BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Raptors face the Indiana Pacers in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup. The Raptors have gone 12-2 against Eastern Conference opponents. Toronto is the top team in the Eastern Conference with 20.9 fast break points led by RJ Barrett averaging 4.1.

On Monday, the Raptors (13-5, second in Eastern Conference) defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers, 110-99, thanks to a monster performance from forward Brandon Ingram, who scored a season-high 37 points on 15-of-30 shooting, including 5-of-11 from beyond the arc.

The Raptors' starters are improving and cohesion is obvious, but will their hot start continue if their opponents start to make 3s?

Moments later, he was subbed out and immediately headed to the locker room. The Raptors soon announced that Barrett had suffered a right knee sprain and would not return. “Raptors say RJ Barrett, right knee sprain, will not return,” reported Marc J. Spears of ESPN. Raptors say RJ Barrett, right knee sprain, will not return.

Unfortunately, the team did not make it out of the game against the Nets unscathed from an injury perspective, as wing RJ Barrett went down with a knee sprain that he suffered while completing an uncontested dunk in the third quarter.

Without a true point guard, a new trade idea sends LaMelo Ball to the Toronto Raptors, offering major upside and major risk for a rising East contender.