Cavs take comfortable 2-0 series lead to Toronto

Driving the news: Games 3 and 4 will be played in Toronto — Thursday at 8pm (Amazon Prime) and Sunday at 1pm (ESPN).

• The official local Cavs watch parties will take place at the Clevelander Bar and Grill Thursday and at the new Shooters in the Flats Sunday.

🔒 Weekly winners: Mitchell, Harden, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen have anchored a dominant starting lineup.

• But the defensive prowess of fifth starter Dean Wade — the "White Blanket" — has been most impressive of all.
• Wade held Raptors' leading scorer Brandon Ingram to just seven points on 3-of-15 shooting in Monday's victory.

📉 Weekly losers: Regular-season sharpshooters Sam Merrill and Jaylon Tyson have yet to get comfortable in the brighter lights of the postseason.

• They combined for just eight points Monday.

🙌 Stunning stat: The longest playoff winning streak against a single team in NBA history is 12 — the Cavs against the Raptors; the Cavs against the Detroit Pistons; and the Cavs against the Atlanta Hawks.

• All three streaks are active, meaning the Cavs can break their own NBA record if they win Thursday.

💭 Sam's thought bubble: I have tickets to Game 5 in Cleveland, and I figure I'm in a win-win situation.

• If the Cavs sweep in Toronto, I get my money back. If they don't, I get the chance to see them clinch the series at home.