Raptors play down-late night casino visit

By The Canadian Press

TORONTO – The Raptors are playing down a late-night visit to a Cleveland casino by two players on the eve of a blowout loss, saying NBA players have a different schedule than most.

DeMarre Carroll and Cory Joseph were seen in a casino near their hotel just before 2 a.m. Wednesday. Later that day, the Raptors were hammered 116-78 by the Cavaliers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Toronto guard DeMar DeRozan called the fuss about the story crazy, saying he was up until 4 a.m. in his hotel room that night watching “Batman versus Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

Raptors coach Dwane Casey says the two players are adults, weren’t drinking and broke no laws.

He says his concern was not the players’ late-night walkabout but “getting our butt kicked.”

As for the two players in question, they say the story was overblown.

Joseph says he still got plenty of sleep ahead of the game. Carroll says the reporter who wrote the story was “fishing a little bit.”

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