Raptors force Game 5 with 93-89 Game 4 win, series tied 2-2
- Toronto beat Cleveland 93-89 in Game 4 on Sunday as Scottie Barnes and Brandon Ingram scored 23 each to even the series. - Toronto closed on a 10-2 run, won despite shooting 4-for-30 from three, and turned Cleveland’s 18 turnovers into a late opening. - The Cavaliers’ 2-0 lead is gone, and Game 5 shifts to Cleveland on April 29. (nba.com)
The Toronto Raptors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 93-89 on Sunday in Game 4, tying their Eastern Conference first-round series at 2-2. (nba.com) (apnews.com) Scottie Barnes scored 23 points and hit the go-ahead free throws with 34 seconds left. Brandon Ingram also scored 23 for Toronto at Scotiabank Arena. (nba.com) (apnews.com) RJ Barrett added 18 points, and Collin Murray-Boyles finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Toronto won even while shooting 4-for-30 from three-point range. (nba.com) Cleveland led for much of the game, but Toronto closed the final 1:54 on a 10-2 run. The Cavaliers committed 18 turnovers, compared with 12 by the Raptors. (nba.com) (espn.com) Donovan Mitchell scored 20 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, but finished 6-for-24 from the field. James Harden added 19 points for Cleveland. (nba.com) Mitchell missed two shots in the final 25 seconds, including a three-pointer that would have tied the game. He also committed an eight-second violation with 49 seconds left after Toronto cut the deficit to one. (nba.com) The series looked firmly in Cleveland’s control after the Cavaliers won the first two games at home. Toronto has now answered with back-to-back wins to turn the matchup into a best-of-three. (nba.com) (usatoday.com) Game 5 is set for Wednesday, April 29, in Cleveland, with Game 6 scheduled for May 1 in Toronto. If needed, Game 7 would be May 3 back in Cleveland. (nba.com) “We just never, never flinched,” Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said after Toronto’s second straight postseason win. Cleveland coach Kenny Atkinson said Toronto had the “physicality advantage” over the last two games. (nba.com)
