After losing a blowout in Brooklyn on Monday, the Nets suffered a heartbreaker in Tuesday’s return leg in Toronto.
The Nets blew a late lead in falling 109-108 to the Raptors before a crowd of 18,903 at Scotiabank Arena.
“I think overall philosophically if we can meet their physicality challenge [we can win],” said Jacque Vaughn, who was coaching for Steve Nash, who is in health and safety protocols. “A big team, aggressive, they showed that rebounding the basketball and so can we match their physicality is the No. 1 priority for [this game].”
Still down 37-31, the Nets put together a 9-2 run capped by a dunk by James Johnson to put Brooklyn ahead, and Curry’s 3-pointer made it 43-41 just over the midway point of the second quarter. They couldn’t hold it. They got out outscored 9-2 to open the fourth, a Malachi Flynn floater pulling Toronto within 91-90.
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