{"id":713073,"date":"2026-04-18T09:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713073\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:34:04","slug":"how-to-watch-raptors-vs-cavaliers-first-roundgame-1-tv-channel-and-streaming-options-for-april-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713073\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch Raptors vs. Cavaliers: First RoundGame 1 TV channel and streaming options for April 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

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April 18, 2026 5:03 am EDT<\/p>\n

In Game 1 of the opening round of the NBA Playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors square off.<\/p>\n

How to watch Toronto Raptors vs. Cleveland CavaliersToronto vs. Cleveland odds<\/p>\n

Odds provided by BetMGM.<\/a><\/p>\n

Injury reportsCavaliers<\/p>\n

Thomas Bryant: Out (Calf)<\/p>\n

Raptors<\/p>\n

Immanuel Quickley: Questionable (Hamstring)<\/p>\n

Stats to know
\nThe Cavaliers record 119.5 points per game. That\u2019s 7.7 more points than the 111.8 the Raptors give up.
\nThe Raptors\u2019 114.6 points per game are only 0.8 fewer points than the 115.4 the Cavaliers surrender to opponents.<\/p>\n

This watch guide was created using technology provided by Data Skrive.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Sam Hodde, Pool, Mark Blinch\/NBAE, Angela Weiss\/AFP \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 18, 2026 5:03 am EDT In Game 1 of the opening round of the NBA Playoffs, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,305,193,3846,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-713073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavaliers","10":"tag-cleveland","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","12":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116425030708575597","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}