By james art TORONTO (AP) — Evan Mobley scored 25 points, Donovan Mitchell had 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 136-106 on Wednesday night.
Caris LeVert shot 8 for 9 and scored 19 points, and Jarrett Allen had 14 for the Cavs, whose biggest lead was 33. Cleveland won for the first time in five meetings with Toronto to open the season.
Raptors forward Scotty Barnes went 3 for 14 and scored nine points in a disappointing season opener.
Toronto’s Chris Boucher scored 18 points off the bench, Grady Dick added 16 and guard Immanuel Quickley had 13 points in 14 minutes before leaving with an injury.
Cavaliers: Mobley went 9-for-14 to help Cleveland beat Toronto 68-38 in the paint. Dean Wade started in place of the injured Max Strauss (right ankle) and had eight rebounds.
Raptors: Toronto began its 30th NBA season by welcoming former stars Damon Stoudamire, TJ Ford and Jerome Williams back to town, but didn’t offer much excitement on the court early in the season. The Raptors made 19 plays, leading to 30 points for Cleveland. Many of the sellout crowd of 19,800 left early.
Quickley went down hard under his own basket when he was fouled in the second quarter. He checked out with 2:24 left in the first half and did not return. The Raptors said Quickley is out with a right pelvic injury.
Cleveland outscored Toronto 20-4 over the final 5:09 of the first half as the Raptors turned the ball over six times. The Cavs had five dunks in that stretch, three of them by Allen. Cleveland led 69-49 at the break.
The Cavaliers play their home game against Detroit on Friday night. Toronto hosts former coach Nick Nurse and the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.