TORONTO -- After a wobbly playoff debut, Raptors star DeMar DeRozan returned to attack mode for Game 2 against the Brooklyn Nets.
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in Game 1, with eight of those coming from the free throw line, in a 94-87 loss
to visiting Brooklyn that saw DeRozan miss 10 of 13 shots. On Tuesday, a
different DeRozan took the court. As he approached the Nets basket, it was if
his brain was in overdrive as it diagrammed possible plays. The possibilities
seemed endless -- dish off to a teammate, drive to the basket, pull back and
take a shot. The Raptors will need more of the same Friday when the series
switches to Brooklyns Barclays Center for Game 3. While Toronto preaches a team
approach, the Raptors know good things happen when DeRozan is rolling. "I was
just trying to feed him," Toronto guard Greivis Vasquez said of Game 2. "I was
just trying to get him the ball -- it was just Go, go. We need you to get
confidence." Mission accomplished. DeRozan finished with 30 points, 17 of which
came in the fourth quarter when he made four of five shots and nine of 11 free
throws. He finished the game on five fouls, hanging his head at one point at the
end of the bench while his teammates huddled during a timeout. But he was on
point when he returned to action in the 100-95 win. DeRozans fourth-quarter
output was just two points off the club playoff record of 19, set in 2001 by
Vince Carter against Philadelphia. Again and again, DeRozan answered the veteran
Nets as they tried to claw their way back. For coach Dwane Casey, DeRozan showed
his maturity by taking the shots the defence was giving him rather than trying
to force things. "Hes growing," said Casey. "Hes still not a finished product.
Weve just seen the beginning of a guy becoming a star." Tuesdays playoff
performance was clearly a big step forward on DeRozans young career path. "He
knows he can do it in a high-intensity situation," said guard Kyle Lowry. "It
just show hes growing," he added. "Hes an all-star for a reason." DeRozans
practice regimen includes a variety of difficult shots. He also lifts weights
before each games, so he feels like he has the strength to hoist shots from all
angles. "If I feel I can get the shot off, I feel like it has a good chance of
going in," DeRozan said. It showed Tuesday. His scoring was of the spectacular
variety, bringing the sellout crowd of 20,382 to its feet. "You never know what
kind of shot youre going to need to shoot at a certain time," he said. Vasquez
drove baseline at one point before firing the ball back to the six-foot-seven
DeRozan, who attacked the basket, transferred the ball from his right hand to
his left in the air and then dunked with authority, "An unbelievable dunk," said
the six-foot-six Venezuelan. "I dream about those dunks because I cant even
dunk." "He really deserves everything he gets, all the attention and all that
stuff he gets because hes our franchise player, hes our best player," he added.
"I think for him to do what he did (Tuesday) night was a really huge step to
shut a lot people up -- Dont talk about me because Ive got it." DeRozan,
meanwhile, said the difference between Game 1 and 2 was he was more aggressive
and decisive. How important is DeRozan to the Raptors? He led the team in
scoring 42 times during the 2013-14 regular season. He was tied for ninth in
league scoring (22.7), fourth in minutes (38.4), fourth in made free throws
(519) and fifth in free throws attempted (630). In Brooklyn, Toronto will
continue to look to take advantage of its speed and athleticism while hoping to
maintain its advantage on the boards. Casey is also looking for a better start
to the third quarter, rather than waiting for the fourth to kick into the high
gear. "We are the top fourth-quarter team in the league but we cant wait until
the fourth quarter in the playoffs," he said. "Weve got to come out
hard-charging out of the locker-room." The series marks Torontos first playoff
action since 2008. Tomorrow night at 7pm et its Game 3 of the Raptors first
round playoff series as they visit the Brooklyn Nets and TSN, TSN 1050 and
tsn1050.ca have it live. Jim Tatti, Duane Watson and our travelling Raptors
reporter Josh Lewenberg have the pre game starting at 6:30p, followed at 7p with
Paul Jones and Sherman Hamilton calling all the action. Tatti, Watson, Lewenberg
and Gareth Wheeler are back after the final buzzer with a full hour of complete
post game analysis. Raptors fans can tune in to all the game coverage on 1050AM
in the GTA or if they are in Southern Ontario they can catch the game live
streaming online at tsn1050.ca or on the TSN GO App.
