Mo Williams notched 16 points in Wednesday's loss in Toronto. Ron Turenne NBAE/Getty Images

When the reigning MVP speaks, people listen. And the Cavaliers, as LeBron said, have some things to iron out.

It’s only two games into the 2009-10 season, but the Cavaliers could use a little of last year’s magic. On Tuesday night – after dropping only two home games all of last year – they fell to the Celtics at The Q. On Wednesday, they fell prey to a Raptors team they’d beaten five straight.

As they had the night before, the Wine and Gold clawed their way back after allowing Toronto to run their lead to as many as 21 points. But Cleveland used up too much fuel on the comeback, and the Raptors ran away with it – 101-91.

The Raptors were in control throughout the affair – taking a 19-lead at intermission and warding off a Wine and Gold rally to drop the Cavaliers to 0-2.

The Raptors began heating up early in the first and Cleveland played catch-up the rest of the night. Coach Mike Brown went with a small lineup to start the second half – replacing a frustrated Anderson Varejao with Boobie Gibson. The strategy worked early, as the Cavaliers made a 20-2 run to tie the game at 69-apiece late in the third quarter.

But impressive rookie DeMar DeRozan and Hedo Turkoglu hit buckets to give the Raptors a seven-point edge heading into the fourth, and by the midway point of the period, Toronto had upped their lead to 15.

Cleveland’s offense looked sluggish for the second straight night, shooting just 35 percent from the floor. And the Cavalier defense wasn’t exactly at its best. Chris Bosh and Andrea Bargnani combined for 49 points, but it was Marco Belinelli’s uncontested drive-and-dunk in the third quarter that upset the Cavaliers’ coach.

“Defensively, we have to do a better job of at least giving a sustained effort for longer periods of time,” said a visibly-irked Brown. “We go through stretches defensively where the effort is just not there.”

One night after dropping 38 points on the Celtics, LeBron James posted his 25th career triple-double – finishing with a team-high 23 points to o with 12 assists and 11 boards. James was 7-for-19 from the floor and 8-of-14 from stripe.

“We have some things to iron out, but it’s early in the season,” said James. “We got a couple other players that we didn’t have last year, so it’s still an adjustment period for us. We just have to keep working at it and get better.”

LeBron led five Cavaliers in double-figures, including Mo Williams, who followed up with 16 points and six boards. Shaquille O’Neal, Daniel Gibson and Anthony Parker – in his return to the Air Canada Centre – finished with a dozen points apiece.

The Cavaliers continue their four-games-in-five-nights junket on Friday night when they travel to Minnesota to take on the Timberwolves.

2. Including Wednesday night’s 23-point performance, LeBron James has the highest all-time scoring average at Toronto – averaging 29.2 ppg. Shaquille O’Neal is fifth on the list at 24.4 ppg.

3. Over the past four seasons, no team has the Raptors’ number like the Cavaliers. Since 2005-06, Cleveland has gone 12-3 (.800) against them.

4. The Raptors have not lost a game in the month of October since the 2002-03 season.

5. Former Raptors Anthony Parker got a huge ovation when he was introduced in the Cavaliers starting lineup. The former Bradley star appeared in 235 regular season games over three seasons with Toronto, averaging 11.8 ppg. “It was fun,” said Parker. “Obviously, I wanted to come out with a win. But it was cool to come back and see everybody.”

6. The Raptors -- who drilled five on Wednesday -- have now made a three-pointer in 861 consecutive games. They’ve made 5,135 three-pointers since the streak started. Ten NBA arenas are no longer in the league since the run began.

7. With Wednesday night’s win, the Raptors snapped a five-game losing streak to the Cavaliers, dating back to last year’s three-game sweep, and two previous wins north of the border.

8. The Cavaliers will head into the weekend looking for last season’s success in back-to-back games. In 2008-09, the Wine and Gold were tops in the league, going an amazing 16-3 in the second game. (Cleveland was 8-13 the year before.)

9. On the negative side of the ledger, the Cavaliers guard triumvirate of Mo Williams, Anthony Parker and Boobie Gibson shot a combined 14-for-38 from the floor. On the positive side, they combined to go 8-for-15 from long distance.

10. The Cavaliers didn't lose their second straight last season until February 10 -- and that was on a fluke call by Joey Crawford in Indiana.