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The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference second round series on Tuesday night. The Cavs came back from a 14-point first-half deficit to defeat the Raptors in overtime 113-112, and after the game, Cleveland center Kendrick Perkins got into a heated confrontation with rapper and Raptors ambassador Drake. […]

Tristan Thompson has been a key cog the last few years for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but this year he had a lot of distractions and his play really suffered. He dealt with injuries most of the season and then right before the playoffs started there were rumors that he cheated on Khloe Kardashian. With that […]

According to a report from Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue spoke with Larry Nance Jr. prior to Game 1 to let him know that he will be temporarily out of the rotation due to the emergence of Tristan Thompson. Thompson, now 27 years of age, had a solid outing in […]

Thanks in large part to another solid outing from LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers managed to squeak by with a 113-112 overtime victory in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup against the Toronto Raptors. Now, with Game 2 at the proverbial door and adjustments needing to be made, Raptors head coach Dwayne Casey […]

After a less-than-stellar showing through the early stages of this season’s playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ bench squad came through with a solid outing in Tuesday night’s 113-112 overtime win over the Toronto Raptors. Now, with Game 2 slated for Thursday night, LeBron James is remaining confident in Cleveland’s second unit. “What do you think your […]

LeBron James isn’t just known as a good basketball player. He is also known for being a social activist and a good businessman, and it looks like another one of his earlier financial decisions is paying off big. In 2011 James bought two percent of English soccer club Liverpool, which just advanced to the UEFA […]

LeBron James was surprised upon finding out that his team’s Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Toronto Raptors is the only one that doesn’t have two games of rest in between. “It’s kinda weird we’re the only series that does not get two days in between games,” James told reporters, according to Sports Illustrated. “That’s […]

After essentially disappearing for nearly the entire 2017-2018 NBA season, Cleveland Cavaliers veteran center Tristan Thompson seems to be playing like his old self.  His recent performance has been one of the biggest reasons why Cleveland was able to win Game 7 of the first round against the Indiana Pacers. It’s also why the Cavs […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers escaped Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals with a road win over the Toronto Raptors, but Kevin Love is not getting away from the wrath of NBA review. According to Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports, the Cavs power forward’s offensive foul on DeMar DeRozan which happened after he hit inadvertently elbowed […]

How do you solve a problem like Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Kevin Love having to guard the big and mighty Jonas Valanciunas of the Toronto Raptors? Keep going to that matchup, apparently. Love will start at center for Game 2 in the second-round series of the Cavaliers against the Raptors, per Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com. […]

After Tuesday night’s 113-112 victory, the Cleveland Cavaliers are now leading their Eastern Conference Semifinals series against the Toronto Raptors, 1-0. Though they trailed right up to the final horn in regulation, several players, including Kyle Korver, stepped up to lend the Cavs a helping hand when it mattered most — in overtime. “Everybody contributed […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers grabbed an impressive Game 1 road overtime win in the Eastern Conference Semifinals over the Toronto Raptors to take away home court advantage for the series. Much of this was done behind the all-around effort of star forward LeBron James putting together a triple-double effort to help lift his team over the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors in a thrilling Game 1 of their second round series, 113-112. LeBron James finished with 26 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, and two blocks on the night, but received a lot of help from his supporting cast when he needed it most. It was a game where the […]

Tristan Thompson came off the bench in Game 1 against the Toronto Raptors. He played a total of 26 minutes. Each minute, his impact was felt. After the game, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue plans to keep Thompson off the bench, saying that he loves his impact with the second unit. “I like his […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 of their second round series on Tuesday night, 113-112. LeBron James came through with 26 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, two blocks, one steal, and just one turnover on the night, but shot just 12-30 from the field. The game went down to the wire, […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors played Game 1 of their second round series on Tuesday night. It was a tightly contested game for most of the night, especially after the Raptors took a 14 point lead only to see the Cavs storm back and stay within striking distance all night long. On a play […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors started their second round series on Tuesday night in the rowdy Air Canada Centre. Late in the first half, with the Cavs on the comeback trail following a 14-point deficit, LeBron James and Raptors backup guard Fred Van Vleet got into a shoving match. James and Van Vleet appeared […]

Last time out, we looked over the Cavaliers’ biggest threat to their Eastern Conference dominance, the Indiana Pacers. Well, after an ugly, tightly-contested series, the Cavs were able to put the pesky Pacers away in game seven of the first round. With the series-clinching win, the Cavs had one day off to head up to […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers got a very unexpected boost from point guard George Hill in Game 7 of their first round series against the Indiana Pacers, and two days later, it appears he’s ready to go for the start of the second round matchup against the Toronto Raptors. Per Dave McMenamin of ESPN, head coach Tyronn […]

In the NBA, history has shown that mental illness is an issue that not many players talk about. One of the most well-known examples of that is the fall of Delonte West’s career. But recently, DeMar DeRozan and Kevin Love of the Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers, respectively, have opened up the conversation on mental […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have made their way to Toronto for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals and a matchup against the Raptors. Following Tuesday morning’s shootaround at the Air Canada Centre, Cavs superstar LeBron James spoke to members of the media with regards to Toronto’s success this season. For the record, the Raptors were […]

