The Toronto Raptors started out their road trip against the league-leading Cleveland Cavaliers in a matchup that came down to the Raptors’ defence trying to overpower the offence of their opponent. Despite significant effort and organization at the defensive end, part of a positive trend over the last few games of the season, it wasn’t enough to overcome Cleveland, who continues to have the highest field goal percentage, 3 point percentage, and offensive rating in the NBA.
Toronto started Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett, Gradey Dick, Jakob Poeltl, and Ochai Agbaji. They battled throughout the matchup, with strong contributions from Barnes, Barrett, Poeltl, and Mogbo off the bench, although it was an uphill battle from wire to wire.