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What you need to know about Raptors and Cavaliers in Game 1

Here's everything you need to know as Toronto and Cleveland tip off their second-round series.

He's ready and waiting. (Joe Robbins / Getty Images)

The Raptors will be fighting two kinds of history tonight.

First, they’re 1-11 all time in the opening games of playoff series. The Cavs, meanwhile, have never lost a Game 1 when opening a playoff series on five or more days rest. Their layoff before tonight’s game? Eight days.

Here’s everything you need to know.

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TIPOFF: 7 PM

TV: TSN

PROBABLE STARTERS

Raptors: PG Kyle Lowry, SG DeMar DeRozan, SF Demarre Carroll, PF Serge Ibaka, C Jonas Valanciunas; Cavaliers: PG Kyrie Irving, SG J.