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Cavs (10-7)
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Raptors (15-4)
Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
Coaches:
David Blatt
Dwane Casey
Starting lineups:
Kyrie Irving
Shawn Marion
LeBron James
Kevin Love
Anderson Varejao
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Kyle Lowry
Greivis Vasquez
Terrence Ross
Amir Johnson
Jonas Valanciunas
Cavs bench:
Will Cherry, Tristan Thompson, Dion Waiters, Brendan Haywood, Alex Kirk, Joe Harris, Lou Amundson, James Jones, A.J. Price
Raptors bench:
Landry Fields, Bruno Caboclo, Tyler Hansbrough, Chuck Hayes, James Johnson, Lucas Nogueira, Patrick Patterson, Greg Stiemsma, Lou Williams
Status Update: Matthew Dellavedova, (Left Knee MCL Sprain, Out), Mike Miller, (Concussion, Out)
Status Update: (Raptors) - DeMar DeRozan, (Torn Left Abductor Longus Tendon, Out)
Game Summary
The Wine and Gold look to extend their winning streak to six games tonight as they travel north of the border to take on the Toronto Raptors at the Air Canada Centre. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Cleveland (10-7) enters tonight's matchup on the second leg of a back-to-back after edging out the Knicks 90-87 last night in New York. The Cavs are 8-3 against the Eastern Conference in 2014-15.
During the five-game winning streak, the Cavs are winning by an average margin of 15.2 points. Cleveland is averaging 105.8 points on .511 shooting, while holding opponents to 90.6 points on .426 shooting.
Toronto (15-4) comes into the game with the Eastern Conference's best record despite losing their leading scorer, DeMar DeRozan, to a torn left abductor tendon.
Point guard, Kyle Lowry, has picked up the slack in DeRozan's absence scoring a career-high 39 points in Wednesday's 123-104 win at Utah. He has taken 21-plus shots in each of the last four games after doing so five times in 521 previous career games.
Head-to-Head Matchup
In the first meeting on Nov. 22 at The Q, Cleveland outrebounded Toronto 46-34 and had a 52-34 edge in points in the paint. LeBron James (15 points, 10 assists) and Anderson Varejao (13 points, 12 rebounds) each recorded double-doubles. Kevin Love tallied a then season-high 23 points and seven rebounds while Kyrie Irving added 21 points and six assists.
The Wine and Gold lead the all-time series against the Raptors 39-34 (21-16 Home, 18-18 Road).
Where to Catch the Action
TV: FOX Sports Ohio, Radio: WTAM 1100, 100.7 WMMS, 87.7 FM La Mega, AM 1590 WAKR (Akron)
Tune into #CavsLive on FOX Sports Ohio starting at 7:00 p.m.