Toronto Raptors suffer a narrow defeat against Cleveland Cavaliers
Toronto Raptors suffer a narrow defeat against Cleveland Cavaliers
The Toronto Raptors experienced a narrow defeat against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday in the NBA. With a final score of 126: 132, the raptors had to give up the unbeaten league leader. This defeat already means the 30th this season, with a total of 38 games. The Viennese Jacob Pöltl played 33 minutes, scored 17 points, collected seven rebounds, gave six assists and steered three steals and a block.
Although the raptors led 93:81 in the third quarter, they could not bring the lead to the finish. Two minutes before the end it was 126: 124 for the Cavaliers, and the tension was noticeable. Darius Garland took the lead for Cleveland and achieved a season best of 40 points, while Donovan Mitchell was spared. Despite the outstanding performance of Scottie Barnes with 24 points and Chris Boucher with 23 points, Toronto had to go out again as a loser, such as Yahoo Sports reported.
The upcoming challenge
The Raptors are already competing with the Detroit Pistons next Saturday, who also have a hard season and have just lost against the Golden State Warriors. The raptors have to concentrate quickly to get out of their previous away record of 1:17, while the Cavaliers want to continue their impressive run, as krone.at reported.| Details | |
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