The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors are in a 2-2 series tie in the Eastern Conference first round. The Raptors defeated the Cavaliers 93-89 in the last meeting on Sunday. Brandon Ingram led the Raptors with 23 points, and Donovan Mitchell led the Cavaliers with 20.<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers have gone 33-19 against Eastern Conference teams. Cleveland is fourth in the NBA averaging 119.5 points and is shooting 48.2% from the field.<\/p>\n
The Raptors are 33-19 in Eastern Conference play. Toronto is fifth in the Eastern Conference allowing just 111.8 points while holding opponents to 46.7% shooting.<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers are shooting 48.2% from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points higher than the 46.7% the Raptors allow to opponents. The Raptors are shooting 48.2% from the field, 1.8% higher than the 46.4% the Cavaliers’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Mitchell is scoring 27.9 points per game with 4.5 rebounds and 5.7 assists for the Cavaliers. James Harden is averaging 17.5 points and 2.4 rebounds while shooting 44.7% over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Scottie Barnes is scoring 18.1 points per game with 7.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists for the Raptors. RJ Barrett is averaging 20.1 points and 4.9 rebounds while shooting 50.3% over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Cavaliers: 7-3, averaging 116.5 points, 44.6 rebounds, 25.2 assists, 8.3 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 49.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.9 points per game.<\/p>\n
Raptors: 6-4, averaging 114.6 points, 41.6 rebounds, 28.0 assists, 8.3 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 50.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.7 points.<\/p>\n
INJURIES: Cavaliers: None listed.<\/p>\n
Raptors: Immanuel Quickley: out (hamstring).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors are in a 2-2 series tie in the Eastern Conference first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1459,1458,996,1394,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-23256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-cavaliers","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-raptors","12":"tag-toronto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}