Scottie Barnes collected 28 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and five blocked shots, and Immanuel Quickley scored 25 points as the visiting Toronto Raptors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-113 on Thursday night.
Jakob Poeltl added 20 points and Jamal Shead had eight points and seven assists off the bench for Toronto, which is 6-1 since winning in Cleveland on Oct. 31. The Raptors are a season-high two games over .500 and 5-1 against East foes on the road.
Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points and made 15 of 17 free throws for the Cavaliers, who also got 18 points from Nae’Qwan Tomlin and 16 from De’Andre Hunter. Cleveland lost for the second time in its last seven games.
Toronto took its largest lead at 71-54 on an RJ Barrett floater early in the third, then matched it twice in the closing minutes of the fourth. Barrett finished with nine points and nine rebounds.
The Raptors are 3-1 on a five-game trip that ends Saturday against the Indiana Pacers. Cleveland’s franchise-record streak of scoring at least 128 points in five consecutive games was snapped.
The Raptors seized command in the second by outscoring the Cavaliers 38-24, fueled by nine points from Barnes and eight from Quickley to go into the break ahead 67-54.
Mitchell made 7 of 8 free throws and scored nine points in the first, helping Cleveland grab a 30-29 advantage. It relinquished the lead on Toronto’s initial possession of the second on a Barnes layup.
The Cavaliers remain without All-Star point guard Darius Garland (left great toe rehabilitation) and swingman Jaylon Tyson (concussion). Point guard Lonzo Ball was inactive on the second night of a back-to-back set.
Rookie forward Collin Murray-Boyles (illness) and guard Ochai Agbaji (lower back spasms) did not play for the Raptors.
–Field Level Media
