Pacers knot Raptors series at 2-all

The Raptors' playoff series against the Indiana Pacers is headed back to Toronto all tied up at two games apiece.

The video, which features Lowry stunting in a vintage Villanova jacket and DeMarre Carroll belting out Chris Brown's part in Big Sean's "Play No Games", is a cool look into the Raptors' locker room culture. Toronto is tied 2-2 in this best-of-seven first-round series with the Indiana Pacers after a hapless 100-83 loss in Game 4.

The Indiana Pacers changed lineups, moved the ball and forced turnovers.

The Indiana Pacers are not a good offensive team, especially when they have to manufacture shots against a set defense. "That hurt more than the actual break, not getting this team to the play-offs last year", said the 25-year-old, who is averaging a career-best 23.1 points per game this season.

But as the great American poet Joe Budden once said, "I've been misled before honey".

The turnaround from 48 hours earlier was remarkable. He has 12 blocked shots for the series, nine more than any other Pacers player and seven more than any of the Raptors.

"We didn't do our job", said George, who had 25 points while going 6 for 19 from the field in Game 3. Mahinmi had a career-high scoring total, while his 10 rebounds and five assists were both playoff career bests.

Game 5 of the series is Tuesday in Toronto.

It seems unlikely Game 5 will be subdued.

"Yeah, you've definitely got to buy into (momentum), because that's the approach we take, as a team, and we treat it like that a lot of times when we go on the road, try and take that momentum we have playing well on the road", DeRozan said. Through nearly all of this, Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan - the players that should be dominating the series for the Raptors - have been consumed by shooting slumps, turnovers and an inability to get to the free-throw line.

The series, in which all four games have been decided by at least 10 points, will now shift back to Toronto, where the Raptors lost Game 1 - and home-court advantage - before taking Game 2. They went a combined 8-for-27 from the field - including 0-for-7 from 3-point range. "He said, 'When you get in the post, be patient and go at them"'. "I thought we were very attentive and focused on evening this series up".

Toronto made just eight of 30 threes, and never quite threw the outcome into doubt, despite whittling the lead down to a dozen or so points late in the fourth quarter. George responded by saying something to the Toronto center and Carroll charged in to say something, too.

Of course Vogel will start Myles Turner again. The Spurs trailed the Mavericks 2-1 in that series and missed a chance on closing out in Game 6. For Hill, it was his first 20-point game in a month.

On Thursday, the Pacers were complaining about the calls.

The Pacers caught the Raptors flat-footed Saturday. But it's fair to say his teammates have to hit their shots. "I got a daughter, I got a son, I got to buy Pampers". "It was nearly the play before, he did the same thing and I let it slide".

"I'm not going to give up any adjustments I have for Game 4". Those opportunities in the first quarter of Game 4 on Saturday were particularly critical in allowing the Pacers to take control of the game.

The Toronto Raptors, in the regular season, were bad (worst among playoff teams) in the first six minutes of the first quarter and terrific in the last six minutes of the first quarter. Montreal Canadiens star P.K. Subban sat courtside and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck was also in attendance.