CLEVELAND– At halftime of Wednesday night’s Cavaliers-Raptors game, it looked like Cleveland’s extinction was an inevitability.
The Cavs were down, 79-64, in a shootout with the team that currently has the best record in the Eastern Conference. The 79 points were the most the Cavs have given up this season, and the most the Raptors had ever scored in a single half in franchise history.
But following a halftime where the team talked about their lack of defensive effort rather than looking at game clips, the Cavs came out reinvigorated and ultimately outscored the Raptors, 68-50, to come away with a 132-129 win.