Changes to the Toronto Raptors’ starting lineup are believed to be coming for Game 2.
Coach Dwane Casey, however, isn’t revealing his hand.
Casey denied a report that Norman Powell and Jakob Poeltl would start over DeMarre Carroll and Jonas Valanciunas on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET in Cleveland.
“I’ve seen where some people predicted and predicted wrong, so to speak. . . I’m not trying to be secretive, but we don’t want to give them a head start of how to prepare, and who we’re going to play,” Casey said at the Raptors’ morning shootaround at Quicken Loans Arena.
“Predictions are wrong that are out there.”
Powell moved paid off
Cleveland captured Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals 116-105 on Monday.
Down 2-1 in their opening-round series against Milwaukee, Casey started Powell over Valanciunas for the remainder of the series, and the move paid off. The Raptors went on to win it 4-2.
Lowry was also tight-lipped when asked about roster moves.
“We’ll see,” he said. “I think we’ll probably do something different, but at the end of the day, I’m just a player, and I go play.”
The series shifts to Toronto for Game 3 on Friday and Game 4 on Sunday.
