Game one of two tonight is the #1 seed in the east (10-2) Toronto Raptors up against the Big Three who were supposedly going to dominant the NBA and most likely win it all the (5-6) Cleveland Cavaliers. Now this is the first time LeBron James team has been under the .500 mark for the season. Tonight to look forward to is LeBron taking control of this game as it would be a statement win for the Cavs’ to prove even though they are under .500 that they are still a deadly team. In the game tonight there’s a lot to look for individual match up wise. A match up to look forward to is the ankle crushing, lights out shooter Kyrie Irving up against Kyle Lowry who is a great scorer. Irving who is putting up 21.9 points a game is a deadly player to guard and will be a true test of Lowry’s defense. But for Lowry a help is his excellent scoring because Kyrie is not a strong defender only averaging 1.5 steals a game, but this lack of effort on defense could edge Lowry’s way. Although, Lowry also is not the best defender either only averaging 1.2 steals a game. With both these guards not being strong defenders this Point Guard match up could go either way. Another big match up is Dion Waiters up against the athletic rising star DeMar DeRozan. Waiters is averaging 9.4 points a game is going to have his work cut out for him with DeRozan who is averaging 20.0 points a game who is not only a great scorer but a great defender averaging 1.8 steals a game. Even with DeRozans scoring Waiters is also a very strong defender averaging 1.6 steals a game. Another big factor in the game is who is going to stop LeBron James. LeBron will be defended by Terrance Ross who is averaging less than a steal and block a game. Ross is not gonna be a defensive presence for LeBrons size, physicality and quickness on the court. To go with that Kevin Loves presence down low scoring and rebounding will be too much for Patrick Patterson and Jonas Valanciunis. My opinion on this game is the Raptors won’t be able to contain LeBron and the Cavs will even to .500 record.
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