Marcus Morris was covered in a last-minute draw, and the Clippers reversed defeat, losing 100-103 at home to the Raptors, giving their opponents a five-game winning streak.
Statistics
Morris had 22 points, six rebounds and seven assists, Reggie Jackson had 23 points and nine assists, and Terrance Mann had 16 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
On the Raptors side, Pascal Siakam had 31 points and 12 boards, Fred VanVleet 21 points and rookie Scotty Barnes 15 points.
Game review
VanVleet, who recently suffered from a knee injury, hit a three-pointer at the start, and his backcourt partner Trent then hit a long-range shot to give the Raptors a 6-0 start. Morris and Batum quickly returned the color in the same way, the two sides came and went, the first quarter to the last minute, the Raptors led 2 points 25-23, after Mann hit a three-point shot, and Raptors veteran Thaddeus Young also walked through Yang in the last 26.7 seconds, rewriting the score to 28-26.
In the second quarter, the two sides rotated players to compete, and Haltenstein scored a hook in 7 minutes and 26 seconds, allowing the Clippers to surpass the Three Points at one point 38-35. The Raptors then switched back to the main force, playing a small 8-2 surge to regain the lead. Morris's jump shot continued the Clippers firepower, but then it was VanVleet's turn to play time, and he scored nine consecutive points in the last 3 and a half minutes to lead the Raptors 54-44 by 10 points into the half-time.
At the beginning of the second half, Siakam scored five consecutive points to stretch the gap to 15 points, and then Birch committed consecutive fouls and walked to the free throw line, and the Raptors led by 17 points at most. Tyrone Lu saw that the situation was not good to replace Zubac with Haltenstein, and the quality of the Clippers' defense was significantly improved, narrowing the point gap little by little. 32.1 seconds before the end of the third quarter, Robert Covington hit a three-pointer and the Clippers trailed by four points 74-78.
In the fourth quarter, the Clippers forced the score to a two-point difference several times, and the Raptors re-pulled it away. In the last 2 minutes and 34 seconds, Reggie broke through to the layup, the referee blew an offensive foul, the coach challenged it to 2+1, and the Clippers saw hope of rebounding again at 93-95. But looking back, Barnes drove straight into the layup to stabilize the situation.
After a back-and-forth between the two sides, the Raptors took a 101-97 four-point lead into the final minute, the Clippers attacked, Reggie and Morris shots popped up, but the rebounds were still in the Clippers' hands, and Batum hit a three-point shot in the bottom corner to chase the score to 100-101. At the crucial moment, the Raptors almost missed the pass, but Mann, who tried to steal, was blown foul because of his slightly larger movements.
In the final 15.7 seconds, VanVleet walked to the free throw line, and after one shot, the second penalty was deflected, but the ball ghost caused the god to fall back into his hands, and the Clippers could only foul. VanVleet again made two free throws, 103-100, and the Clippers theoretically had a chance to drag the game into overtime. However, in the last second, Morris's three-point shot was blocked by Achuva, and the game ended.
Both sides started
Raptors: VanVleet, Trent, Barnes, Siakam, Birch
Clippers: Jackson, Kofi, Batum, Morris, Zubac