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Cavaliers take convincing 2-0 series lead
- Updated: May 20, 2016
12:18 AM ET
The Cleveland Cavaliers continued their extremely hot playoff start with a 108-89 win over the Toronto Raptors Thursday night.
Cleveland became the fourth team in NBA history to start a postseason with at least 10 consecutive wins. Only one of the previous three teams to do so went on to win the NBA Title.
Most Consecutive Wins to Start Postseason
NBA History
Result2001Lakers11Won title1989Lakers11Lost in NBA Finals2016Cavaliers10?2012Spurs10Lost in Conf Finals
Cleveland has won 17 consecutive playoff games against the Eastern Conference, the longest streak of intraconference playoff wins since the inception of the conference format in 1970-71.
The Cavaliers are the 12th team to win each of the first two games of a Conference Finals by double-digits. Each of the previous 11 went on to win the series — though only one …
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