The Toronto Raptors handed the Cleveland Cavaliers their first postseason loss, 99-84, in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday as six-point home underdogs.
The Raptors are again six-point underdogs at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark for Game 4 on Monday, and they will try to use the same successful blueprint in an effort to even the series at 2-2 heading back to Cleveland.
Toronto dominated the glass with a 54-40 rebounding margin and fed off the raucous crowd at the Air Canada Centre to earn its first victory since topping the Miami Heat there in Game 7 of the previous round.
Led by Bismack Biyombo’s franchise playoff-record 26 rebounds, the Raptors dominated the Cavs inside, holding Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson to a combined three points and 12 rebounds.
The odds of Love and Thompson repeating that dismal performance seem slim, though, especially since they combined to make only one of 10 shots from the field. Cleveland point guard Kyrie Irving was also awful, converting three of his 19 shots, including one of seven from three-point range, en route to scoring 13 points.
Irving took two more sh ...
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