The Cleveland Cavaliers had to take the Toronto Raptors’ next smack. LeBron James and Co. are without a chance in Canada. Meanwhile, for the Raptors, the bank convinces with a strong Jakob Pöltl, who scores a double-double.
After the bitter defeat in Minnesota, the Cavs in East Hits in Toronto have been given the next rubdown. After a relatively narrow first quarter, all the dams broke at the cavs. The Bank of Raptors made the difference. Pascal Siakam (16.8 Rebounds) scored 10 points in this section alone, and also sacrificed a lot of his time in the defense. The Cavs did not find any offense and in the second quarter they only scored 25 percent of their attempts, plus 5 turnovers.
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So it went with 65:40 into the break. But there was no run of the guests and so Toronto could bring the game home comfortably. Isiaiah Thomas (4.2/15 FG) scored his first field goal after the switch, but it was clearly his worst game in the Cavs jersey.”It’s all right,”reassured Cavs coach Ty Lue about the performance of his point guard,”He’s got to work on his game, but we don’t worry about him”.
Toronto had huge advantages among the boards. Both Jonas Valanciunas (15,18 Rebounds) and Jakob Pöltl (12,5/8 FG, 12 Rebounds, 3 Blocks) presented Cleveland with insoluble problems. The Canadians attacked 63 Rebounds (Cavs: 35), 18 of them alone after their own failed attempts. The Raptors hit the threesome reliably in the absence of Kyle Lowry (rib). 43 percent and 18 transformed distance throws were a good foundation for the blowout. Fred VanVleet (22.6/8 threesome), who had a career high, was particularly convincing.
“I am very proud of him as he performed today,”said Raptors coach Dwane Casey with a smile on his face. That’s gonna be true for the bank as a whole. The Raptors got 76 points from the bank (Cavs: 48), although of course there was a lot of garbage time with them. DeMar DeRozan was able to rest a bit and scored a comfortable 13 points and 8 assists.
I don’t know what went wrong in the last few days,”puzzled the king, who was the top scorer of the guests with 26 points (9/16 FG, only 1 Assist),” We have to find each other again. After LeBron, Jeff Green scored 13 points. Kevin Love (10.2/8 FG), on the other hand, was optimistic about the next few games:”We have enough talent to cope with this phase. It’s hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel right now, but it’s there.”