NBA Playoffs 2018: Toronto Raptors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Game 1 live stream: Watch online
By Dre Elder
The Raptors will host the Cavaliers to start this Eastern Conference semifinals matchup on Tuesday night. Here is how you can watch Game 1 online.
The Toronto Raptors are out to prove they are a much different team this time around. The Cleveland Cavaliers have swatted them from the playoffs in each of the last two postseasons. However, those Toronto teams played a much slower game that relied heavily on their All-Star backcourt of DeMar Derozan and Kyle Lowry. Now, these Raptors have unleashed a platoon of versatile role players who push the pace and fire freely from distance. DeRozan and Lowry now have adequate reinforcements. LeBron James will need more help than he’s been receiving to advance past one of the NBA’s deepest teams.
The Cavaliers are fresh off a seven-game gauntlet with the Indiana Pacers that left James openly admitting to exhaustion. Many have argued Cleveland was outplayed by Indiana and it took James’ heroics to squeak by. James and Kevin Love were the only Cavaliers to average double-figure scoring in the first round. But Love grossly underwhelmed as the No. 2 option against the Pacers. Cleveland is not a juggernaut anymore and will be in for another fight.
Date: Tue, May 1
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Toronto, ON
Venue: Air Canada Centre
TV Info: TNT, TSN
Live Stream: Watch live on FuboTV. Sign up now for a free seven-day trial. Qualified subscribers can also watch on TNT Overtime.
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TNT will broadcast the game nationally in the United States. TSN will have the local Ontario broadcast which may be subject to blackout. Fans can stream the action live via TNT Drama, FuboTV, and TSN. If you find yourself in the Cleveland area with no access to televisions, then listen live on WTAM 1100 AM. Fanatics in the Toronto area can listen live on TSN 1050. The rest of you can listen live with NBA League Pass, NBA Team Pass, or NBA Team Pass Audio.