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Coming off a massively important win in Game 3 against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference final, the Toronto Raptors have a chance to even the series on home court Monday night.

After snapping the Cavaliers' undefeated playoff run, Toronto trails the best-of-seven series 2-1. They'll try to send the series back to Cleveland tied 2-2 when they tip of at the Air Canada Centre at 8:30 p.m.

JV? We'll see

Raptors big man Jonas Valanciunas, who's been sidelined with an ankle injury since midway through Toronto's series against Miami in the second round, was to take part in an afternoon shootaround. But head coach Dwane Casey wasn't prepared to offer any insight, one way or the other, as to whether or not Valanciunas, who was officially listed as questionable, would be in the lineup for Game 4.

Valanciunas's replacement, Bismack Biyombo, has been standing in as the Raptors man in the middle. In Game 3, Biyombo, a 23-year-old from the Democratic Republic of Congo, stole the show with his 26 rebounds over almost 40 minutes of court time.

Tensions were high in Game 3

Both sides were complaining about the officiating in Game 3. Dahntay Jones, the Cavaliers guard, was suspended for one game for hitting Biyombo below the belt near the end of the contest Saturday.

Casey, meanwhile, was fined $25, 000 for his criticism of the referees in post-game comments.

And finally, LeBron, who had been accused of flopping to draw fouls, suggested he hadn't been getting the calls he deserved desipte being repeatedly fouled hard.

But on Sunday, he downplayed his efforts to draw calls.

"I just play the game and let the referees decide what the call may be and move on. I can't have my focus go somewhere else. That allows my energy to be somewhere it shouldn't be," he said, according to the Associated Press.

Raptors were better in Game 3

Toronto showed what it's capable of when its best players are at their best. Kyle Lowry (20 points) and DeMar DeRozan (32 points) played better than they had previously in the series, while the Cavaliers didn't get the performances they needed out of LeBron's supporting cast, specifically Kevin Love (three points) Kyrie Irving (13 points) and Tristain Thompson (0 points).

Fandemonium

The Raptors bandwagon remains full of hopeful fans who still believe their team can upset the Cavaliers, despite being a heavy underdog. The Raptors players have heard that support loud and clear. As usual, the most diehard of the fanbase will be camped out at Jurassic Park this evening.

#WeTheNorth #weready to #defendhomecourt tip off 8:30pm #jurassicpark opens 6:30pm! @Raptors fans #ourcity #ourtime pic.twitter.com/YvpQYI3pzZ

— Mark Strong (@strizzzy) May 23, 2016

So can they do it?

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