Good things come in threes for Raptors in win over Cavaliers

Maybe the Raptors knew what they were talking about all along.

In the throes of what was a teamwide three-point-shooting slump, they kept downplaying the seriousness of it, adamant that things would turn around, that they would get back to historic norms. It’s a long NBA regular season, they said, and things happen.

Seems they had a point.

With as thorough an offensive performance as they have had in a few weeks, with better three-point shooting than in any game of this season, the Raptors won their second game in a row, beating the Cavaliers 118-107 in Cleveland on Friday night.

The Raptors made 19 of 35 three-point attempts — Fred VanVleet had three in a span of about two-and-a-half minutes…