So much for the No. 1 seed! Toronto's great regular season is going up in smoke, losing the first two games at home to Cleveland. Toronto can't stop LeBron James or the Cavaliers' offense, allowing 113 and 128 points the first two contests. Now they head out on the road and the Raptors are on a 2-7 spread run away from home, 3-10 ATS after a spread loss, and 2-8-1 ATS playing on one day of rest. Toronto allowed 14 three-pointers (40%) in Game 1, then the Cavs shot 59.5% in Game 3, nailing another 11 threes. Cleveland is a veteran team at home with no pressure on them. The Cavaliers are 9-1-1 ATS in their last 11 Conference Semifinals games. The Cavaliers are also 18-1 in playoff series when they win Game 1, so don't look for any bounce back by the shell-shocked visitors. Take Cleveland.
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NBA
Toronto at Cleveland
May 5, 2018
8:30 PM Eastern
1 unit on Cleveland -4 (-112) (risk 1 to return 1.89)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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