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After the first half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, the Toronto Raptors held a 59-51 lead over the Milwaukee Bucks and were looking sharp.

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Things changed quite a bit after the break as the Bucks overcame an eight-point halftime deficit to defeat the Raptors 108-100 and take a 1-0 series lead.
The Bucks trailed for the majority of the game but they turned on a switch with just under 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. They rode their dominance on the offensive glass -- 15 to the Raptors' eight -- and a career-high playoff performance by Brook Lopez (29 points and 11 rebounds) to win their first conference finals game since June 1, 2001.
The Raptors received a 30-point performance from Kyle Lowry on 10-of-15 from the field, but the rest of the team struggled from the field as Toronto converted on just 37.0 percent of their shots. Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points, but did so on just 10-of-26 shooting from the field.
The Toronto Raptors open their fifth straight Western Conference Finals when they host the upset-minded Portland Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday. Tipoff is at 8.30 p.m. ET from Oracle Arena. Raptors knocked off Houston in six games despite missing leading scorer Kevin Durant for part of Game 5 and all of Game 6. Durant will also sit out Wednesday night. Meanwhile, Portland advanced with a shocking Game 7 win in Denver on Sunday, 100-96, as CJ McCollum erupted for 37 points. This is the Blazers' first Western Conference Finals berth since 2000 and third postseason series versus the Raptors in the last four years. Toronto Raptors opened as an eight-point favorite, but is laying 7.5 in the latest Raptors vs Bucks odds. The over-under for total points scored is 220.5, up two from the opener. Before you make any Milwaukee Bucks vs. Toronto Raptors picks, check out what the SportsLine Projection Model has to say. The model, which simulates every game 10,000 times, is crushing its NBA picks. It entered the conference finals of the 2019 NBA Playoffs with a sterling record on its top-rated picks, returning more than $3,000 in profit to anybody following them this season. And it has been particularly red-hot on its A-rated NBA money line picks, entering the conference finals on a strong 85-61 run. Anybody who has followed it is way up. Now, the model has crunched the numbers for Bucks vs Raptors . We'll tell you it is leaning over, but it also has a spread pick that cashes in well over 50 percent of simulations. That pick is available only at SportsLine. The model has factored in Stephen Curry's resurgence, which has helped compensate for the loss of Durant. In the last three games versus Houston, Curry poured in 88 total points and dished out 17 assists. Plus, Golden State will be highly confident given past playoff matchups with Portland. In the first round of the 2017 playoffs, the Raptors swept the Milwaukee Bucks. In 2016, Toronto Raptors prevailed in five games. This series features the NBA's top backcourts, but only one side -- Curry and Klay Thompson -- has a championship pedigree. And you can count on Toronto Raptors kicking things up a notch in this round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs. In their last 14 games in the conference finals, the Raptors have covered 10 times. Plus, Portland is just 1-5 against the spread when the line is +6 to +9 like it is on Tuesday. But just because the Splash Brothers have regained their form doesn't mean Toronto covers the Raptors vs Bucks spread in Game 1. The Blazers bring their own dynamic backcourt duo of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, and you can argue they've outplayed Curry and Thompson thus far in the NBA Playoffs 2019. McCollum was unstoppable on Sunday in Denver, shooting 17-of-29 for 37 points with nine rebounds in the 100-96 win. He's poured in at least 27 points in six playoff games already. Lillard is averaging 28.
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It appeared the Milwaukee Bucks might drop their second consecutive series opener on Wednesday night. Brook Lopez made sure that wouldn't happen. The veteran center erupted for 29 points and 11 rebounds, including four 3s on 11 attempts as the Bucks rallied to a 108-100 Game 1 win over the Toronto Raptors.
Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo added 24 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and three blocks in the win, while Kawhi Leonard's 31 points and Kyle Lowry's 30 points paced Toronto. Lowry played one of the best playoff games of his career, but it wasn't enough to will his team to victory.
Toronto, which has a history of dropping Game 1s in the playoffs, can even the series on Friday when it faces Milwaukee in Game 2.
Here's everything you need to know about the 2019 Eastern Conference finals:
The No. 1-seeded Milwaukee Bucks will host the No. 2-seeded Toronto Raptors in this Game 1 matchup of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night.
The Bucks had a rather easy path to the East Finals. The team that finished the season with the league's best record steamrolled the Detroit Pistons in a sweep in the first round before dispatching the Boston Celtics in the second round in just five games. After losing Game 1 to the Celtics, they defeated Boston by an average margin of 16.3 points per game during the final four games of the series.
While the Bucks had an easy path to the Finals, it didn't come as easy for the Raptors. Although Toronto did eliminate the Orlando Magic in five games in the first round, it took them all seven games -- including a Kawhi Leonard buzzer-beater -- to knock off the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round of the playoffs.
These two teams were clearly the two best squads in the Eastern Conference all season long and now we'll finally have the opportunity to see which one is truly the alpha.
Here are four takeaways from Milwaukee's impressive Game 1 comeback:
Brook Lopez -- not Giannis -- leads Bucks to Game 1 win
Whenever you think of the Bucks winning a game, you assume that it's Giannis Antetokounmpo who leads them to victory. Except that was not the case in Milwaukee's 108-100 win in Game 1 of the conference finals.
The true MVP of this game was none other than Brook Lopez, the former NBA All-Star center who had supposedly peaked years ago with the Brooklyn Nets. While Lopez had always been an offensive force during his career, all his points were scored down low. The veteran center has now reached a second act of his career where he's become a solid 3-point shooter, and in this game he was the difference.
The 31-year-old scored 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Bucks in scoring. Most importantly, Lopez is the one who keyed the Bucks' 8-0 run at the beginning of the fourth quarter which allowed them to take their first lead since early in the first quarter -- and eventually take control of Game 1.
Not only was he a beast beyond the arc, he dominated on the glass.
And let us not forget, the Bucks signed Lopez to a one-year deal worth just $3.4 million in free agency after the Los Angeles Lakers chose to let him walk without an offer.