Cleveland Cavaliers vs Toronto Raptors : TV channel, Start time, Injury report, starting lineups & game prediction (January 1)

Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors face off at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON on Monday, January 1st, 2024 7:30 PM ET .

Who’s Playing

Cleveland Cavaliers @ Toronto Raptors

How To Watch ?

  • Date & time : Monday, January 1st, 2024 7:30 PM ET
  • Arena : Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
  • TV & radio channel : SN, Bally Sports Ohio, SiriusXM, TSN Radio 1050, WTAM/WMMS/La Mega
  • Live Stream: FuboTV

Cleveland Cavaliers – Toronto Raptors injury report :

Cleveland Cavaliers injury report :

Evan Mobley: Out (Knee)
Ty Jerome: Out (Ankle)
Ricky Rubio: Out (Personal)
Caris LeVert: Out (Knee)

Toronto Raptors injury report :

Otto Porter: Out (Foot)
Christian Koloko: Out (Illness)

Cleveland Cavaliers – Toronto Raptors starting lineups :

The following were the starters for both teams in their previous games:

Cleveland Cavaliers starting lineup :

C. Porter Jr., PG #9 D. Mitchell, SG #45 M. Strus, SF #1 D. Wade, PF #32 J. Allen, C #31

Toronto Raptors starting lineup :

D. Schröder, PG #17 S. Barnes, SF #4 G. Trent Jr., SF #33 P. Siakam, PF #43 J. Poeltl, C #19

Game prediction : Cleveland Cavaliers – Toronto Raptors

Spread : +2.5 (-110) (CLE)
Over/Under (Totals) : 224.5

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