CJ McCollum made a 16-foot pull-up jumper with 9.9 seconds left, and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from 17 points down in the second quarter to beat the Toronto Raptors 112-111.
The Trail Blazers trailed 52-35 with 6:53 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Raptors 77-59 the rest of the way.
The Raptors had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but Pascal Siakam missed a floater at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Raptors 13-7. Carmelo Anthony scored 8 of the Trail Blazers’ 13 on 3 for 3 shooting.
McCollum scored 30 points with 5 3-pointers. Damian Lillard added 23 points, and Anthony scored 20 points off the bench. Anthony scored 13 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter. The Trail Blazers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Raptors, Siakam had 22 points (14 in the paint), 13 rebounds and 10 assists, his first career triple-double, and Chris Boucher added 20 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), 8 rebounds and 3 blocks off the bench.