Game ID: 22400067
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Toronto Raptors
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 32 17 30 27 106CLE 33 36 36 31 136
CLE @ TOR ScoutingCLE @ TOR Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
TOR availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
TOR availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
TOR availability going into 10/26 · back-to-back
full strength
TOR availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's restOUT Quickley missed 2 since 10/25, out tonight
TOR availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Quickley missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
CLE availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
CLE availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
CLE availability going into 10/26 · back-to-back
full strength
CLE availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's rest
full strength
CLE availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's rest
full strength
10/23 vs CLE 106-136 — TOR notes
TOR lost 106-136. TOR shot 42% (36 of 86) to CLE's 59%, 12 of 31 from three. TOR turned it over 18 times to CLE's 12, and CLE turned those into 10 steals. Boucher led with 18 (5 of 9, 4 of 5 from three, 4 of 6 at the line); Dick added 16, Quickley 13. Q1 was theirs, 32-33, but the other 3 periods went 103-74 against them. Barnes's -33 in 26 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/23 @ TOR 136-106 — CLE notes
CLE won 136-106. CLE shot 59% (51 of 87) to TOR's 42%, 14 of 30 from three. CLE turned it over 12 times to TOR's 18. Mobley led with 25 (9 of 14, 6 of 6 at the line); Mitchell added 21, LeVert 19. The hinge was Q2, 36-17: a lead of 1 became 20, and the lead reached 33. Mitchell was the night's best plus/minus at +31.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CLECL C. LeVert
CP C. Porter Jr.
DG D. Garland
DM D. Mitchell
DW D. Wade
EM E. Mobley
GN G. Niang
IO I. Okoro
JA J. Allen
JT J. Tyson
SM S. Merrill
TJ T. Jerome
TT T. Thompson
TORBF B. Fernando
CB C. Boucher
GD G. Dick
GT G. Temple
IQ I. Quickley
JB J. Battle
JM J. Mogbo
JP J. Poeltl
JS J. Shead
OA O. Agbaji
PÖ Pöltl
SB S. Barnes
UC U. Chomche
CLE/TOR the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Mobley scores 25, Mitchell adds 21 as Cavaliers rout Raptors 136-106 in season opener
TORONTO -- — Evan Mobley scored 25 points, Donovan Mitchell had 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers routed the Toronto Raptors 136-106 on Wednesday night.
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.