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Milwaukee Bucks Preview: Game 2 at Toronto Raptors

By Ti Windisch

Apr 15, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Milwaukee Bucks center Greg Monroe (left) and guard Jason Terry (right) review a play during a break in the action against the Toronto Raptors in game one of the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Milwaukee defeated Toronto 97-83. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 15, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Milwaukee Bucks center Greg Monroe (left) and guard Jason Terry (right) review a play during a break in the action against the Toronto Raptors in game one of the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Milwaukee defeated Toronto 97-83. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 15, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) collides with Milwaukee Bucks guard Tony Snell (21) in game one of the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Milwaukee defeated Toronto 97-83. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 15, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) collides with Milwaukee Bucks guard Tony Snell (21) in game one of the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Milwaukee defeated Toronto 97-83. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports /

Major Key For Toronto: Keep Getting To The Line

If the officiating stays as it was on Saturday night, both teams should focus on getting to the line more by attempting to draw contact. The Raptors, who watched as Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan struggled from the field, only kept the score as close as it was through free throws.

Malcolm Brogdon, Tony Snell and Delly did good jobs defending Lowry and DeRozan, and Thon Maker’s help defense as well as Greg Monroe’s timely ability to take charges helped to minimize the damage when one of the perimeter defenders did lose Lowry or DeMar.

Game 2 is also in Toronto, and home teams tend to get more calls than their opposition. The Raptors would be wise to try to get inside a little more against the Bucks, and get to the foul line as much as they did last time around.

The Raps lost by 14 with their starting back court combining to score 31 points on 32 shots. That kind of awful efficiency could’ve led to a real blowout, but Toronto boosted the team’s scoring total with 24 made foul shots.

If anything, the Raptors should work on making more of those free throws. Shooting 72.7 percent from the foul line isn’t terrible, but Toronto left nine points on the table that could’ve made a real impact on the game.

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