Fred VanVleet scored 30 points, and the defending champion Toronto Raptors went on a 14-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 114-106.
It was tied at 94 when Pascal Siakam’s pull-up 3-pointer put the Raptors ahead for good with 7:15 left. He scored 9 points as they pulled away to a 108-94 lead with 3:19 left.
Siakam scored 36 points. The Raptors had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Trail Blazers, Rodney Hood scored 25 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) on 9 for 15 shooting.
The Raptors shot 45.7% from the field and 43.8% from 3 to the Trail Blazers’ 39.6% and 35.4%. They outscored the Trail Blazers 50-22 in the paint. The Raptors outscored the Trail Blazers 43-30 in 14 minutes with Gasol, Hollis-Jefferson, Siakam, VanVleet and Davis on the floor together.