Jonas Valanciunas a beast in first ever playoff game

Jonas Valanciunas was a beast against the Nets in his first ever playoff game and set a franchise record for rebounds with 18 and added 17 points and simply in position all 35 minutes on the floor to collect boards and put in the hoop on the offensive end. He should of most diffidently seen the floor a bit more maybe 3 or 4 minutes and it may of helped the Raps keep home court advantage 94-87 as the rest of the team was a bit stiff in the bright lights of the playoffs as DeMar went 3 of 13 but got to the line 8 times (14 points) and Kyle Lowry went 7 of 18 from the floor to get a team leading 22 points and also was second on the team with 7 boards. The Raps came out and could not hit a shot early and often as they only made 28 field goals on 71 shots (39.4%) and it was a lot worst in the first half and it was Jonas who kept it close at half only down 4 (50-46. The third quarter was interrupted by the shot clock and clock above the backboard going dead and they tried for 5 to 10 minutes to fix it and that extra intermission hurt the Raps as they came out flat after warming up and playing a few minutes and then a long cool down and then Herbie had to call went the shot clock (calling fresh 24), 10 seconds, and a 5 second count down to a buzzer that did not work the rest of the game. In the fourth quarter the Raps took a 76-75 lead with 5:15 left in the game and the Nets went on a 7-0 run to put the distance to seal the deal with DeRon Williams and Joe Johnson both had 24 points. It was hard for Terrance Ross to get his game in focus as he had only 16 minutes as he had two quick fouls in the first quarter and when he got in the second quarter he almost immediately got #3 and sat down til the second half were he pick up #4 quick and ended the game 1 of 4 from the floor and all from beyond the arc so he will need to take it more to the hope like most Raps will need to do as the team 33% of all shots from beyond the arc (23 of 71). Greivis Vasquez was bright spot off of the bench as he had 18 points of the benches 29 points which will need to be much better going into the second gam of the first round matchup between the Raps and the Nets. The strongest part of the game was the crowd which was simply amazing and was strong all game and the loudest Toronto crowd I have ever been apart of and that was amazing and that was inside the Air Canada Centre so u put that with the thousands outside building watching on the big screen look awesome. Game two Tuesday Tom Mehegan