NBA Playoff Preview: Game 5 Toronto at Cleveland

The Eastern Conference Finals return to Cleveland tonight giving the either the Raptors or the Cavaliers the chance to untie the series which is currently set at 2-2. The last time the two met up resulted in a Raptor’s victory 105-99 on Monday night. Each game this series has been won by the host team. The Cavs won the first two of the series by a combined 50 points.

Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan are part of the reason why the Raptors are doing so well in this series. The Raptors shot 54 percent in Game 4 and Lowry and DeRozan made over 60 percent of their attempts. The duo also added 67 points combined to their winning score in Game 4. This was also their highest scoring game together. Demar DeRozan feels that forgetting about the bad games really helped him to be able to bounce back and do well. The Raptors will need to keep that same momentum while in Ohio as they have struggled with road games going 2-6 on the road during the playoffs.

It's @BMO Raptors Game Day! Game 5 goes down tonight in Cleveland at 8:30pm.

Preview: https://t.co/OFIhBt4N79https://t.co/3ddpJXguAk

— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) May 25, 2016

The Cavs have been inconsistent from the field, allowing the Raptors back in the series after leading 2-0 before heading up north to Toronto.  The Cavs haven’t lost consecutive games to an Eastern Conference opponent since they faced the Boston Celtics in 2010 and lost the last three games of the conference semifinals.

The last two games, the Cavs haven’t even eclipsed the 100-point mark, which is something they haven’t done for nearly two months this season. Cleveland has attempted 78 3-pointers over the past two games but they have only made 32 percent of them. Lebron James feels however that this is something that is only pinpointed out during a loss. James also feels that he will embrace the feeling over being on his home court and that calmness will carry over to the rest of the team.

"We hear you up there. We hear everybody in the whole entire arena."

Cleveland, are you ready to go? #ALLin216 pic.twitter.com/sBlsV06Z4b

— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) May 25, 2016

To see who breaks the tie tonight in Cleveland, catch the action starting at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN.