Game thread: Toronto Raptors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Pascal Siakam turns the corner against Lauri Markkanen.Welcome back to “Every Game is the Most Important Game of the Season”! The Toronto Raptors, who currently sit 2.5 games ahead of the now nearly-full-health Brooklyn Nets, are primed to take on the team that currently sits one game ahead of them, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Not only do the Cavs sit a game ahead of Toronto, they also reside in the final, guaranteed playoff seed. To say the Raptors need this one would be an understatement, as a 1-game play-in would be best avoided.

Both teams come into the game banged up. Toronto is still without one of, if not their best defender, in OG Anunoby, as well as their walking, well-dressed…