Lillard had 10 of his 16 first-half points in the second quarter, where the Blazers outscored Toronto 37-27. They closed the half on a 9-0 run. The Raptors only trailed for 1 of 24 first-half minutes, yet they’re down 61-60 at the break. – 11:06 PM Blazers won the second quarter 37-27 and that left them with a 61-60 lead at halftime.
(15 points) played center for entire pivotal 4th. Portland is 7-8 and hosts Chicago on Wednesday. – 12:20 AM Aaron J. Fentress @AaronJFentress McCollum sized up Gary Trent Jr. like a shark eyeing familiar prey, pump faked him into the air and then scored on the leaner to give the Blazers a 116-111 lead with 48. 3 seconds remaining. – 12:16 AM Fred VanVleet through 3 quarters: 5 points, 2-7 FG, 1-4 3P. Fred VanVleet in the 4th: 11 points, 4-6 FG, 3-4 3P.
One of his finest games of the season (27 points, 5 assists, 10-of-14 FGs) – 11:59 PM CJ with 8 points in the quarter, 27 in the game on 10-of-14 shooting, and the Blazers are up 105-92 with 7:19 to play. – 11:57 PM Mike Richman @mikegrich Both Dame and CJ on the court to start the fourth is a very rare regular season occurrence. And they both hit 3s to open the quarter. – 11:49 PM Dame and CJ score the first 8 points of the fourth for either team to give the blazers their largest lead of the night at 93-85 with 10:45 to play. – 11:49 PM Doug Smith @SmithRaps Raptors lose a timeout for unsuccessful Nurse challenge Block/charge calls are tough, that one was way close – 11:43 PM Blazers by 6, 2:37 left in the third Raptors can’t stop the ball on the perimeter; tons of defensive breakdowns – 11:35 PM Great answer tonight by Robert Covington.
– 12:12 AM Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob learning game for scottie and he’s had a lot on his plate tonight from starting out on nurkic to defending dame and cj late – 12:09 AM Raptors respond to the Blazers start start to the fourth with a 9-0 run to cut the lead to 105-101 with 5:33 to play, and Chauncey will call time to cool things off. – 12:03 AM If only there were a dance to indicate the guts it took for Fred VanVleet, who has not been good tonight, to take that shot. – 12:03 AM CJ McCollum is controlling the game here in the 4th. Has 8 points and 3 assists as Portland has broken free from a tie at 85 with a 20-7 run to open quarter.
” – 12:57 AM Chauncey Billups: “When Dame is shooting well, his shots are just so loud. For his teammates, too. He makes those shots, everyone else gets a lot of confidence. ” – 12:37 AM Chris Fedor @ChrisFedor Just watched the end of the Blazers-Raptors game. Blazers closed with Larry Nance Jr. tonight and he was terrific. Not a surprise at all. They gotta find a way to get him more minutes. Winning player. – 12:24 AM Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050 Consecutive losses to teams playing in the 2nd night of a b2b. Despite having the rest advantage in both games, Raptors allowed the 2-9 Pistons & 6-8 Blazers to shoot a combined 55% from the field & 44% from 3pt range.
– 10:16 PM Admirable job by Barnes dealing with Nurkic down low, and the Raptors are off to one of their best start of the year. – 10:15 PM The Blazers are doing very elaborate starting lineups with pyrotechnics and individual songs for each player. This is not important but it’s noticeably more involved … and hey this is my stupid Twitter feed. – 10:10 PM Blazers chair Jody Allen in attendance again tonight.
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