The Toronto Raptors have tied their first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. If I were sitting in coach Frank Vogel’s chair right this minute, what would I be thinking about? What would I tell my team prior to Game 3?
My Pacers have only been outscored by a point in two games, but it feels worse than that. We needed wonderful games from Paul George, and dreadful ones from the Raptors’ Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, to have managed a split.
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Our biggest problem is a lack of interior defense. Raptors centre Jonas Valanciunas has dominated the first two games; he has scored a bunch of points and owned the glass.