The defending NBA Champions the Cleveland Cavaliers will take to the road to square off with the Toronto Raptors at the Air Canada Centre for a re-match of the 2016 Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavaliers dismissed the Raptors in five games in this series and the most recent meeting between the two was in Toronto, where the Cavs finished off the Raps in route to their NBA crown. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:05 PM EDT and to be broadcasted on SportsOne.
Cleveland Cavaliers at Toronto Raptors Overview
The champs come in off a 117-88 thrashing of the New York Knicks at home in Cleveland. The coronation of the Cavs’ 2016 NBA Championship was done with style but at the expense of New York Knicks franchise that has struggled mightily in the previous couple of seasons.
Toronto comes in off a 109-91 victory against Cleveland’s fellow Central Division constituent Detroit. The Pistons qualified for the playoffs in 2015 as an eight seed and were swept by the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs. Toronto looks to repeat success as the defending Atlantic Division champion who broke franchise records for wins in route to their #2 seed in the 2016 Playoffs.
Cleveland at Toronto Key Betting Trends
- Both Cleveland and Toronto enter at 1-0 SU while also posting a 1-0 ATS record.
- Overall, the Cavaliers have won six of the last ten contests between these two sides.
- All of Toronto’s four wins in this sample came in the Air Canada Centre.
Public Money Consensus
As expected almost all are in on Cleveland, as we have seen 90% of the public jump on the Cavaliers against the spread. On the Money Line, the Cavaliers are offered as a significant road favorite at the price of -140, opposed to Toronto who enters as a +120 home pup. As for the Total Line, we have seen 72% of the consensus like the Over in a Total Line market currently at 204.5
