NBA

Cleveland Cavaliers at Toronto Raptors

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1-0, 1-0 Away
Final
136 - 106

0-1, 0-1 Home

Mobley scores 25, Mitchell adds 21 as Cavaliers rout Raptors 136-106 in season opener

Caris LeVert beats the 3rd-quarter buzzer with a trey

Caris LeVert shot 8 for 9 and scored 19 points, and Jarrett Allen had 14 for the Cavs, whose biggest lead was 33. Cleveland won for the first time in five season-opening meetings with Toronto.

Raptors forward Scottie Barnes shot 3 for 14 and scored nine points in a disappointing season debut.

Toronto’s Chris Boucher scored 18 points off the bench, Gradey Dick added 16 and guard Immanuel Quickley scored 13 points in 14 minutes before exiting because of an injury.

Takeaways Cavaliers: Mobley shot 9 for 14 to help Cleveland outscore Toronto 68-38 in the paint. Dean Wade started in place of the injured Max Strus (right ankle) and had eight rebounds.

Raptors: Toronto kicked off its 30th NBA season by welcoming former stars Damon Stoudamire, T.J. Ford and Jerome Williams back to town, but didn’t offer much on-court excitement in the season opener. The Raptors made 19 turnovers, leading to 30 points for Cleveland. Many in the sellout crowd of 19,800 left early.

Key moment Quickley fell heavily under his own basket when he was fouled in the second quarter. He checked out with 2:24 to go in the first half and did not return. The Raptors said Quickley was ruled out because of a right pelvic contusion.

Key stat Cleveland outscored Toronto 20-4 over the final 5:09 of the first half as the Raptors turned the ball over six times. The Cavs had five dunks in that stretch, three of them from Allen. Cleveland led 69-49 at the break.

Up next The Cavaliers play their home opener against Detroit on Friday night. Toronto hosts former coach Nick Nurse and the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.

Regular Season Series

CLE leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Raptors: 31.0%
Cavaliers: 69.0%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 136 - 106
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 136 - 106
4th 17.1 shot clock turnover 136 - 106
4th 41.1 Garrett Temple makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot 136 - 106
4th 53.0 Isaac Okoro makes 1-foot dunk (Ty Jerome assists) 136 - 104

Statistics

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51-87 FG 36-86
58.6 Field Goal % 41.9
14-30 3PT 12-31
46.7 Three Point % 38.7
20-26 FT 22-29
76.9 Free Throw % 75.9
36 Rebounds 38
8 Offensive Rebounds 14
28 Defensive Rebounds 24
29 Assists 25
10 Steals 8
9 Blocks 6
12 Turnovers 18
1 Team Turnovers 1
13 Total Turnovers 19
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 30
16 Fast Break Points 13
68 Points in Paint 38
22 Fouls 24
33 Largest Lead 7

Game Information

Scotiabank Arena

Location: Toronto, ON
Attendance: 19,800 · Capacity:

2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 4 0 1.000 - W4
Chicago 2 2 .500 2 W1
Indiana 1 3 .250 3 L3
Milwaukee 1 3 .250 3 L3
Detroit 0 4 .000 4 L4

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 4 0 1.000 - W4
New York 1 2 .333 2.5 L1
Brooklyn 1 2 .333 2.5 W1
Philadelphia 1 2 .333 2.5 W1
Toronto 1 3 .250 3 L2
Full Standings

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