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Friday nights contest against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Toronto wont be just another game on the 82-game schedule for the Toronto Raptors. Zach Allen Womens Jersey .Toronto (1-0) had its season cut short last spring by the Cavaliers, who defeated the Raptors in six games of the Eastern Conference finals to advance to the NBA Finals.Toronto fell behind 2-0, losing both games in Cleveland last May, but rebounded to tie the series 2-2 with a pair of wins at Air Canada Centre. The Cavs went on to win Games 5 and 6 to advance to the Finals.Its never just another game, said Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan. Every game we have, we look at it as a new opportunity to gain something. Come Friday, its another opportunity against the team we played against in the Eastern Conference finals.DeRozan led the way with a game-high 40 points and four rebounds in the Raptors season-opening 109-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.Toronto won the regular-season series against Cleveland last year, taking three of four meetings.Its going to be a battle, DeRozan said. Its a challenge were looking forward to: playing against the champs, playing against the team we took to six games in the Eastern Conference finals, its going to be great. Its going to be great in here. Its another challenge for us.Jonas Valanciunas added 32 points and 11 rebounds as he and DeRozan became the first teammates in NBA history with a 40-point game and a 30-point game in a season opener.Its a good opportunity for us to go against the best team, I think in my mind, in the league, said Raptors coach Dwane Casey. Theyve got every weapon that you could look for, the best player in the world, one of the best rosters put together in the world so its a good test for us.Id rather have it now, early in the season, lets us know where we are.Cavs guards Iman Shumpert and Kay Felder, who both underwent concussion protocol, are expected to be available for Fridays game against the Raptors.Cleveland (1-0) opened the season with a 117-88 thumping of the New York Knicks on Tuesday night -- the same evening they received their 2016 NBA championship rings and raised the banner to the rafters of Quicken Loans Arena.Kyrie Irving led the way with 29 points and four assists in the win, while LeBron James chipped in 19 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds for his 43rd career triple-double.Its the second game of the season, we know we played these guys in the Eastern Conference finals. They have a good team; they beat us twice and coach Caseys a great coach so we know were going to have our hands full (on Friday), Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue said. We expect that. They have a great crowd, great atmosphere, but well be prepared for it.The Cavs return home following Friday nights contest for a three-game home stand beginning with the Orlando Magic on Saturday. Toronto, meanwhile, concludes its three-game home stand on Monday when it plays host to the Denver Nuggets. Pat Tillman Cardinals Jersey . -- Playing time has been limited for Maxim Tissot this season, so the Montreal Impact defender made the most of his first scoring opportunity on Saturday. Byron Murphy Cardinals Jersey . The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. The move also reunites with him with head coach Dallas Eakins from their time together with the American Hockey Leagues Toronto Marlies. http://www.thecardinalsshoponline.com/ .  Aside from the trilogy main event title fight, there are a number of intriguing matchups in the heavyweight, welterweight and lightweight divisions. DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Tony Stewart seemed a little perplexed about why NASCAR would want to speak to him after a wreck Sunday with Brian Scott during the Southern 500.Stewart turned Scott, and it looked close enough to intentional contact that NASCAR officials wanted to talk to the three-time Cup champion after the event at Darlington Raceway.Typically in these situations, there is no penalty -- if NASCAR deemed the contact?was egregious, it would have held Stewart one or more laps for rough driving.We were on old tires and sliding around, Stewart said. I got underneath him in [Turn] 2 and for some reason, he ran us through there [beside us] and I got really loose, and I was still getting it gathered up and got him in the left rear and wrecked him.The wreck occurred on Lap 204 of the 367-lap race and ended the day for Scott, who was a lapped ccar. Andy Isabella Womens Jersey. Stewart was on the lead lap but had run between 10th and 20th most of the dayI made it this far into the year without having to try to make anybody mad. Why would we do it tonight for a spot that didnt really matter? said Stewart, who ended up falling out of the race with 50 laps remaining because of a blown engine.Scott, who said he has not had a problem with Stewart, said the contact seemed intentional. Scott indicated he would talk with Stewart.I am not sure what he thought was going on there, Scott said. I am not sure if he thought I was trying to hold him up there. I wasnt. I was trying to let him go. I even pointed him to the inside.Maybe he thought I was giving him the finger or something. ' ' '