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Big upset, No. 2 in the Eastern Conference collapsed! Mitchell scored 31+6 in the air, and the Twin Towers scored 7 points and 6 points for display.

12:14pm, 14 November 2025【Basketball】

The pattern of the Eastern Conference is a bit chaotic this season. The Greens lost Tatum, the Bucks only have one superstar left in Antetokounmpo, and the Pacers' Haliburton is also out for the season. This has changed the top teams in the Eastern Conference. Currently, the Pistons are No. 1 in the Eastern Conference, the Knicks are No. 3, and the 76ers are No. 4. Fortunately, the Cavaliers, the dominant team in the Eastern Conference last season, ranked No. 2 in the Western Conference and performed pretty well!

The Cavaliers currently have a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, ranking second in the Eastern Conference. Compared with last season, they are far inferior, but this season the Cavaliers have indeed encountered a lot of trouble! The core Garland is injured and has not returned yet. The team is somewhat deficient on the outside. Strus is also injured, causing the team's forward line to decline a lot. The team's overall dominance is also declining. They still need to further find their form!

The Cavaliers did not play very well, but they can still gain a foothold in today's Eastern Conference. In this game, they will face the challenge of the Raptors at home. This game is a game that the team must win!

The Raptors' performance this season is pretty good, with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses, ranking 8th in the Eastern Conference. There is hope of reaching the playoffs this season, but compared to the Cavaliers, there is still a relatively large gap between the two sides. It is not that easy for the Raptors to win!

As soon as the game started, the two teams entered into a very fast rhythm. The Raptors made more achievements. Ingram and Barrett scored points one after another. Mitchell teamed up with Hunter to respond. The two teams started to fight on the court, and the score was very tight! During the tug-of-war, Mitchell stood up and scored consecutive points inside. Led by him, the Cavaliers launched an 11:2 offensive and took a 2-digit lead in one fell swoop! But the good times didn't last long, and then the Cavaliers' offense fell into a sluggish state. The Raptors made more points to narrow the gap, only falling behind by 1 point in the first quarter! The Cavaliers' shooting percentage continued to decline in the second quarter, mainly because no one on the bench scored at all, and the Raptors entered the state. Barnes and Quickley led the team to launch a fierce attack. With a 19:9 offensive wave, the Raptors took a 2-digit lead in one fell swoop! Seeing that the situation was not good, Hunter and Meryl scored 3 consecutive points for the Cavaliers to stop the decline, chasing the point difference to 7 points at halftime, without letting the score completely open!

After the break, the Raptors' ferocious offense continued. With more flourishes, they once widened the point difference to 17 points! Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Mitchell stepped forward and kept getting inside the Raptors, scoring points with free throws and narrowing the gap between the two teams! Barnes scored a layup, and Mitchell responded with a mid-range shot. Barrett and Quickley scored consecutively, and Mitchell continued to cause damage. Although Mitchell played very hard, other teammates did not perform well. With Quickley scoring 3 points in a row, the point difference between the two teams widened again. The Cavaliers also lost their last hope and lost the game helplessly 113:126!

They were defeated by 13 points. They were still at home and lost to an opponent whose ranking and strength were far inferior to their own. The Cavaliers suffered a big upset in this game. As the second place in the Eastern Conference, they collapsed!

The Raptors played really well in this game. 5 players on the team scored in double figures, and 3 players scored 20+ points! Barnes scored 28 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 blocks. His personal performance became more and more versatile, and he has become the absolute core of the Raptors! Poeltl scored 20 points and 7 rebounds. Although he is a blue-collar center, he took the absolute initiative against the Cavaliers' interior twin towers, which is also the key to the Raptors' victory! Quickley scored 25 points and 6 assists, and made 5 of 7 3-pointers. Such sharp outside firepower also left the Cavaliers helpless!

Looking at the Cavaliers, their performance is really unsatisfactory! Although the Cavaliers also had 5 players score in double figures in this game, their offensive efficiency was not high. Mitchell relied on his personal impact to score 31 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. However, except for him, no one on the Cavaliers could stand up, especially their twin towers, which were completely decorated!

For the Cavaliers to rise, the twin interior towers are the key, but the two players in this game were completely misfired! Mobley Jr. made 2 of 7 in the game and only scored 7 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Not only did his offense fail, his defense was also riddled with holes and he was completely out of shape! Allen wasn't much better, scoring 6 points and 8 rebounds on 3-of-6 shooting. The performance of the Twin Towers was not as good as that of a blue-collar center, Poeltl. If the Cavaliers wanted to win, they had absolutely no chance!