Raptors continue playoff woes, drop game one to Pacers

Toronto Raptors fell to Indiana Pacers 100-90 on Saturday in the opening game of their first round playoff series to drop their seventh consecutive post-season game.

After being swept by Washington Wizards last year, Toronto's last playoff victory occurred on April 30, 2014 when the team beat Brooklyn Nets at Air Canada Centre in game five of their first round series.

Raptors also fall to 1-8 all time in games to open a playoff series. The franchise's lone game one victory occurred in the second round of the 2001 post-season when Toronto beat Philadelphia in the series opener.

In Saturday afternoon's game, Toronto struggled at the field, shooting 38.0 percent (30-for-79), 7.1 percentage points lower than their regular season average of 45.1.

"We had plenty of opportunities. DeMar (DeRozan) had 19 shots and Kyle (Lowry) had 13. I don't think they're going to shoot like that again," said Raptors head coach Dwane Casey following the game in Toronto. "A lot of it was our inability to get our offence in rhythm, (get) our offence going, and I don't think we're going to shoot 38 percent again."

Toronto's All-Star backcourt of DeRozan and Lowry combined to shoot 25.0 percent (8-for-32), totalling 25 points, compared to their season averages of 23.5 and 21.2 points per game, respectively.

Despite winning a franchise-record 56 games this season, Casey's squad did not play at the same confidence level that got them to the second seed in the conference.

"I thought as a team we were tight offensively. Then that frustration carried over to the defensive end and you can't do that," Casey explained. "It's a long series. I know our team today didn't play to our identity, but I know we'll come back and play to our identity."

The series will resume on Monday night for game two in Toronto. Raptors holds an all-time record of 3-5 in game two's. Endit