CLEVELAND (AP) — Gary Trent Jr. scored a career-high 44 points and the severely short-handed Toronto Raptors scored a franchise-record 87 first-half points to blow out the Cavaliers 135-115.
Trent made 17 of 19 field goals, including 7 of 9 3-pointers, and went 3 of 3 from the foul line in 33 dynamic minutes.
The Raptors built an 84-46 lead late in the second quarter despite being without their top three scorers in Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet and Kyle Lowry.
Toronto rookie Malachi Flynn had season highs of 20 points and 11 assists in his second NBA start.
Collin Sexton scored 29 points for Cleveland.