Lowry scores 30 as Raptors beat Trail Blazers 110-103
Kyle Lowry scored 30 points (8 during a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter), and the Toronto Raptors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 110-103.
The Raptors took control with a 28-13 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 16.
The Trail Blazers got within 84-81 on Meyers Leonard’s 16-foot jumper with 9:49 to play, but Lowry answered with a pull-up 3-pointer, and the Trail Blazers got no closer than 106-101.
In the fourth quarter, Allen Crabbe had 2 steals, and the Trail Blazers scored 4 points off them.
DeMar DeRozan scored 29 points (18 in the paint).
For the Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard had 27 points and 11 assists, and CJ McCollum added 21 points. Lillard scored 15 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter.
The Raptors grabbed 12 offensive rebounds to the Trail Blazers’ 10.