Cavaliers vs Magic score, highlights, Cavs win Game 2 in NBA playoffs

CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers drew first blood of their best-of-seven NBA playoff collection with the Orlando Magic.

Then the Cavs supplied an encore Monday evening by defeating the Magic 96-86 in Recreation 2 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Cleveland has a 2-0 collection lead, with the first-round Japanese Convention matchup shifting to Orlando for Recreation 3 on Thursday evening.

After the Cavs prevailed 97-83 on Saturday in Recreation 1, Magic All-Star Paolo Banchero informed reporters Orlando shot simply 32.6% from the sphere (28 of 86), 21.6% from 3-point vary (8 of 37) and 63.3% from the free-throw line (19 of 30) “and it nonetheless wasn’t ever over till the final two minutes.”