La rivalidad de Cavaliers y Raptors durante la temporada regular ha quedado demostrada al mas alto nivel en la serie por el titulo de la Conferencia del este en la que cada equipo a hecho valer su condicion de local…
Los de Cleveland se impusieron en su estadio en el quinto partido por 116-78 para tomar la delantera en la serie al mejor de 7, 3-2…y regresar a Toronto para el sexto partido el viernes en la noche…
Los vinotinto y oro buscaran algo que no consiguieron durante la temporada regular, ir al Air Canada Centre y ganar y asi lograr la final de la NBA, de lo contrario volverian a casa para un septimo partido el domingo en la noche…
Despues de frustrantes derrotas en los partidos 3 y 4, los tres grandes tomaron control LeBron James, Kyrie Irving y Kevin Love se combinaron para 71 puntos de los 116. y pusieron las cosas en orden.
The Cavaliers and Raptors battled all season long attempting to lock up the top seed – and homecourt advantage – in the East. And five games into the Conference Finals, the importance of that accomplishment has become abundantly clear.
The Cavaliers continued the trend that’s shaped the series – throttling the Raptors, 116-78, in Game 5 to take a 3-2 lead heading back to Toronto on Friday night.
If the Wine and Gold can do something they haven’t done all season – come out of the Air Canada Centre with a win – they’ll wrap up the Eastern Conference and make their second straight trip to the NBA Finals. Lose, and it’s back to The Q for Game 7 on Sunday night.
After a pair of frustrating losses north of the border in Games 3 and 4, the Cavaliers – led by their Big Three – came out ready to rumble on Wednesday night, blowing the game open in the first quarter and cruising from there.
In just three quarters of work, Cleveland’s power troika of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love nearly outscored the point total Toronto posted in four – combining for 71 points in the win.
On the defensive end, the Cavs handled Toronto’s dynamic backcourt duo of DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry – who combined for 67 points in Game 4 – to just 27 points on 7-for-20 shooting in Game 5.