NBA Playoff Schedule 2016: Cavaliers vs. Raptors Game 2 Info, Predictions

“It’s not how many times you get hit, it’s how many times you get up that matters,” they say.

It looks like the Toronto Raptors are going to get hit hard four times, and stay down for good after that.

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers opened up a can of you-know-what on the No. 2 seed in Game 1 Tuesday night, which ended in a 115-84 blowout.

It was every bit as ugly as the score indicates.

Kyrie Irving dropped a smooth 27 points to lead the scoring charge, and LBJ had himself a feast in the middle with Toronto center Jonas Valanciunas sidelined. No. 23 finished with 24 points, six rebounds and four assists while shooting 11-of-13 from the field.

Will the Raptors steal Game 2, or at least make the Cavaliers sweat?

Here’s how to watch and see.

Key Info

Predictions

J.R. Smith gets back on track

You can only keep Earl Smith Jr. down for so long

The eccentric shooting guard finished Game 1 with just five points on 1-of-5 shooting. He failed to make a three-pointer (0-3) for the first time all postseason.

The Cavaliers rode his stroke in their sweep of the Atlanta Hawks, which featured an average of 11 points and 3.5 nightly triples from Smith. He shot an unreal 50 percent from distance while firing seven bombs a night.

That’s Smith’s game, though—red-hot or freezing-cold. Throughout these playoffs, he’s been more fire than ice, making Tuesday’s dud the exception rather than the rule.

Expect to see a sharper Smith on …

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