Raptors Fight for Home Court in Game Three

0:00Toronto Raptors are down O2 to the Cleveland Cavaliers in their first round playoff series. Head Coach Darko Rajakovic calls the first two losses a key learning experience for his young squad. They drop game 1, 126 to 113 and game 215 to 105. Now the best of seven shifts home to Scotia Bank Arena for game 3 on Thursday. The team knows they got to apply those lessons fast to climb back. Rajakovic says, expecting perfection from their core right now ain't fair. But they've already improved a ton in just a week. With home court advantage for the next two games, they're pumped to fight in front of their fans and get that Jurassic Park energy roaring outside. Players and coaches see game 2 as a step up with better effort and some adjustments already in play. Still, turnovers crushed them. 17 in game 1 and a whopping 22 in game 2. Leading straight to points for Cleveland. Rajakovic stressed, that's playoff poison you can't survive.

1:02All-star Brandon Ingram struggle hard in game 2 with just seven points on 3 for 15 shooting, so they need more from him to even the series. Point guard Emmanuel quickly missed both games with a hamstring strain, but is progressing daily, doing extra work on the court. No word yet if he's ready for Thursday with second-year Jamal Shed filling in so far. As they prep for game 3, the Raptors are banking on their home crowd to deliver that extra boost, just like they did all season with 41. Straight energetic showings. Fans better than Cleveland's, players think so, and it's time to turn this series around right here in Toronto. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.