The fact that the Cavaliers scored 61 points after intermission and still lost by 20 should explain what went wrong on Saturday night.
The Raptors hit the Wine & Gold with an offensive haymaker in the first half that they were never able to recover from – mounting a second-half rally before falling to Toronto, 135-115, on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
The shorthanded Raptors, who’d lost 15 of their previous 18 outings, were the aggressors right from the opening tip – jumping all over a Cavaliers team that was feeling good after taking two straight lopsided decisions on the road.