LeBron at home away from home

That streak ended when Toronto beat the Cavs in Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, but the Raptors couldn’t duplicate the feat this time around.

The Cavs can complete the sweep of the Raptors on Sunday afternoon at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

Cavaliers forward LeBron James, right, shoots over Raptors forward Serge Ibaka during the second half of Game 3 of their second-round series Friday night in Toronto. “Going straight forward will be OK”.

The Raptors were still talking about the play Friday morning, as well as other sideshow moments in the series: a Cleveland-based reporter suggesting to Toronto coach Dwane Casey that his team was “dominated” in Game 1, and James pretending to take a sip from a beer bottle in the opener.

“You still can’t take away everything we accomplished this year”, DeRozan said after Saturday’s practice. Maybe Toronto shows some pride in Sunday’s Game 4 and steals a victory, but it’s almost impossible to see this series going any longer than five games. “But I am still confident with us going home”. “The selflessness just starts to go throughout the entire team and we all start to feel really good”.

The Cavs seemed in command after an Iman Shumpert layup gave the Cavs a 37-28 lead with 9:29 left in the second quarter. He looked himself for the first time in the series – getting opportunities, drawing fouls and vaulting over his defenders to hit jumpers in a 13-point quarter.

Joseph had 22 points on Wednesday, but much of it was in the fourth quarter after both coaches had emptied their benches. I know there is another level we can get to.

Cleveland used a 12-0 run in the first quarter to stamp their authority on the game, as the Raptors missed seven straight shots and their offensive struggles continued. James hit 15-of-16 free throws.

But as is usually the case, it was LeBron James who delivered the final nails in the Raptors’ coffin. James started the game trailing Jordan by 211 points with 5,776 points.

The Raptors were happy to be home after being routed by a combined 33 points in Games 1 and 2 in Cleveland, buoyed by the fact they were in the same position last season. He ran his career field goal total in the playoffs to 2,047, passing Shaquille O’Neal for the third-most in National Basketball Association postseason history.

Valanciunas contributed 15 points for the Raptors, while Norman Powell added 13 points and Ibaka 12.

The Cavs continued to double-team DeRozan, just as they did in the first two games. They have no answer for James, and the Cavs keep finding different players to help their star glittering even brighter.

The Cavaliers in comparison were red hot from the field in the first period – hitting 12 of 17 from the floor including a flawless 5 of 5 from beyond the arc.

LeBron James is delivering devastation to the Raptors and the Cavaliers is running away with the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The Cavs did just that in an area where it counts the most – rebounding, demolishing Toronto on the boards, 49-25.

Drake had a front-row seat to Toronto’s Game 3 loss to the Cavs. Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love had 16 apiece for Cleveland.

The game began with some bad news from a Raptors’ perspective when Lowry, who looked to have made a stunningly quick recovery from a Game 2 ankle injury, had his night end in the pre-game warmups when he abruptly left the court and headed back to the locker room.