Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Toronto 59-23, Cleveland 50-32
Game 1 on Tuesday, 01 May: Cleveland wins at Toronto, 113-pts-112 (OT)
Game 2 on Thursday, 03 May: Cleveland wins at Toronto, 128-pts-110
Game 3 on Saturday, 05 May: Toronto loses at Cleveland, 105-pts-103
Game 4 on Monday, 07 May: Toronto loses at Cleveland, 128-pts-93

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted and bested the Toronto Raptors 128-pts-93 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1376 victory. With the series 1376 win, the Cleveland Cavaliers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 22-10 overall and 8-4 (with an active four-Quarterfinals winning streak) in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1376 loss, the Toronto Raptors see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 4-8 overall and 1-3 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Cleveland Cavaliers in series 1376 was WWWW: Series 1376 thus becomes the 29th NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the 80th NBA series (all rounds), and the 226th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Cleveland Cavaliers thus improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 4 record to a perfect 10-0 upon leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-nil.

After Game 3: The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted and defeated the Toronto Raptors 105-pts-103 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1376 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 9-0 and a Game 4 record of 9-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 4 record of 0-2.

After Game 2: The Cleveland Cavaliers visited and topped the Toronto Raptors 128-pts-110 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1376 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 14-0 and a Game 3 record of 9-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 3 record of 2-2.

After Game 1: The Cleveland Cavaliers visited and bested the Toronto Raptors 113-pts-112 in overtime to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1376 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 16-1 (with an active eight-series winning streak [six by sweep]) and a Game 2 record of 14-3 (with an active eight-Game 2 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 3-6 and a Game 2 record of 5-4. The Cleveland Cavaliers trailed the Raptors in Toronto by 14 points after the first quarter, but won series 1376 Game 1. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, road teams down 14 points after one quarter had a game record of 5-37 (.119). In their last fifteen best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which they led 1-game-nil, the Game 2 outcome for the Cleveland Cavaliers matched their series outcome (fourteen wins, one loss).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NBA regular season, the Toronto Raptors finished nine games ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers. From 1947 through the 2018 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by nine regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 24-3 (.889) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1376 is the 12th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Toronto Raptors, and the 32nd for the Cleveland Cavaliers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have an all-rounds series record of 4-7, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 1-2, and a Game 1 record of 2-9, while the Cleveland Cavaliers have an all-rounds series record of 21-10, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 7-4, and a Game 1 record of 17-14. Series 1376 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Toronto Raptors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Cleveland defeated Toronto in series 1314 (in the 2016 NBA Semifinals in six games) and in series 1344 (in the 2017 NBA Quarterfinals in a four-game sweep).