Allen extended his hitting streak to a season-high nine with 18 points as the Cavs beat the Raptors 119-95.

TORONTO (AP) – Jarrett Allen had 18 points and 15 rebounds, Evan Mobley had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 119-95 on Saturday night to extend their winning streak to nine games on the season.

Donovan Mitchell had 15 points and Max Strus had 14 as the Cavs, who won for the 22nd time in 26 games, improved their NBA-best road record to 17-8.

“We want to win every game,” Strus said. “We want to win every game as much as possible. What I like about this team is that there is a lot of fighting and hunger. Guys want to be great and that's fun.”

Caris LeVert and George Niang each scored 13 points for Cleveland, their game-high 25. Isaac Okoro scored 12 points and Darius Garland scored 11 points.

The Cavaliers are 11-0 this season when holding opponents under 100 points.

“We think we want to be elite defensively,” Cleveland coach JB Bickerstaff said. “We want to strangle people.”

His 36 assists were one of Cleveland's season highs. The Cavs finished with 48 made baskets.

“We passed the ball really well tonight,” Allen said. “Everybody stepped up, everybody contributed to a great game.”

Toronto has won four of its last 11 home games against Cleveland, including a 124-121 victory on Jan. 1. The Cavs returned to Canada after a New Year's loss. Jan. 24 loss at Milwaukee. Now the second streak has reached nine games, the longest active winning streak in the NBA.

“They play really high-level basketball,” Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said of the Cavs.

Cleveland hosts Philadelphia on Monday night.

Toronto's Scotty Barnes scored 20 of his 24 points in the first half, matched a season-high with 10 assists and added 10 rebounds for his fourth career triple-double of the season.

“He's really taking that next step as a leader on this team,” Rajakovic said. “I'm very proud of his contribution tonight.”

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Grady Dick and RJ Barrett scored 14 points and Immanuel Quickley scored 10 points for the Raptors.

Toronto rookies Ochai Agbaji and Kelly Olynyk, who were acquired from Utah on Thursday, both made their debuts. Olympik scored 11 points in 22 minutes, Agbaji scored eight points in 20 minutes.

The Toronto-born Olympian called it a “special moment” after receiving a standing ovation at check-in.

“I had chills,” Olynyk said.

Up 30-24 after one quarter, Cleveland opened the second game with a 21-4 spurt and led 67-47 at halftime. Allen had 12 points and 10 rebounds in the first half.

The Cavaliers trailed 95-73 in the fourth.

Justise Winslow was active but did not play for Toronto after signing a 10-day contract on Saturday afternoon.

Toronto also signed forward Mouhamadou Gui to a 10-day contract on Saturday, but Gui was not active against the Cavs. Both Gui and Winslow were with the Raptors 905, Toronto's NBA G League affiliate.

NEXT UP

Cavaliers: Host Philadelphia on Monday.

Raptors: Monday at San Antonio.

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