Immanuel Quickley had 23 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) and a season-high 11 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors went on a 15-5 run in the fourth quarter to beat the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder 103-101 for their fourth straight win.
The Thunder led 92-86 with 7:11 left in the fourth quarter. Quickley’s corner 3-pointer put the Raptors ahead for good with 1:49 left. He made 2 3-pointers during the run, and they led 101-97 with 1:16 left.
The Thunder had the ball down 2 with 33 seconds left, but Scottie Barnes blocked Chet Holmgren’s pull-up jumper, lifting the Raptors’ chance to win from 74% to 80%. It would have tied the game.
Quickley’s 2 free throws with 8.2 seconds left made it 103-99 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Raptors outscored the Thunder 14-7. Quickley scored 8 of the Raptors’ 14 on 2 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Ousmane Dieng had 4 assists off the bench, 2 of them on baskets by Holmgren and Kenrich Williams that put the Thunder ahead.
For the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 24 points (12 in the third quarter) and 6 assists on 8 for 11 shooting, and Kenrich Williams went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Thunder forced 11 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions.