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LOS ANGELES, USA – Newly named All-Stars Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam combined for 42 points as the reigning NBA champion Toronto Raptors won their ninth straight game with a 115-109 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday, January 30 (Friday, January 31, Philippine time).
Lowry, who is headed to the All-Star Game for the sixth straight season, was named as 1 of 7 reserves from the Eastern Conference to join Siakam, who was chosen as a starter last week.
Lowry scored 14 of his 23 points in the 4th quarter, and Siakam added 19 as the visiting Raptors extended their season-best winning streak.
Serge Ibaka scored a team-high 26 points in the win as the Raptors completed a three-game sweep of the season series with the Cavaliers.
Norman Powell scored 8 of his 16 points in the final 62 seconds of the game for Toronto to help blunt a Cavs’ rally. Fred VanVleet had 8 points and a season-best 12 assists in the win.
Kevin Love and Collin Sexton scored 23 points each for Cleveland.
Darius Garland had 16 points and 8 assists, Kevin Porter and Larry Nance added 13 points each, and Tristan Thompson had two points and 12 rebounds.
Toronto took a 10 point lead on a clutch three-point basket with 5:41 remaining.
But the Cavaliers went on a 9-0 run, and Love’s three-pointer cut the lead to one point with just under 4 minutes left in the 4th, 100-99.
Powell followed with a three-pointer and then a dunk with 35 seconds left to give Toronto a six-point lead. He added two free throws to get the lead back to 6 with 20 seconds left.
Elsewhere, Trae Young exploded for 39 points, and the Atlanta Hawks upset the Philadelphia 76ers with a 39-point 1st quarter en route to a 127-117 victory.
John Collins tallied 17 points and a season-high 20 rebounds for the Hawks, who avenged an earlier 105-103 home loss to the 76ers.
Ben Simmons led the 76ers with 31 points.
Young had 14 points and De’Andre Hunter 10 of his 15 in the 1st quarter, as the Hawks took a lead they never relinquished in winning their third straight at home. – Rappler.com
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