Raptors at Cavaliers
Cleveland leads 1-0. Game 2, 7 p.m., TNT NEED TO KNOW: The Cavaliers are 5-0 in this postseason and 29-4 against Eastern Conference opponents dating to 2015. The Raptors handed them two of those losses last year in Toronto but they’ve been overwhelmed in Cleveland, where the Cavaliers have won the four postseason matchups by an average of 24.8 points. KEEP AN EYE ON: Who else? LeBron James. James scored 35 points in the opener and if he matches that would move into second place on a pair of postseason scoring lists. He’s 24 points behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (5,762) in career points and tied with Kobe Bryant with 88 30-point games. INJURY UPDATE: Cavs guard J.R. Smith said the team’s medical staff told him there was no structural damage to his surgically repaired right thumb after he banged it in the first half of Game 1. PRESSURE IS ON: DeMar DeRozan. His quiet 19 points Monday were more than eight under his regular-season average, and probably well below what the Raptors need to have a shot in the series. defend their home court again, we have an opportunity to really get into them, but there will be a reaction and we’ll just see how tough we are, see if we can hang in there.” KEEP AN EYE ON: The 3-point line. The Spurs largely took it away from the Rockets during the regular season, limiting them to 29.2 percent shooting. But if Houston can get free like it did in going 22 for 50 in Game 1, San Antonio will be in big trouble. INJURY UPDATE: None to report. PRESSURE IS ON: LaMarcus Aldridge. His four-point performance in Game 1 was his worst in the postseason since coming to San Antonio, and the Spurs have little hope of controlling the tempo if they can’t count on their power forward.