Is the Cleveland Cavaliers-Toronto Raptors Series Already Over?

May 17th, 2016 by Greg Swartz Leave a reply »

CLEVELAND — After just one game, the Eastern Conference Finals may already be decided.

The Cleveland Cavaliers destroyed the Toronto Raptors, 115-84, in the opener of their best-of-seven series Tuesday. The manner in which they performed the execution pointed toward a potential third straight Cavaliers sweep.

After dismantling the Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks during the minimum eight games required to open the playoffs, the Cavs are already the only NBA team yet to lose this postseason—a streak that now looks like it could continue all the way into the NBA Finals.

 

We the Disadvantaged While Cleveland enjoyed over a week off leading up to this series, Toronto had just a single day to rest following its Game 7 win over the Miami Heat.

As Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan put it, "They’ve been off their feet, and we've been battling for weeks."

Coming into Game 1, Toronto had played 14 games, totaling 687 minutes. Cleveland entered with just eight games and 384 minutes. DeRozan and Kyle Lowry lead all postseason players in court time, combining for 1,075 minutes ...

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