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Toronto at Cleveland

May 17, 2016
img8:35 PM Eastern
Premium Pick
1 unit on Toronto +11 (-105) (risk 1 to return 1.95)
Result:
LOSS

Toronto played its best game of the playoffs in a 116-89 win in a Game 7 showdown with Miami as Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan combined for 63 points and Bismack Biyombo pulled down 16 rebounds. The Raptors won two of the three meetings with Cleveland in the regular season and Lowry exploded for 43 points on 15-for-20 shooting in Toronto's 99-97 win on Feb. 26. Lowry averaged 31 points and shot 66 percent against the Cavaliers this season. The Raptors come into the Eastern Conference final a confident and relaxed team as no one expects them to win this series. On the other side, the Cleveland Cavaliers have not played in nine days which is enough to cool off their remarkable three-point shooting percentage they enjoyed against Atlanta. Toronto has covered the spread seven of its last 10 games in Cleveland and the road team is 14-6 ATS the last 20 meetings. Toronto has the momentum and getting the big points in this matchup is the clincher. Play the Raptors in Game 1.

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Toronto Raptors
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16
23
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84
Cleveland Cavaliers img
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115
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