Toronto pushed its winning streak to six in a row by outlasting the Boston Celtics 115-109 on Wednesday and is putting up an average of 104.8 points during the streak. “They’re going to be All-Stars, there’s no doubt about it”, he said of the pair’s quest to represent the Raptors on their home court at next month’s game. Marcus Smart had 20 points and eight rebounds for the Celtics.
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NEW YORK – Gordon Hayward scored 21 points and Utah rallied from a pair of early double-digit deficits before pulling away in the third quarter of a victory over Brooklyn. Although the Celtics shot 50.6 percent from the floor, it wasn’t enough to impede DeRozan’s second-half scoring outburst.
DeMar DeRozan and the Raptors are quietly gunning for the No. 1 spot in the East.
“It should give us some confidence to know that those other guys helped them get that”, Casey said after the Raptors’ shootaround ahead of Friday night’s game with the injury-riddled Miami Heat.
Kyle Lowry is going to represent the team at the NBA All-Star Game on February 14 in Toronto.
Victor Oladipo scored 29 points for the Magic, who have lost five straight and nine of 10.
“He’s so talented”, Lowry said of Thomas. “Defending the three… that has been a concern for the past two or three games now”.
However, the report suggested that a possible team for Lee to land if he gets dealt is the Toronto Raptors, although the report mentioned, “However, making the cap math work would be complicated unless a third team that’s willing to take on one of Toronto’s longer deals gets involved”. “I was teary-eyed a little bit. It may not be pretty but we will find it. We have to maintain our defensive focus”.
“We’re just out there playing with confidence”, Lowry said. He’s particularly deadly as a pick-and-roll ball handler. Demar DeRozan and Jonas Valanciunas picked the C’s apart in the second half. “Seventy-five points, that’s just … you can’t win that way against a good team”. Anthony put up 30 points, nine assists and seven rebounds while leading his Knicks to a 118-111 overtime win against the Jazz. They led 35-27 at the end of the quarter thanks to 11 points from Scola and 10 from DeRozan. They led 62-56 at halftime.
The Toronto lead reached 18 points when Scola scored on a hook shot to open the third quarter.
Casey also pointed to Toronto’s improved play in recent years as helping raise Lowry’s profile.
Still, the Celtics were tied with the Raptors with under three minutes to play in the final quarter. Led by Kelly Olynyk’s 18 points, the Celtics bench combined for 47 points.
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According to Basketball-Reference, Nowitzki does own the record for most made 3-pointers by a 7-footer in a single regular season (151 in 2000-01). But Lowry and Ross hit threes on consecutive possessions moments later to restore Toronto’s lead. After starting the first half – and failing to remember the scouting report on Kristaps Porzingis – the Celtics big man sat for the entire second half. “We were just getting beat to balls left and right”, Stevens said.
