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Cleveland Cavaliers: How Well Do They Matchup With Toronto?

By Nathan Beighle

May 27, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) drives to the basket as Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) tries to defend during the third quarter in game six of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. The Cleveland Cavaliers won 113-87. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports
May 27, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) drives to the basket as Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) tries to defend during the third quarter in game six of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. The Cleveland Cavaliers won 113-87. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports /
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It is official. The Cleveland Cavaliers will battle the Toronto Raptors in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs beginning on Monday.

After a thrilling Game 6 in which Toronto almost blew another massive lead, the Raptors finally put away an underrated Milwaukee Bucks team. And, since the Cleveland Cavaliers demolished the Pacers in four, it seems our first second round matchup is set.

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The regular season matchup between these two teams was dominated by the Cavaliers. They won all three of the match ups that LeBron played in. They lost the season finale that James rested in.

We can learn a lot from how these teams played in the regular season, and just like most other games these were the LeBron show. James scored over 27 points per game on 50%+ from the field in his three battles with Toronto.

On the other side of the ball, DeMar DeRozan lit up the Cavs in the regular season — kinda. He scored 29.7 points per game, but he had to take about 26 shots per game to get there. Both him and Lowry will need to be huge for the Raptors if they plan to even avoid a sweep.

In the end, the regular season match ups will not be able to tell the whole story. The Toronto Raptors made several late season additions just for this scenario. They added a big like Serge Ibaka and a “LeBron-stopper” in P.J. Tucker.  Regardless of who the Raptors added, this series will be ending with one team coming out on top, and I’m sorry for those Raptor fans that actually have hope for their team.

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The Eastern Conference still lives in the LeBron-era, and he will again punish the Toronto Raptors in hopefully just a quick four games.