Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Toronto Raptors Prediction & Top Bets (November 24, 2025)

We don’t know exactly who the Cavs are yet, as star point guard Darius Garland has only suited up for five games this season. Cleveland has dealt with Jarrett Allen and some role players being in and out of the lineup, too.

Allen and Garland’s long-term impact gives Cleveland’s defense and rebounding big boosts, but the offense largely flows through Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley.

Mitchell is enjoying a fantastic 2025-26 campaign, as he’s helping the Cavs run at the league’s third fastest pace, while putting up a career-high 30.8 points per game. Mobley has chipped in as Robin to Mitchell’s Batman, scoring 19 points per game on the year.

Cleveland has received plenty of help from other role players, as De’Andre Hunter has poured in over 18 points per game. This offense is top-heavy, but they are fairly spread out and deep beyond their star scorers.

The Cavs like to push the pace to get easy buckets, and they come in ranked 12th in transition scoring and top-three in both three-point attempts and three-point makes per game.

This is a mostly perimeter-based offense, however, as they only rank 25th in points scored inside the paint and don’t produce at the charity stripe (20th) at an elite rate.

Toronto probably isn’t a fun team when it comes to betting on player props, just because they share the wealth (2nd in assists per game) as well as anyone.

This is simply an unselfish group that is very good individually at scoring the ball and breaking down defenses, but is also willing to give up scoring opportunities for the betterment of the team.

It is arguable that lacking one true alpha scorer could come back to haunt them in tense situations (i.e., the playoffs), but so far, they just have a lot of guys who can score at a high level and also don’t mind deferring as needed.

Brandon Ingram paces the team in scoring (21.2 ppg), but he is followed closely behind by RJ Barrett (19.56) and Scottie Barnes (19.44), while Immanuel Quickley (15.94) also is chipping in reliable production.

Just as important, though, all four of these guys are averaging at least 3.94 assists per contest. This team can attack defenses in isolation, and they can do it from 4-5 different options at a high level. This spread out attack keeps defenses guessing, while Toronto does not settle for bad shots – they are killing teams in the paint (4th most interior points per game) and rank 5th in effective field goal percentage.

Despite a balanced and efficient attack, the Raptors actually push the pace (6th) and even execute on defense. Their style limits poor shots and has them passing up three-pointers (27th in three-point attempts), but it’s led them to a very consistent offensive output.

These teams can both play strong defense. Cleveland’s overall numbers are negatively impacted by the long-term absence of Darius Garland, but even despite that, their scoring defense ranks 13th, and they’re middle of the pack or better in transition and interior defense.

Toronto has been a bit better defensively, as their scoring defense ranks 9th and they’ve been elite in transition and top-10 on the glass. Their interior defense (11th) has also been just as good as Cleveland’s.

In terms of pace, these teams both like to run and consistently rank inside the top-10 on the year.

• Toronto’s offense vs. Cleveland’s interior defense: This might be the most intriguing matchup, as the Raptors don’t shoot a lot of threes and enjoy plenty of success inside. Jarrett Allen returning to the floor would give the Cavs a big boost in this matchup.
• Cavaliers outside shooting vs. Toronto’s perimeter defense: These teams are polar opposites as far as how they operate. The Cavs will let it fly from long range (#1 in threes attempted per game) and boast plenty of deadly shooters, but Toronto allows the 4th fewest made threes per game.
• Spida vs. Toronto’s balance: This will be especially interesting depending on the statuses of Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen. Toronto’s balanced attack has been the better option so far in this season’s series, with a 31-point effort from Spida being wasted in the latest showdown.

Darius Garland should be in doubt for this game, as he may not be cleared for back-to-back sets yet. Allen sat out Sunday’s game and should be questionable, too, while Sam Merrill and Lonzo Ball also missed Sunday’s contest.

Toronto sat big man Jakob Poeltl in preparation for this big game, so it looks like there’s a good chance the Raptors will be the far healthier team on Monday night.