In my Gomer Pyle voice, “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!!!” Nobody saw the Toronto Raptors getting handled in these Eastern Conference Semifinals so easily. The defending champs find themselves down 2-0 to a Boston squad that’s smelling blood in the water right now.
Now when I say easily, it doesn’t matter how close the games have been. At the end of the day they’re down 2-0. Almost only counts in horse shoes playa. Boston is in the driver’s seat smoking a cigar with the seat leaned back as far as it can go playa bumpin’ that Gangstarr “Above the Clouds.”
For all of you young cats that “think” you know something about hip hop here’s your homework. Listen to the “Moment of Truth” album and then erase whatever you’ve already recorded and start over.
In a three-minute stretch in the fourth quarter Marcus Smart changed the game scoring 16 points. NUTS!!! When the smoke cleared in Game 2 Boston was getting back into the ride with the windows half way down with a 102-99 win.
Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 34 points, Smart followed with 19 as Kemba Walker had 17. Jaylen Brown dropped off 16 on his way to call Big Momma since he can’t leave the bubble.
Now it’s Chris Brown up in this piece, “On and Poppin'” well…at least for Boston fans anyway. Drake and Co. is somewhere trying not to drink too much.
Boston has them looking for love in all the wrong places like Johnny Lee (country music original) or Jaheim (the R&B remake) right now and something’s gotta give like Jack Nicholson in Game 3 for the defending champs.
Toronto had five players finish in double figures led by OG Anunoby’s 20 points followed by Fred VanVleet’s 19 as both Pascal Siakam and Serge Ibaka’s finished with 17. Kyle Lowry had 16. However, as a unit they couldn’t hit an elephant in the butt with a base fiddle shooting on 28 percent from three-point range.
Now it’s Po Pimp “Do or Die” for a boy in Game 3 and they’ll NEED Twista fa-sho to get loose on their third verse (Game 3) to have any shot of winning this series.