Cleveland Cavaliers: 5 Keys To Beating The Raptors

The Cleveland Cavaliers will face the Toronto Raptors in the 2016 Eastern Conference Finals. Here is what they need to do in order to advance.

The Cleveland Cavaliers breezed through the first two rounds of the playoffs and after waiting for more than a week, they will now face off against the second-best team in the Eastern Conference: The Toronto Raptors.

After coming up short in the Finals a year ago, the Cavaliers were the prohibitive favorites to represent the East once again in 2016. After sweeping through Detroit Pistons and the Atlanta Hawks, they look like a team that is clicking on all cylinders.

The Raptors, on the other hand, were the team that many felt would self-destruct at some point. After all, they were eliminated in the first round of the 2014 playoffs by the Brooklyn Nets despite leading that series 3-2.

Then they were swept by the Washington Wizards in Round 1 of last year’s playoffs.

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But despite their previous playoff failures, the Raptors advanced to their first-ever conference finals appearance when they outlasted the Miami Heat in a low-scoring, grind-it-out series that was culminated with a 116-89 victory in Game 7.

Although not many expect the Raptors to beat a playoff-tested Cavaliers squad, they are not a team that should be overlooked. That being said, here is a look at what the Cavaliers need to do in order to get by the Raptors.

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