Cleveland Cavaliers @ Toronto Raptors
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON | Game ID: 22400774
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 17 26 35 30 108CLE 41 27 32 31 131
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East-leading Cavaliers rout Raptors 131-108 for 8th win in 9 games
TORONTO -- — Donovan Mitchell scored 21 points and the East-leading Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 131-108 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight victory and eighth in the last nine games.
Tempers flared at the final buzzer after Cleveland’s Tristan Thompson dunked with four seconds left. Toronto’s Scottie Barnes and Jamal Shead confronted Thompson near center court for an exchange of words.
De’Andre Hunter scored 18 points, Sam Merrill had 16 and Darius Garland 15 for the Cavaliers in the final game for both teams before the All-Star break. Jarrett Allen added 13 points and 10 rebounds and Evan Mobley had 12 points and 15 rebounds
Hunter’s 3-pointer with 5:19 left in the third put the Cavs up 95-56. The 39-point edge was Cleveland’s biggest of the game.
RJ Barrett scored 27 points for Toronto after missing four games while he was in the concussion protocol. Barnes had 16 points and 11 rebounds. The Raptors have lost five of six.
Takeaways Cavaliers: Cleveland completed a four-game season sweep of Toronto. Three of the four meetings were double-digit wins and the combined margin of victory was 73 points.
Raptors: Toronto trailed 68-43 at the intermission, its biggest halftime deficit of the season.
Key moment Max Strus scored nine of his 14 points as Cleveland took control of the game with a 23-4 run midway through the first quarter. The Cavs led 41-17 after one.
Key stat Cleveland improved to 19-6 on the road. Only Boston (22-6) has a better road record.
Up next Cleveland is at Brooklyn on Feb. 20 in its first game following the break. The Raptors will host Miami on Feb. 21.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CLECP C. Porter Jr.
DG D. Garland
DH D. Hunter
DM D. Mitchell
EB E. Bates
EM E. Mobley
JA J. Allen
JT J. Tyson
LT L. Travers
MS M. Strus
SM S. Merrill
TT T. Thompson
TORGD G. Dick
IQ I. Quickley
JB J. Battle
JM J. Mogbo
JS J. Shead
JW J. Walter
OA O. Agbaji
OR O. Robinson
RB R. Barrett
SB S. Barnes
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
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