Even the Raptors — the “steady as she goes, just want to get better, playing for May and June” Raptors — know that Tuesday night presents an important and substantial challenge. Casey said the Raptors are better than they were that day, more comfortable with their offence and their roles. It’s a message game, no matter if no one wants to say it out loud. “It’s definitely going to be a grind-it-out game; you love them games,” DeRozan said. “It’s going to be a physical game, one of them fun games that I’m pretty sure the crowd is going to be into.

Source: thestar February 05, 2018 22:52 UTC