Kyle Lowry Raptors took off the bubble wrap to com

daoutel — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:27:03 +0000

First game in the NBA bubble. Playoff Mike Minor Jersey berth clinched long ago. Neither fact mattered to Kyle Lowry and the Raptors on Saturday.Ease into the postseason like their coach wants? Nope. They knew who was on the other end of the floor. They knew they couldn't go half-speed.And so the defending league champs exerted themselves against the top team in the West, the Lakers. Toronto left with a 107-92 win after outscoring LA 24-9 in the final six minutes.PLAYOFF BRACKET: ''(Raptors coach) Nick (Nurse) says he's going to kind of ease us back in and use it as an exhibition,'' Lowry told reporters, , after Toronto's 11th win in a row over the Lakers. "We've got too many competitive guys that want to go out there and play and hoop and win games, Adolis García Jersey especially against the guys like the Lakers and with the team that's No. 1 in the West. The competitive juices get going.''Lowry competed to the tune of 33 points, 14 boards and six a sists in 35 minutes. His six points in a Brett Martin Jersey 30-second span (a 3 and three free throws on a three-shot foul) helped to close out the win.The Raptors got additional help from Los Angeles, which shot 35.4 percent from the fieldand 10 for 40 from 3 in its second game in three nights. LeBron James still made sure to say good things about them."That's a great team," he told reporters, . "No ifs, ands or buts. Exceptionally well coached and championship DNA, you can never take that away from a ballclub if you win a championship. And even before that, they just got playoff-tested guys."Guys like Lowry, Serge Ibaka, Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet and Marc Gasol, the remaining core of last year's Finals-winning squad. Kawhi Leonard is now with the Clippers and Danny Green is now a Laker, but that doesn't seem Nomar Mazara Jersey to matter to James."The media may not talk about them much or give them much credit because Kawhi is gone, but players in the league definitely know what type of team they are," he said.The Raptors (47 Jose Trevino Jersey -18) have clinched at least a top-four seed, but surely they'd like to enterthe playoffs as No. 2 in the East and delay a potentialmatchup with the top-seeded Bucks until the conference finals. If they can achieve that goal in their three gamesthis week, then maybe Lowry and his teammates can gear down even for their meeting with those Bucks in eight days.

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daoutel — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:13:18 +0000

Trea Turner finished what he started Thursday. The Nationals are hoping their speedy shortstop's thoroughne s will start a surge toward where they think they should finish.

Turner hit a pair of bookend home runs a solo shot in the fourth inning and a grand slam in the sixth to help Washington rally from a nine-run deficit and Turner drove inruns in four consecutive innings (fourth through seventh) and finished with eight RBIs total, tying a major-league record for most in a game by a leadoff hitter.

His yell right after the grand slam Yasir Durant Jerseys landed was equal parts rallying cry and release of stre s. The Nats, heavy preseason favorites to win the National League East (and one writer's World Series pick), were feeling the pre sure of being below . Cameron McGrone Jerseys 500 and third in the division behind the Braves and Phillies in early July.

"Hopefully, thats something we look back on in a month or two from now, or four, five months from now, and be like, 'Man, that changed the course of the season,'" Nats reliever ShawnKelley told reporters, .

About 24 hours earlier, Turner and his teammates were hearing a different kind of yell. Ace pitcher Max Scherzer was airing them out, reportedly, in a players-only meeting after a lo s to the Red Sox. Turner delivered the G-rated version of the meeting notes.

"I think we all know that we are capable of playing better baseball, and Devin Asiasi Jerseys it's time we do it," . "It's do or die now."

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The Nats played dead for the first 3 1/2 innings Thursday. The 25-year-old Turner an NL All-Star candidate with 11 home runs, 22 stolen bases and nine defensive runs saved (tied for fourth in the NL) gave them life.

"I keep talking about the momentum," he told reporters, . "I think that game was a huge momentum swing for us. If we can continue to ride that and play good baseball like we did after maybe the first four innings or so then I think we can beat anybody."

They certainly can beat their remaining pre-break opponents: the Marlins (three games), Pirates (three games) and Mets (four games). The favorable schedule, more than Thursday's thunderbolt, should get them up to full speed.

They'll be Dalton Keene Jerseys more charged up if they get Stephen Strasburg, Ryan Zimmerman and Matt Wieters back from the disabled list in the next week or two, a potential development. There's even a chance all three will be ready for the team's first series after the break, which is at home vs. Atlanta.

A succe sful setthat weekend, and Washington might not slow down for a long time.

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Kyle Lowry Raptors took off the bubble wrap to com

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