Raptors Advance to Conference Finals

     If you haven't heard, the Toronto Raptors advanced to the conference finals for the first time in franchise history after defeating the Miami Heat in a 7 game series . On Sunday afternoon the Raptors defeated Miami 116-89 with key players like Lowry finally showing up dropping a game high 35 points. The difference in game 7 was that everything was clicking. Especially in game 6 Raptors offence was clicking but their defence lacked which is why they lost the game. Key defensive players like Demare Carroll and Bismack Biyombo all played a key part in the Raptors defence not letting Dragic get to the paint and keeping Dragic and Wade off the three point line. Throughout the whole second round series it was evident that when key players Derozan and Lowry show up then their chances of winning are much higher.


  
     Although Cleveland finished higher In the Eastern Conference standings in the regular season I think that the matchup will be very close. Lebron is very clutch when it comes to playoffs, he doesn't like losing. Toronto Raptors took the season series 2-1 and Cleveland finished first by just one more win. In this series I believe that the most important game will be game 2. The Toronto Raptors have bounced back every time they lost picking up a win right after throughout the whole postseason. If the Raptors can bounce back and win game 2 then they will have a good chance to do good in the whole series.


 
   Although the raptors lost yesterday by 30 people of Toronto are not worried. In the first game of the western conference semi finals, San Antonio beat Oklahoma City 126-92 and despite the huge game 1 win. Despite losing by a large margin, Oklahoma didn't take the loss to heart and they bounced back in the next game and eventually won the series 4-3 .Being called the other motivates the players to do better and win games and they can use that as a boost to help them win games. in the end I think that if the raptors can have key players work and have their defence working then they could come out with the win in the end but it all starts with the most important.