get
rattled and made plays when we needed to." Clevelands offence was clicking early
on. The Cavs recorded assists on eight of their first 10 buckets, opened a
14-point lead in the first quarter and pushed their advantage to 18 in the
second. Toronto made three 3-pointers -- the Raptors had eight 3s in the first
half -- in a span of 1:27 to climb within 49-40, but Cleveland regrouped and led
59-45 at halftime. NOTES: The Cavs are 12-11 since Feb. 7. ... Toronto was just
16 of 26 from the line. ... Irving rode a stationary bike on the side as the
Cavs went through their morning shootaround. Afterward, Irving looked good doing
some shooting drills. Brown said Irving is "closer" to returning, but its not
guaranteed the third-year pro will play again this season. ... Raptors F
Patrick Patterson (right ulnar collateral sprain) missed his 10th consecutive
game. He was cleared to resume contact practices Monday.
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