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Kyrie Irving’s off-the-backboard alley-oop to LeBron James shows Cavaliers have no rust

That was quick!

by Matt Ellentuck
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Round 2 kicks off for Cavaliers-Raptors and Spurs-Rockets
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are off to an incredible start in the opening quarter of the team’s playoff series against the Toronto Raptors.

That is evident based on the many open three-pointers they’ve fired off, but more importantly by this:

LeBron James, as we very well know by now, is unstoppable coming towards the rim. The Raptors really don’t have a body that will be able to consistently bother him as he does what he does best.

How is this guy 31 years old?

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