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Oh, Canada, my home and native land, may I forever choke in the NBA playoffs against the Cavaliers and LeBron James.

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And typically the way this works is a certain cadence as we point out from time to time with this.

And we usually like to start with the game that just ended.

But that's not the story.

You know, great for Golden State beating New Orleans.

Congratulations.

And the Warriors have a 2-0 lead in that series.

The story, though, is what happened in Toronto earlier in game one of the NBA doubleheader.

The Cleveland cadavers, wow, they weren't very good. But then, on the other side, the Toronto Raptors,

even worse. LeBron James had 26 points, 11 rebounds, and 13 assists.

And if you did not watch the game, you would say, oh, my God, was he good?

But he really wasn't that good.

The Cavaliers won the game, 113 to 112 in overtime.

But the story is the journey on how we got to that point as Cleveland gets the jump on the Raptors in game one of the Eastern Conference semifinals,

but it's how it unfolded. Toronto jumps out. They get a 14-point lead in the first quarter.

They never trailed in regulation. However, it was a cat-point lead in the first quarter. They never trailed in regulation.

However, it was a cat-and-mouse situation.

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