Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey is not ready to call it quits despite going down an 0-2 hole to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

As the series shifts back to the Air Canada Centre, the Raptors will have some major adjustments to make and will need all their horses in line to pull off a very necessary couple of home wins to get back into the series.

“They played well. We haven't even scratched the surface of where we can go,” an optimistic Casey told reporters post-game. “We take our butt whooping and go home.”

“I haven't given up. I know it hurts,” he added, via Ben Golliver of Sports Illustrated. “Like I told the team, we should be mad, upset, but it's a long series. It's two games, two games on their floor. The way we lost is not good, and we shouldn't accept that, but we go home and start over again.”

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Casey's optimism might diminish if point guard Kyle Lowry‘s ankle injury happens to cost him time on the sidelines, as neither of his All-Stars has been able to have an explosive night in either game of the series, but have been rather muted by the Cavs offensive efficiency.

Two wins at home will reset the series to a best-of-three, but in order for it to happen, it'll take the collective unequivocal belief that they can beat their opponents, along with some in-game heroics to even the series.

Neither Lowry nor DeMar DeRozan have scored more than 20 points in either of the two games, while LeBron James is averaging a monstrous 37 points per game through Games 1 and 2.

Casey will have to find a way to fill that gaping hole and find a way to limit James on offense before it starts to flood to the point of no return.