On the road, the Cleveland Cavaliers relied too heavily on their guards, and Donovan Mitchell and James Harden assumed too much of the responsibility on their part. Since falling into a 2-0 hole, the Toronto Raptors have sunk in and forced the Wine and Gold to figure out a different way to attack their defense.

Although seemingly nobody in the building could hit water if they fell out of a boat on Sunday, there were too many instances of settling for good shots instead of creating great ones. On top of that, there were way too many turnovers and careless, nonchalant mistakes in Game 4 that simply can't carry over to the next one.

In this episode of Courtside with Cavs, Spencer German and I discussed Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley being taken out of the last couple of games with the Raptors' strategy to put smalls on them:

I think it's hard for the Cavs to run their usual pick-and-roll against the Raptors when they're packing the paint with four guys. There's not a whole lot of room to operate on the run, and they're almost wanting the Cavs to shoot those threes, but you've got to force the issue. You've got to be more explosive when you've got the ball in your hands.

Jarrett only took five shots, but there were a number of times where he was underneath the basket, went up with it, and tried to draw a foul, but he wasn't nearly explosive enough. Evan had the mindset to be explosive; Harden gets him going on a pick-and-roll, and he throws it down. You need to see more of that stuff. They're playing in small spaces, and they're making decisions that aren't smart.

The series between the Cavs and Raptors is knotted at two games apiece, so it is now a best-of-three matchup. Game 5 at Rocket Arena is on Wednesday night. After that, the teams will head back up north for Game 6 at Scotiabank Arena on Friday. 

Depending on which way the pendulum swings, May 3 would be the date in the case of a winner-take-all Game 7. 

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