TORONTO: Twenty-eight thoughts for 28 baskets in Saturday’s 99-84 loss to the Toronto Raptors in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, pulling the Raptors within 2-1 in the series…
1. LeBron James was hit in the jaw by his own teammate, deserted by the Cavs’ two other stars, clubbed in the head by Bismack Biyombo and closed his evening by quoting lyrics from Jay-Z while explaining why he doesn’t retaliate to physical/dirty play on the court.
2. All of which overshadowed a night the Cavs just didn’t play very well. They were outworked, outrebounded and outplayed by a Raptors team that swore for 48 hours they weren’t quitting despite two lopsided losses to start this series, then they went out and proved it.