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Toronto at Cleveland 1pm ET

LeBron James looks to help the Cavaliers start turning around their home woes on Saturday when they face the Toronto Raptors, who have lost their last five games in Cleveland.

It will be the classic one great player against a team this afternoon and LBJ is one of those stars that can beat a team all by himself. I think the Raps will have a long day trying to slow down King James but I think as long as they stop another Cavalier from having a big game they should have a great chance to win.

Luckily the one Cav who always gives Toronto headaches is not playing. Anderson Varejao has still not signed a contract with Cleveland. You may remember the game winning dunk he had last year at the ACC.

Toronto has been playing so well on the road I won’t be too surprised if they win today.

Toronto is among the league leaders in 3-point shooting at 43.7 percent and is even better on the road, hitting an NBA-best 50.4 percent.

With all the shooters they can put out there I can see this being a seasonal trend. Do the Cavs have the defense to stop it? It is pretty simple, if the Raps are hitting threes, they are very hard to beat. If they are not hitting them, life gets hard for Bosh on the inside.

I think the combo of AP and Delfino will do a good job on LeBron and I think he will get his 25-30 but not go for 40+.

T.J. Ford is expected to return and I don’t see Cleveland being able to stop the two-headed dragon of Calderon and Ford in the back court.

I am going to predict the Raptors win on the road today, 96-93 in a close game.

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