Cavs storm back in Game 4, but Raptors hold on for win

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TORONTO — The Cleveland Cavaliers enjoyed one of their most devastating 12 minutes of offensive basketball in the second half Monday night and, considering their playoff run, that’s saying something. But it came after a long stretch of some of their most puzzling play in weeks, and that cost them a valuable playoff game.

The Toronto Raptors evened the Eastern Conference finals at 2-2 with a 105-99 victory after holding on in the face of a vicious Cavs late rally. Yet, as well as the Raptors played — stars Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan were just terrific with a combined 67 points, the most they’ve ever scored as teammates — it really came amid some head-scratching, game-plan adjustments by coach Tyronn Lue.

After spending the past few weeks finding a rhythm that has produced mostly spectacular results, Lue completely changed his rotations in the first half in what seemed like an overreaction from the Game 3 loss.

LeBron James’ minutes soared, the offense stagnated …

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