Brandon Ingram made a 15-foot pull-up jumper with 0.6 seconds left, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Indiana Pacers 97-95 for their ninth straight win.
T.J. McConnell’s reverse layup had tied it at 95 with 1:33 left.
The Pacers had the ball in a tie game with 34 seconds left, but Jakob Poeltl blocked Pascal Siakam’s driving layup, lifting the Raptors’ chance to win from 36% to 50%. It would have put the Pacers ahead. They had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Bennedict Mathurin missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Raptors outscored the Pacers 10-7. Ingram scored 6 of the Raptors’ 10 on 3 for 5 shooting.
Ingram had 26 points and 8 rebounds, and Scottie Barnes added 24 points (14 at the free-throw line) and 10 rebounds.
For the Pacers, McConnell had 16 points and 6 assists off the bench.
The Pacers got 3 offensive rebounds, about 8 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Raptors outscored the Pacers 47-24 in 19 minutes with Ingram, Poeltl, Quickley, Barnes and Walter on the floor together.