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now 9-0 on home ice in the playoffs to cut Portlands series lead to 2-1. Chase
De Leo and Mathew Dumba responded for the Winterhawks, who suffered just their
fourth loss in their last 46 games, a string of success running all the way back
to Jan.BALTIMORE -- Playing on the road against a team they have struggled
against all year, the last-place Tampa Bay Rays begrudgingly accepted a
doubleheader split. After rookie right-hander Alex Colome excelled in a 5-2
victory in the opener, the Rays fell to Chris Tillman and the Orioles 4-1 on
Friday night. "They outpitched us in the second game, but we actually pitched
well tonight," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "Nevertheless, you will always
take a split in a day-night doubleheader, but after you win the first one you
get a little greedy." Tampa Bay is 2-8 against the Orioles this season, 1-3 in
Baltimore. In the first game, the Orioles mustered only three hits -- one after
the second inning. Added to the roster for the doubleheader as the 26th man,
Colome (1-0) gave up one run, two hits and four walks in 5 2-3 innings to earn
his second big league victory. The first came against Miami in his debut on May
30, 2013. Its been a strange year for Colome, who served a 50-game suspension
until May 25 for violating the leagues drug policy. He was activated by the Rays
and pitched four innings of relief against Toronto on May 26 before being
optioned to the minors after the game. In his last start for Triple-A Durham,
Colome gave up nine runs in 1 1-3 innings against Syracuse on June 21. He had
far more success against the Orioles, holding them to one hit after
Nick Markakis opened with a single. Jake McGee worked the ninth for his second
save Orioles starter Kevin Gausman (3-2) yielded five runs, seven hits and a
career-high four walks in five-plus innings. Baltimore got a first-inning run
when Nick Markakis singled and scored on a groundout by Chris Davis. In the
second, Brandon Guyer hit the first of his three doubles to knock in a run, and
Matt Joyce followed with an RBI single. A two-out RBI single by Jose Molina made
it 3-1 in the fourth. Doubles by Guyer and Joyce, along with a single by
Sean Rodriguez, added two runs in the sixth. In the nightcap, the Orioles were
again struggling to score before Nick Hundley homered to put Baltimore ahead in
the sixth and Nelson Cruz added a twoo-run shot in the seventh.
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2-1 lead, and Cruz hit his 25th home run -- tied for the major league lead --
off Joel Peralta after Adam Jones led off with his fourth hit of the game. That
gave Baltimore 38 homers in June, most in the majors. "We have a lot of power on
this team, a lot of guys who can hit it out anywhere on the field. Thats why
this lineup is so dangerous," Hundley said. "When you have a team, a lineup,
with this much depth and this much power to all fields, it makes it tough to
pitch to." Tillman (7-4) gave up one run and four hits over eight innings to
earn his first win in seven home starts this season. He was 0-4 with a 2.78 ERA.
Zach Britton got three outs for his 10th save. Rays starter Jake Odorizzi
allowed one run and six hits in five innings, striking out six. "I had no
pitches tonight. I had no fastball command, no off-speed pitches, slider was
terrible, changeup was equally as bad," the rookie said. "My curveball, I think
I threw it twice. It was just an all-around bad, bad experience out there." But
Tampa Bay pitchers got nine strikeouts in the nightcap, giving them a major
league record 261 in June. Cleveland had 253 in June 1964. James Loneys fourth
homer gave the last-place Rays a 1-0 lead in the second inning, but Baltimore
matched that in the bottom half with an RBI single by Hundley. Odorizzi threw 31
pitches in the inning, the last a third strike to Manny Machado with the bases
loaded. Baltimore loaded the bases again in the fifth before J.J. Hardy fouled
out and David Lough struck out. The Orioles stranded nine through five innings
and were 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position. NOTES: The first game was the
makeup for an April 15 rainout. It drew a season-low crowd of 15,614. ... TB SS
Yunel Escobar tested his sore right shoulder by playing catch but was not yet
ready to return. He last played Tuesday. ... Evan Longoria had three hits in the
nightcap, two off Tillman, and is 13 for 30 (.433) lifetime against the
right-hander. ... Jones four hits tied a career high.
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