New York Post

Raptors upset with anthem botch

- By BRIAN LEWIS

The Raptors have won just three of its last 11 games, with two of those victories coming at the expense of the Nets. They managed Sunday’s cakewalk without DeMar DeRozan and Patrick Patterson, and with Kyle Lowry suffering with flu-like symptoms.

About the only thing they had to complain about was the national anthem.

Amber Iman, a member of the national touring cast of “Hamilton,” botched the lyrics to “O Canada” so badly that the Raptors responded by tweaking the Nets on Twitter, patriotic Canadians started trolling Iman and she fired back on her Twitter account:

“I learned the melody while n 8 hr Hamilton rehearsals. The prompter failed, I did my best, while u watched from your couch. #Bye”

And later adding, “The Nets are apologizin­g to me for their error. It’s all love. Have a seat. I’m off to enjoy these FALCONS!”

Iman ad-libbed at several points, putting the word “Canada” in the wrong place and saying “We sing our hearts for thee” instead of “we stand on guard for thee.” Lowry took the high road. “I’m going to leave that alone, but yeah, that anthem was a lot different than I’ve heard over the last five years … a lot different,” said Lowry, who finished with a tripledoub­le with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. “Her voice was beautiful. But the anthem, the song, the words. … Have her come to Toronto, we’ll come and get somebody to give her some lessons.”

Quincy Acy sprained his left ankle, appearing to roll it on the foot of Terrence Ross (17 points). He was helped off the court by his teammates, limited to just two minutes.

“I haven’t heard anything yet. Hopefully it’s not too bad,’’ coach Kenny Atkin

son said. Jeremy Lin (hamstring) was out, while Caris LeVert sat with mild knee soreness. The rookie expects to be fit for Tuesday in Charlotte.

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