TORONTO -- Shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, when the curtain finally gets raised and the Cleveland Cavaliers begin a new act, the Toronto Raptors will be on the other side waiting.
In past years this wasn't all that daunting. For all of Toronto's regular season success, the Cavs had LeBron James -- mayor of The North. With him came a mental edge that led to Cavs players chuckling at the notion of the Raptors being some kind of threat.
As Tristan Thompson said recently when running through the East competitors, "Toronto, we already know that story.