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Raptors go down swinging as playoff hopes fade
By MIKE GANTER, QMI Agency


Bucks guard J.J. Redick defends Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry on Saturday night in Milwaukee. (REUTERS)


If this was the official end of the Raptors post-season hopes, and don’t try and tell Dwane Casey that, no one can say they didn’t go down swinging.

In an entertaining overtime affair, the Raptors pulled out all the stops even without an ailing Rudy Gay in the lineup and came up an overtime short in a 122-114 loss.

The Raps eventual downfall was their inability to rebound the basketball.









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