As most fans of the team know, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue elected to start the four remaining members of the 2016 championship-winning squad in Sunday’s closeout win over the Indiana Pacers. The decision paid off in a big way, as Tristan Thompson, who hadn’t played much in this season’s Playoffs until then, had […]

LeBron James didn’t make much of the exhausting toll he’s put on his body after trotting 40-plus minutes in six of seven games in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ first-round series against the Indiana Pacers. Having squeaked by with a 105-101 win in Game 7 after a locker room scare with a minute left in the third […]

The 2018 blockbuster Marvel Studios film “Black Panther” just wasn’t a pop culture hit, it also was more than two-hours worth of celebrating African-American culture. As such, it came as no surprise that the Black Panther fever eventually spilled into The Association as well. The Indiana Pacers’ All-Star guard Victor Oladipo started things off via […]

It took the Cleveland Cavaliers the full route just to get past the first round, as they needed seven games to repulse the Indiana Pacers and book a ticket to the Eastern Conference semifinals. That would not have been possible without the gargantuan effort of Cavs superstar LeBron James, who has done a spectacular job […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors will tip off the Eastern Conference semi-finals on Tuesday night north of the border. The tipoff time for that game will be 8PM EST/5PM PST on TNT, which is not an unusual start time. According to Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com, however, the Cavs and Raptors will tip off […]

On Sunday, the Cleveland Cavaliers edged out the Indiana Pacers to finish out a grueling seven-game first-round playoff series and advance to round two, where they will face the Toronto Raptors. Game 7 was exciting but the best moment of the series came in Game 5, when LeBron James gave the Cavs a 3-2 series […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyle Korver has established himself as one of the best shooters in NBA history. In fact, he’s currently ranked fourth on the NBA’s all-time three-point field goals made list, just behind the likes of Ray Allen, Reggie Miller and Jason Terry. Opposing sides know they can’t leave Korver open, lest they pay […]

Shortly after Sunday’s Game 7 win over the Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert shared a bit of good news with his followers on Twitter. Dan’s son, Nick, will once again serve as Cleveland’s representative in the upcoming NBA Draft Lottery. “News of the @cavs death was greatly exaggerated,” Gilbert wrote. “Making it more […]

LeBron James usually performs best when the spotlight is brightest and that was the case in Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers. Game 7’s are also usually one of the most exciting games in any sport, because it’s win or go home, and usually brings out a type of urgency from both teams. Putting those […]

LeBron James has continued to shock fans and pundits with his play in this postseason, trotting a 45-point performance on a Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers to secure the Cleveland Cavaliers’ ticket to another best-of-seven affair with the Toronto Raptors. Yet critics have grown concerned with the massive workload that he’s tasked himself with […]

LeBron James showed a superhuman effort, an Atlas of sorts, carrying the weight of the world on his back, single-handedly propelling his Cleveland Cavaliers to a second-round matchup against the Toronto Raptors after a 45-point masterpiece to finish off the Indiana Pacers in Game 7. “It’s hard to put it into words, but that’s why he’s […]

Thanks in large part to another iconic performance from LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers managed to defeat the Indiana Pacers in Sunday’s Game 7 affair by a score of 105-101. Now, with little time to prepare, James and the Cavs are through to the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, where they’ll face the […]

Kyle Korver is very aware of the heavy load LeBron James has carried for this Cleveland Cavaliers team in the first round, taking an unprepared roster on his broad shoulder and propelling it with three 40-plus-point performances over seven games to squeak past a threatening Indiana Pacers side. The marksman, who only mustered three points […]

For LeBon James fans, their King’s relationship with Lance Stephenson goes a long way. Mentioned in the same sentence, images of the two talking trash, shoving each other, among other antics, immediately come to mind. The rivalry between the Cleveland Cavaliers star and Indiana Pacers swingman has stretched to over 30-playoff games, as observed by ClutchPoints’ […]

Kendrick Perkins didn’t lace up his sneakers in Game 7, but he was drained mentally along with his teammates and those who witnessed the do-or-die game. As reported by Dave McMenamin of ESPN, Perkins bid goodbye to Kevin Love and his team for the night, blaming them for draining him mentally. Kendrick Perkins, who did […]

There is no question about it. Whenever you have LeBron James is on your squad, you are bound to be a contender. In Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers, the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar did all the offensive chores and carried his team to the second round in the process. As observed by SportsCenter, this is […]

Everyone knew coming into these playoffs that if the Cleveland Cavaliers wanted to have success, it would come down to the play of LeBron James, and after their first-round series win against the Indiana Pacers that is even more clear. According to Micah Adams of ESPN, James’ teammates shot 38.8 percent from the field throughout […]

Throughout his illustrious NBA career, Cleveland Cavaliers star forward LeBron James has spent a significant bulk of that time playing in the playoffs. This has helped him rack up a tremendous amount of statistics along the way behind his stellar all-around play on the court that has that has pushed him atop of the list in […]