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Cavaliers notebook: Coach Dwane Casey challenges Raptors to throw punches, ‘maybe a couple below the belt’

TORONTO: LeBron James spinning the ball twice before draining a 3-pointer in Serge Ibaka’s face in the second quarter of Game 2.

James picking up a server’s beer and pretending to take a sip when momentum carried him out of bounds in Game 1.

A question from a Cleveland-area media member about the Raptors being dominated after the defending champion Cavaliers’ 22-point victory Wednesday.

Raptors coach Dwane Casey hoped all that would inspire his team going into Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Friday night at Air Canada Centre. He was looking for more physical play, something resembling the other East semifinal between the Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards.