Big night from Jonas Valanciunas not enough as Raptors fall 97-93 to Utah
TORONTO — Dwane Casey didn’t have much of an issue with Ricky Rubio’s three-pointer with less than five seconds remaining in Utah’s 97-93 win over Toronto on Friday.
It was how his team started the game that concerned him.
“We started the game out in mud — that set the tone for us the rest of the night,” said the Raptors coach. “Our approach to start the first quarter started our problems for the night.
“Never got the game under control. They did a good job of scratching and clawing, making everything tough on us. We didn’t shoot the ball worth a crap, when we did get to the free throw line, we missed some of those. It was one of those games where I was concerned about being flat.”