After taking care of business at home, Raptors hope to steal one in Cleveland

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TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors took care of business at home, evening their Eastern Conference finals series with the heavily favored Cleveland Cavaliers at 2-2 on Monday night and surprising a lot of people in the process.

But now they’re headed back to Cleveland, the place where they lost Games 1 and 2 by a combined 50 points, and they know they need to be better if they’re going to pull off a road upset in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

“Does it give us some confidence winning two games at home? Yes,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said during a conference call Tuesday. “But I will say this: It’s going to be a different animal back in Cleveland, as it is in every series. When you go into another team’s home territory, it’s a little bit tougher. But it does give us more rhythm and more confidence going against them, now that we have a little bit better feel of what we can and cannot do against this team.”

According to ESPN Stats & Information, in a best-of-seven series tied at 2, the Game 5 winner goes on to win the series 82 percent of the time. The Cavaliers took control in Game 1 with a 15-0 run bridging the end of the first and the beginning of the second quarters, and then pulled away with a 16-2 spurt at the end of the first half in Game 2.

Raptors coach Dwane Casey on Game 5 in Cleveland: “… we have a little bit better feel of what we can and cannot do against this team.” Nick Turchiaro/USA TODAY Sports

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