A series doesn’t start until you lose a game on your homecourt, the old saw goes, but the Toronto Raptors were giving up a little ‘backs against the wall’ energy in the lead up to the second game of their first-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers. Raptors head coach Nick Nurse had the gamesmanship cranked to 11 before Game 2, just in case. Nurse ditched his folksy, friendly, ‘ol ball coach routine that he sticks to through most regular-season situations and got right to the point before the ball went up. “We’ve got to survive some of the physicality out there,” said Nurse, answering an only tangentially related question with a clear statement for his own purposes. “You heard me saying it after [Game 1]: we got ran over a bunch when we were legal, which was true. There were several shots to the face, which I don’t understand [why they] were not reviewed. … I hope they’ve got enough guts to at least stop the game and look at that stuff tonight.” And a moment later: “I just...