One of the NBA’s most tightly-contested first-round series came to an end on Sunday night, as the Cavaliers scored a statement Game 7 victory over the Raptors, 114–102.
Home court advantage proved to be everything in the series. The home team won all seven games, most of which were quite competitive, though Cleveland left nothing to chance in the second half against Toronto. The game brings to a close a promising season for a growing Raptors franchise, which has just one main rotation player in his 30s (center Jakob Poeltl, who is exactly 30). The team’s top nine players in minutes per game had an average age of under 25.
