East Conf. Semis - Game 3: Toronto Raptors 103-105 Cleveland Cavaliers - 5 Talking Points

#3 Raptors show great resiliency

Kevin Love and OG Anunoby

I thought it was game over at halftime really.

Down 15 on the road at Cleveland has been the story for Toronto over the years and they usually end up getting blown out by over 20 points, which has been their average margin of defeat in Cleveland in the playoffs, but not this time. They stormed back into this one, led by the much-maligned Kyle Lowry. He scored 15 in the 4th quarter to rally the Raptors all the way back and they managed to tie it up with 8.8 seconds remaining.

Lowry had struggled in the 2nd half of the games in this series, so it was good to see him finally step up when it mattered most. He also had help in the form of the rookie OG Anunoby. Anunoby had 11 in the 4th quarter and it was his 3 pointer that tied it up but ultimately it wasn't enough against the King. Still, a great show of resiliency by these Raptors, something they hadn't shown against Cleveland before.