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Notes and Quotes: Game 2 Aftermath Be Depressing (Lowry Hurt)

We’ll get you the full quotes the paper guys collect in tomorrow morning’s Morning Coffee.  For now, we’ll have to rely on Twitter to get some reaction to the horrible Game 2 loss. Let’s get the big news out of the way, and it’s Kyle Lowry who had another crappy game picking up a shin contusion. Kyle…

We’ll get you the full quotes the paper guys collect in tomorrow morning’s Morning Coffee.  For now, we’ll have to rely on Twitter to get some reaction to the horrible Game 2 loss.

Let’s get the big news out of the way, and it’s Kyle Lowry who had another crappy game picking up a shin contusion.

He’s been so awful in the first two games that it doesn’t even matter.  He picked up another silly third foul (check DeRozan’s reaction below) which started the Raptors second-quarter downfall. Obviously, we need him because he has the ability to win a game, though it’s hard to see him doing that against a well-organized Wizards defense that’s making use of Otto Porter Jr., to good effect.

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Here’s Paul Pierce having a dig. God bless him, wish he was on our team. Damn it, he was available too:

Here we have Vasquez, who basically got torn apart in the second quarter talking about playing hard which is a bit hypocritical. Not saying he sandbagged it completely, but still, stop saying you have to play hard and just play hard.

DeMar DeRozan, who has perhaps looked the most mature and composed player on the court offered some words of confidence.  I’m not sure if he’s trying to convince the media, his teammates, or just himself.

Dwane Casey, who has been proven to be tactically out of order in this series, broke this down into an effort thing, which I don’t think it was since Washington won because of their utilization of guys like Porter, Sessions, Seraphin and of course, Wall and Beal’s shooting and speed.  They didn’t win because they were more “physical”, they won because they were smarter.

He also commented on Lowry’s poor play, and indicated that he might still be recovering from injury.  This is such a crazy quote because Casey did nothing to ease Lowry back after his injury and instead had him play 33, 36, 35 and 37 minutes immediately after coming back.  Mind-boggling stuff, man.

Apparently, Kyle Lowry was booed in this game which I missed, what with watching the game on mute to avoid the drivel that our commentators spit.  Lowry heard it and took it a little casually:

Here’s Bradley Beal laughing at the idea of the Raptors trying to play them physical, which Casey insists they have to do:

Someone interviewed Chuck Hayes:

Wizards giving credit to Otto Porter Jr., whose defensive activity was key.  I said on the podcast that he’s their James Johnson, except that he’s got a defined role and predictable minutes.

Finally, I’ll leave you with the most ridiculous Casey quote of the night:

He thinks Washington won because they were buoyed by the confidence received after they “saw” the three go in.  No, man, are you really this clueless? Do you have any idea of all the matchups on the court that you failed to counter, and the situations that Washington created to give themselves an advantage? They won because they were prepared, not because they saw a couple shots go in and took it from there. FFS, even sane heads like Zach Lowe and Tim Chisholm are having a go at him:

I’m out.

Photo Credit: The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

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