Schroder's halftime speech, 11 points in 4th quarter spark Cavaliers to victory over Raptors

James Harden garnered the most attention for the series of moves the Cleveland Cavaliers made near the NBA trade deadline.

However, the Cavaliers would have been in dire straits on Wednesday night without Dennis Schroder.

Schroder scored 11 points in the fourth quarter as the Cavaliers came back to beat the Toronto Raptors 125-120 Wednesday night in Game 5 of their first-round series.

Schroder — acquired from the Sacramento Kings on Feb. 1 along with Keon Ellis — finished with 19 points on 7 of 11 shooting, including three 3-pointers, in 21 minutes.

This is the 17th time Schroder has scored at least 19 points in a playoff game.

He had 20 for Detroit in Game 2 of its first-round series against New York last year.