Eastern Conf. Semis - Game 4: Toronto Raptors 93-128 Cleveland Cavaliers - 5 Talking Points

#3 Lowry and DeRozan come up small, yet again

Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan

What a god awful way to go out of the playoffs. I don't think I can recall any duo which flames out in the playoffs like these two do. I'd praised Kyle Lowry for his showing in Game 3, where he led the late charge by scoring 15 in the 4th quarter and almost leading the Raptors all the way back.

He extinguished all that goodwill pretty quickly. Lowry finished with 5 points but at least had 10 assists so he did something right. His plus-minus was a ghastly -23 however, 2nd worst on the team. This brings us to the worst, his backcourt mate DeMar DeRozan.

DeRozan was pretty upset about being benched in the 4th quarter in Game 3, during which the Raptors made their comeback. You'd think he'd have a point to prove to Casey in this one. The only point he proved, was that Casey was right.

DeRozan finished with 13 points, was a -29 and his day ended with a flagrant foul in the 3rd quarter which got him ejected. I didn't think it was worth an ejection but the refs probably did him a favor by kicking him out of the game.