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The Cleveland Cavaliers were thought to be dead in the water coming into these playoffs. Not many people believed this iteration of the Cavaliers had much of a chance to make it to another finals, let alone win a title. Part of the reason for that is because of all the turmoil and roster turnover […]

The NBA Playoffs are far from over but the destination of a certain number 23 is a hot topic particularly because of the uncertainty regarding his team’s chances of making it back to the Finals and winning it all. Despite winning Game 7 in the first round against the Indiana Pacers to avoid elimination, LeBron […]

Following Friday morning practice session in Toronto, Raptors head coach Dwane Casey spoke to members of the media with regards to what his team needs a bit more of. Now that they’re facing a 2-0 deficit in their Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers, coach Casey is calling for more “grit and toughness” […]

When healthy this year, Kevin Love was really good. In fact, it was easily his most productive campaign since moving from Minnesota to Cleveland. He posted career highs in effective field goal (.552) and true shooting percentage (.614). His per-36-minute averages of 22.7 points and 11.9 rebounds were the best during his Cavaliers tenure. Love […]

In a suddenly half empty Air Canada Centre, LeBron James stood on the court with a towel draped over his shoulders, explaining the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 128-110 victory over the Toronto Raptors in Game 2. The crowd—at least, what remained of it—was stunned into silence. Toronto, as our own James Holas explained, spent an entire year […]

The Toronto Raptors are back in a familiar place. After a fantastic regular season that saw them lock up the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, the Raptors find themselves again in the same exact place they were in a year ago: down 0-2 in the second round of the playoffs against the same […]

Put LeBron James on almost any NBA team with their current roster and they could probably make the playoffs. That’s what everyone says about James, anyways, as he’s seemingly continued to get better as his NBA career has progressed into his 15th season. Whether it may be the Phoenix Suns or the Golden State Warriors, […]

The Air Canada Centre was deafeningly silent in the third quarter of Game 2 with the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers were manhandling the home team, the Toronto Raptors. At the center of the melee was LeBron James, who was (again) orchestrating the devastation. Except for a smattering of “oohs-and-ahhs,” there was virtually nothing for the crowd to […]

LeBron James dominated Game 2 of the Cleveland Cavaliers second round series against the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night, putting up 43 points, 14 assists, and eight rebounds helping the Cavs to a 2-0 series lead. Mark Jones of ESPN was so impressed by James’ utter dominance that at the end of the third quarter, […]

What Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron Jame did in Game 2 against the Toronto Raptors was nothing short of spectacular and he showed once again why he is one of the greatest to ever play the game. A lot of NBA players were blown away by what the King does on a nightly basis and it […]

This year’s NBA Playoffs feature a number of fresh figures. The Philadelphia 76ers have sort of completed The Process just by making it to the postseason. The goal is always to win an NBA title, but a playoffs appearance must feel like bathing in liquid velvet for Philly. Donovan Mitchell, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Ben […]

If you ask the Cleveland Cavaliers who have been the team’s unsung heroes during their championship window the last four years, you’re bound to hear only a pair of names. The first is arguably swingman Richard Jefferson who is now with the Denver Nuggets, but the second (and has a compelling case for first actually) […]

Things are not looking good right now for head coach Dwane Casey and his top-seeded Toronto Raptors. On Thursday night, the Raptors fell apart in the second half of Game 2 against the Cleveland Cavaliers and were routed 128-110 at Air Canada Center to fall behind 2-0 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. DeMar DeRozan finished […]

Just like that, the Eastern Conference’s top-seeded Toronto Raptors are down 2-0 in their series with the Cleveland Cavaliers after they squandered two straight halftime leads at home. Following the Raptors’ 113-112 overtime loss in Game 1, they got completely outplayed in the second half of Thursday night’s Game 2 with a 128-110 rout at […]

LeBron James was apparently so bored with the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar decided to clip his fingernails during Game 2. LeBron casually cutting his fingernails in the middle of a playoff game 😅 pic.twitter.com/y09Cmrqo68 — ESPN (@espn) May 3, 2018 The Cavaliers took the Raptors to the figurative woodshed Thursday […]

LeBron James handed a good beating to the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night. While that was nearing an end, his good friend Dwyane Wade flocked to Twitter to show support. Wade, who’s probably out somewhere chilling, tweeted out: @KingJames Sheesh🤦🏾‍♂️ — DWade (@DwyaneWade) May 4, 2018 It was short yet potent with meaning. James almost […]

Fifty-one weeks ago, Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri announced it was time for a cultural reset. Just before the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers faced off last year’s NBA Finals, the All-Star duo of Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan met with Head Coach Dwane Casey in Oakland to strike a pact. Things would be […]

One of the most coveted free agents this offseason is L.A. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan. He is one of the few old-school centers remaining in the league, one who can defend the interior with tenacity and control the boards with reckless abandon. The highly athletic big man knows that he can get a better deal […]

The heavy minutes, the gargantuan workload, and the pressure to deliver in the playoffs all suggest that Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James is one tired human being. Even LeBron himself is saying that he’s exhausted. Don’t tell that to Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey, though, as he is not buying the idea that James […]

