TORONTO -- Staring at a possible 3-0 series deficit after dropping the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals to the Cleveland Cavaliers by a combined 33 points, Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey wants his team to turn up the physicality on Friday night.
"Play. Compete. That's the thing about it," Casey said before tip-off, when asked to share his message with his team. "You're going into a 15-round (fight). You work all year to go against the champ in a boxing match. You train, you hit the heavy bag, you bounce out and you come out and you go to the rope-a-dope for 15 rounds instead of throwing a punch.