TORONTO -- Just before DeMar DeRozan's third trip to the playoffs, the Toronto Raptors All-Star guard marveled at Kobe Bryant's final act. He said he was amazed that the Los Angeles Lakers legend -- an idol-turned-mentor for DeRozan -- managed to take 50 shots in a single game. Late in the third quarter against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday, DeRozan took an off-balance, Bryant-esque fadeaway jumper over Paul George at the end of the shot clock. Spectacularly, it went in. Unfortunately for DeRozan, there was no storybook ending here. Smothered by the Pacers, who finished the regular season third in the NBA in defensive rating, DeRozan missed 14 of his 19 shots in a 100-90 loss. Kyle Lowry,...
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