When the playoffs roll around it’s usually the time that teams really lean on their veterans for success and a lot of the time that can really shorten up the rotation off the bench. Channing Frye, the former Cleveland Cavalier who was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. noticed […]

The NBA Playoffs truly bring out the intensity and passion out of not only the players, but also the fans – most notably, the celebrity fans. Through the years – with the exception of the New York Knicks’ Spike Lee and Los Angeles Lakers’ Jack Nicholson who remain fixtures on the arena of their beloved […]

In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Toronto Raptors held a lead for all 48 minutes until the game reached overtime, where the Cleveland Cavaliers got their first lead on a Kyle Korver top-of-the0-key triple. The Cavaliers eventually won the game, leaving the Raptors and their fans stunned. While that game was ending, […]

Looking back into a colossal collapse during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, DeMar DeRozan admitted to be surprised officials didn’t call a blatant Kevin Love elbow to the face during the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. “I don’t know why they didn’t look at it,” said DeRozan, according to Ryan Wolstat […]

The 2018 offseason is just a few months away and the biggest storyline this summer will be the destination of a certain number 23. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are currently fighting for their playoff lives in their second-round playoff match-up with the Toronto Raptors. The possibility that James will have his earliest playoff […]

The Toronto Raptors had all the right circumstances lined up for a second consecutive Game 1 victory this postseason after a 16-year tough luck streak without winning one in the postseason. Yet as the game went on, it became more and more apparent that the team was about to squander that possibility, resulting in a […]

In the critical moments of the game, every possession matters. Players are in overdrive mode, locked in on either scoring the basket on offense, or getting the ball back on defense. In Game 1 of the Conference Semifinals series between the Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers, DeMar DeRozan showed that he was willing to do […]

There are a lot of people who are counting out LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in their series against the Toronto Raptors, especially after the showing the Cavs put up in the first round. Actually, it’s more a knock on James’ teammates than him, with no Cavs player outside of James scoring at least […]

The Toronto Raptors are set to welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Air Canada Centre for the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. As most hoops fans know, these are two teams that have become increasingly familiar with one another in recent seasons. In fact, the Cavs and Raptors have locked horns in the […]

LeBron James is one of the best in the world and can be an intimidating presence even to NBA veterans, but that isn’t the case for anyone. Rookie OG Anunoby is going to have his hands full trying to guard The King in the second round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but that doesn’t mean […]

As much as the NBA playoffs magnify the focus on the stars, the postseason also gives second-tier and unexpected players a chance to prove that they, too, matter in determining how deep their teams will go. Here we have five players who have been stepping up for their respective squads and surpassing expectations in the […]

The Toronto Raptors will once again have to go through the Cleveland Cavaliers this postseason in hopes to reach the Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavs have been the team’s kryptonite in the last two postseasons — taking them out in the Eastern Conference Finals in 2016 and sweeping them out in the semifinals last season, […]

Lance Stephenson tipped his cap after his Indiana Pacers fell short of moving into the second round of the postseason, suffering a crucial 105-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 on Sunday. The Pacers faced a tough task on the road, playing against a star determined to play 48 minutes to propel his […]

The Indiana Pacers fell to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday afternoon in Game 7 of their first round series, 105-101, officially eliminated from playoff contention. The series was the closest and likely the best of the first round with both Cavs’ superstar LeBron James and Pacers’ rising star Victor Oladipo exchanging blows each and every […]

When the Indiana Pacers traded Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis, they were laughed at. However, during the 2017-18 NBA season, Oladipo and company shocked the basketball world by winning 48 games, the fifth-best record in the Eastern Conference. In the first round of the playoffs against the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers just suffered a massacre of epic proportions at the hands of the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of their first-round playoff matchup. The Cavs lost in embarrassing fashion, 121-87. The 34-point drubbing that the Cavs received just shows that the team may not be ready for an even more pressure-packed situation in […]

LeBron James will be facing his first winner-take-all game in a first-round series after a humiliating Game 6 loss by the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Indiana Pacers on Friday. The Cavs will be playing on their turf which should boost their confidence for Game 7 at the Quicken Loans Arena. The winner of that game […]

Thanks in large part to solid outings from Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis, the Indiana Pacers managed to even their first round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers at three games apiece with a lop-sided 121-87 victory inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Friday night. During his post-game media availability, Pacers head coach Nate McMillan — no […]

The series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers will have a Game 7. The Toronto Raptors are just waiting on who they’ll face in the next round. If DeMar DeRozan is concerned, Pacers or Cavaliers — it doesn’t matter much. Per Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun, DeRozan was asked who he prefers to […]

Cleveland Cavaliers fans were once again witnesses to the greatness of LeBron James on Wednesday night. James knocked down the game-winning three-pointer with no time remaining, giving them a 3-2 series lead over the Indiana Pacers. It was the fourth game-winning shot of his playoff career, capping off a 44-point, 10-rebound, and 8-assist performance at […]