Toronto Raptors 106-112 Cleveland Cavaliers: 5 Talking Points 

#4 Raptors needed more from DeRozan

DeMar DeRozan

DeMar DeRozan has been a beast this season which is why it was really disappointing to see him be so passive in the first half. He did end up with 19 points on better than 50% shooting so it's somewhat weird that he didn't shoot more than just 13 times.

He was sensational against Boston a couple of nights back and Toronto needs those kinds of performances every night considering the lack of another go-to scoring option. Jonas Valanciunas and Serge Ibaka put in decent performances and if DeRozan had played better from the get-go they might have had a chance to win this one.

What is a bit worrisome is that this wasn't a one-off against Cleveland. His scoring has dipped when going up against the Cavs and he hasn't put up 20 points in two of the three games.

In their only win over the Cavs, he was a non-factor and it was the bench, which scored a ridiculous 76 points that led them to victory and that won't happen again

If Toronto is to stand any chance against Cleveland come playoff time, they need DeMar to put up close to 30 every game and he hasn't shown any reason why you'd think that's gonna happen based on the three regular-season encounters.