Old friend Jose Calderon leads the Cavaliers past the Raptors

According to Calderon, his success comes as a by-product of opposing defenses concerning themselves with preventing James from taking over games, especially the Raptors, who have lost to the Cavaliers in each of the last two postseason tournaments and surrendered an average of 29.3 points per game to James this year. We had a great team effort. They took on the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday as they played at the Quicken Loans Arena which has never been a favourite hunting group for the Raptors. Both teams played on Tuesday night, too, and looked sluggish as a result. While that wasn’t good, they played even worse in the second and third quarters. “In the National Basketball Association, sometimes you can not choose where you want to play”. I think, ultimately, that probably wore on us. “We have no idea”.

“It’s vital that we get back on a good roll and go into the playoffs with some type of momentum”, Morris said. I mean, I’ve played against the Spain National Team for a long time and there’s not one player on that team that’s not, pretty much, smart and knows how to play.

DENVER – Nikola Jokic scored 30 points, Jamal Murray hit a clutch 3-pointer late – his only one of the game – and Denver received a boost to its playoff hopes by holding off Indiana. We got some playoff experience, but you don’t know.

In games where they score above 100 points, the Cavaliers are 45-17 and the Raptors are 51-13.

Serge Ibaka and Fred VanVleet added 15 points apiece and Kyle Lowry scored 13 for Toronto, which extended its lead over second-place Boston atop the East to three games with four to play.

The best evidence that the Raptors underperformed came from their own management, which kept the core intact but blew everything else up, including the team’s style of play.

Stevens suggests that he is not consumed by the pursuit of first place.

Calderon blitzed the Raptors in pick-and-roll and pick-and-pop action with James and Love in the first half, piling up 14 points, including two three-pointers, and three assists in 15 minutes.

Boston’s starters combined for 35 points, 16 of them from Horford.

Anthony Tolliver scored 25 points for the Pistons.

The Raptors’ 112-106 loss to the Cavs was marked by a poor shooting night from All-Star guard Kyle Lowry, who finished with only five points (2-of-11 from the field), three assists and three turnovers.

They still need to be better against the Cavs, who have eliminated them from the past two playoffs.

Boston made nine turnovers in the second, leading to 17 points for Toronto, as the Raptors rallied behind six points from Wright to lead 43-33 at halftime. DeMar DeRozan was the top scorer from either team with 32 points on 12-for-19 shooting.

“We haven’t found ourselves defensively”, Toronto coach Dwane Casey said. “It’s a no-brainer. The question was: Was the second unit going to hold up and make sure they take care of business?” That allowed us to do that. “Again, it’s about competition, it’s about competing at a high level with a big picture in mind, not just trying to win that one game”. “They were very physical”. James Harden enhanced his season MVP credentials with a dazzling individual performance that included 38 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.