{"id":622887,"date":"2026-04-23T08:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/622887\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:20:08","slug":"raptors-try-to-slow-mitchell-find-offence-in-game-3-vs-cavaliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/622887\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors try to slow Mitchell, find offence in Game 3 vs. Cavaliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776932408_878_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell looks toward the referee after a basket during the second half in Game 1 of a first-round NBA playoffs basketball series against the Toronto Raptors, Saturday, April 18, 2026, In Cleveland. (AP Photo\/David Dermer)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 23, 2026 | 2:02 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 The Toronto Raptors will try to claw back into their first-round NBA playoff series tonight when they host Game 3 at Scotiabank Arena, trailing 2-0 to Cleveland in the best-of-seven matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto dropped the first two games on the road, including a 115-105 loss Monday after a 126-113 defeat in Game 1.<\/p>\n<p>Turnovers have been an issue, with the Raptors committing 22 in Game 2.<\/p>\n<p>Containing Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, who had 30 points Monday, will be key for Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell looks toward the referee after a basket during the second half in Game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-622887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}