Lowry, Raptors get even with Cavaliers

Kyle Lowry scored 35 points, including a driving layup in the final minute, and DeMar DeRozan had 32 as the Raptors evened the Eastern Conference finals by beating the Cavaliers 105-99 in Game 4 Monday night in Toronto.

DeMarre Carroll scored 11 points and Bismack Biyombo had 14 rebounds as the Raptors improved to 8-2 at home this postseason.

Game 5 is Wednesday night in Cleveland.

The Cavaliers lost consecutive playoff games to an Eastern Conference opponent for the first time since dropping the final three games of the conference semifinals to the Celtics in 2010.

LeBron James scored 29 points and Kyrie Irving had 26 for the Cavs. Channing Frye scored nine of his 12 points in the fourth quarter.

The Raptors led by nine points to begin the fourth, but Frye made consecutive 3-pointers as the Cavs opened the final quarter with an 8-0 run, cutting it to 78-77. They made their first 11 shots of the fourth quarter.

DeRozan made two free throws at the other end and, after another miss by Frye, Carroll made one of two to put the Raptors up 99-96 with 3 minutes, 23 seconds to go.

A long 3 by Irving made it 101-99 with 2:00 left, but DeRozan answered with a driving bank shot at 1:33. The Raptors got the ball back after Biyombo blocked J.R. Smith’s 3, and Biyombo kept the offensive possession alive by rebounding Lowry’s missed shot.

After a timeout, Lowry let the shot clock wind down before driving for the decisive layup, making it 105-99 with 22 seconds to go.

Green not suspended: Draymond Green knows who is responsible for his kick to the groin of Thunder center Steven Adams: Russell Westbrook and the rest of the NBA stars who get to the foul line with a whole lot of salesmanship.

Green was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Tuesday but not suspended for kicking the Adams in the groin Sunday during Game 3 of the Western Conference finals in Oklahoma City.

The league also upgraded the foul from a Flagrant 1 to a Flagrant 2, which would have resulted in an automatic ejection had officials given it that ruling when it happened.

Though the Thunder felt it was intentional, Green and Warriors coach Steve Kerr had said they believed the flagrant would be rescinded by the league. Green’s kick felled the 7foot, 255-pound Adams during the second quarter of the Warriors’ loss to the Thunder.

Adams later noted that Green had kneed him in the same spot during Game 2.

Westbrook said Green kicked Adams intentionally in Game 3, but Green insisted the play wasn’t that big a deal.