CLEVELAND — Before the end of the third quarter, DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors had shed his jersey as he made the slow walk to the visiting locker room at Quicken Loans Arena after getting ejected for a flagrant foul. His season was over, ingloriously, and with it the dream of finally thwarting the nightmare known as LeBron James.
“We had three opportunities,” DeRozan, the Raptors’ All-Star shooting guard, said late Monday night of the third consecutive season the Cleveland Cavaliers have dispatched his team in the postseason. “Nothing’s ever promised. You’re not sure you’ll get this opportunity again.