CLEVELAND—The barrage came in every imaginable way, in transition and from the corners, off one pass or two passes or lovely drive and kick sets that caught everyone napping.
The Toronto Raptors knew what the Cleveland Cavaliers were going to try to do to them here Monday night and were a step and a heartbeat slow from being able to stop it.
The Cavaliers, one of the highest volume, most successful three-point shooting teams in the NBA this season, ran the Raptors out of the Quicken Loans Arena with stretches of dynamic long-distance shooting in a 116-105 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal Monday night.