NBA Game Summary - Cleveland at Toronto

11.7.2005

Toronto, ON (Basketball News) - LeBron James had 27 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors, 105-93, at Air Canada Centre.

James shot 9-for-17 and added six assists for the Cavaliers, who snapped a two-game skid.

Drew Gooden had 12 points and 10 boards, and Donyell Marshall had 12 points and 11 rebounds against his former team for Cleveland, which outrebounded Toronto, 47-30.

Chris Bosh had 26 points and 12 rebounds, and Mike James added 17 points and six assists for the Raptors, who have lost four in a row to start the season.

The Cavaliers jumped out to an early 7-0 lead thanks to the Raptors missing their first four shots. However, Toronto found its scoring touch and tallied eight straight points, capped off by a Bosh slam to make the score 8-7 with 7:20 left in the first quarter.

Toronto led by three points with 1:15 left in the opening 12 minutes, but Marshall hit a three-pointer with 47 seconds left and the score was tied 24-24 going into the second quarter.

Cleveland went on a 15-4 run to start the second 12 minutes and led 39-28 when Marshall drained a three-pointer with 7:40 to play in the half.

Toronto got as close as four points when Bosh nailed a jump shot to make it 43-39 with 4:45 left, but could not close the gap and Cleveland went into the intermission with a 51-45 lead.

The Cavaliers got the first six points of the third quarter and had a 57-45 lead after LeBron James nailed a jump shot two minutes into the second half.

The Raptors cut the Cavaliers’ lead to seven points when Mike James hit a jumper to make it 67-60 with less than three minutes to play in the period, but the Cavaliers outscored them 7-4 in the final minutes of the third and went into the last stanza ahead by 10 points, 74-64.

Toronto got within seven points early in the fourth quarter after Bosh put a layup in to cut Cleveland’s lead to 74-67. Cleveland went on an 11-2 run with Damon Jones putting in a three-pointer and two free throws, and Larry Hughes nailing two free throws to give Cleveland an 85-69 cushion with less than eight minutes remaining in regulation.

LeBron James gave the Cavaliers their largest lead of the night with a slam from the right side to make the score 99-80 with a little over three minutes left.

The Raptors finished the game with a 7-0 run, but it was too little too late.

Toronto has had at least one three-point field goal in 536 games, the longest current streak in the NBA...This is the first time the Raptors have started a season 0-4...Toronto has been outscored by an average of 14 points and have been outrebounded 194-148 in the four losses...Bosh has two double-doubles this year...Cleveland leads the all-time series, 22-19, and has won three of its last four at Toronto.

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