Toronto stretched to OT by Mavs but wins franchise-record 11th straight
DeMar DeRozan made the game-winning basket in overtime and the Toronto Raptors rallied to match the longest winning streak in franchise history, extending their season-best run to 11 by beating the Dallas Mavericks 122-115 on Friday night.
DeRozan scored 29 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 21 points and 12 rebounds as the Eastern Conference-leading Raptors won for the 18th time in 19 games. Kyle Lowry got the night off to rest as the Raptors played the second game of the back-to-back.
Delon Wright and Fred VanVleet each scored 14 points, helping Toronto improved to an NBA-best 29-5 at home.
Dallas had won three of four. Harrison Barnes scored 27 points for the Mavericks, Dennis Smith Jr. had 19 and J.J. Barea 18.
Up 84-78 to begin the fourth, Dallas stretched its lead to 101-93 on a jump shot by Barnes with 5:43 remaining, but four points from DeRozan cut it to 101-97 with 4:32 left.
Toronto kept coming, pulling within two on a pair of free throws by DeRozan and, after a Dallas turnover, tying it at 106 on DeRozan’s jumper with 1:15 to go in regulation.
Each team turned the ball over before Barnes missed a jumper with 24 seconds left and VanVleet grabbed the rebound. After a timeout, DeRozan let the clock wind down before driving and kicking to Ibaka, who missed a potential game-winning shot. DeRozan also missed before the buzzer, sending it to overtime.
VanVleet and Dallas’ Dwight Powell each made a 3 in overtime before DeRozan drove for the tiebreaking basket with 53 seconds left.
Valanciunas sealed it by making five of six at the free-throw line in the final 10 seconds.
Toronto also extended its franchise-record streak of games with 100 or more points to 22.
Tip-ins
Mavericks: Five of Dallas’ 12 turnovers came in the fourth quarter. … C Salah Mejri (strained right hamstring) missed his third straight game and will not play Saturday at Brooklyn.
Raptors: F OG Anunoby returned to the starting lineup after missing the previous eight games because of a sprained right ankle. … F Norman Powell (sprained left ankle) missed his second straight game … Wright started in Lowry’s place. … Toronto signed F Nigel Hayes to a second 10-day contract.
Up next
Mavericks: Visit Brooklyn on Saturday night. Dallas has won three straight road games in the series.
Raptors: Host Oklahoma City on Sunday afternoon. Toronto has lost two straight to the Thunder.
Raptors 122, Mavericks 115 (OT)
Dallas | 27 | 33 | 24 | 22 | 9 | — | 115 |
Toronto | 29 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 16 | — | 122 |
Dallas | Min | FG-A | FT-A | R | A | F | Pt |
Barnes | 39:40 | 11-20 | 4-5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 27 |
D.Powell | 33:10 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
Nowitzki | 24:28 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Finney-Smith | 23:09 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Smith Jr. | 36:15 | 9-23 | 1-2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
Ferrell | 32:09 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
Noel | 27:03 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Barea | 18:54 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
McDermott | 15:43 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Warney | 7:18 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Kleber | 7:11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 265 | 48-91 | 13-18 | 36 | 25 | 27 | 115 |
Percentages: FG .527, FT .722. 3-Point Goals: 6-22, .273 (McDermott 2-2, Barea 2-4, D.Powell 1-1, Barnes 1-3, Kleber 0-1, Finney-Smith 0-2, Nowitzki 0-2, Smith Jr. 0-2, Ferrell 0-5). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 10 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Noel 3, Nowitzki 2). Turnovers: 10 (Smith Jr. 5, Barea 2, Barnes 2, D.Powell). Steals: 7 (Noel 5, Barnes, Smith Jr.).
Toronto | Min | FG-A | FT-A | R | A | F | Pt |
Anunoby | 19:22 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Ibaka | 35:01 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
Valanciunas | 22:59 | 7-9 | 7-8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
DeRozan | 41:24 | 8-23 | 12-14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 29 |
Wright | 38:40 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
VanVleet | 30:34 | 5-12 | 1-2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
Siakam | 29:34 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Miles | 22:16 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Poeltl | 18:20 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Miller | 6:50 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Totals | 265 | 43-91 | 26-31 | 45 | 26 | 21 | 122 |
Percentages: FG .473, FT .839. 3-Point Goals: 10-30, .333 (Wright 3-7, VanVleet 3-8, Ibaka 2-5, DeRozan 1-3, Miller 1-3, Anunoby 0-1, Miles 0-3). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 13 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 8 (Poeltl 2, Anunoby, Ibaka, Siakam, Valanciunas, VanVleet, Wright). Turnovers: 13 (DeRozan 3, Anunoby 2, Miller 2, Ibaka, Miles, Poeltl, Siakam, Valanciunas, Wright). Steals: 5 (Wright 2, DeRozan, Ibaka, Poeltl). Att.—19,800 (19,800). T—2:31.
This story was originally published March 16, 2018 at 10:31 PM with the headline "Toronto stretched to OT by Mavs but wins franchise-record 11th straight."