Nobody will pick the Toronto Raptors to win. Nobody should. Cleveland is propelled by the power of LeBron James, and Cleveland has home-court advantage, and the Cavaliers have been putting the blowtorch to everybody in sight. The Raptors lost three games to both the limited Indiana Pacers and the injury-plagued Miami Heat. The Cavaliers have lost two games in the Eastern Conference playoffs over the last two years.
Welcome to the Eastern Conference final, where the Raptors only feel like a typo. They beat good teams all year, Cleveland included, but they have played some of their ugliest basketball in the playoffs.