Immanuel Quickley scored 27 points and RJ Barrett added 26 as the Toronto Raptors turned a fourth-quarter rally into a 125-118 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, who saw their losing streak extend to six games in Inglewood, Calif.
Scottie Barnes scored 22 points and Collin Murray-Boyles added 18 points as the Raptors erased a 14-point deficit in the final quarter. Toronto shot 61.9% from the floor in the fourth when they outscored Los Angeles 47-27 by getting 15 points from Barnes and 14 from Quickley.
The Raptors improved to 2-3 without former Clipper Kawhi Leonard (knee) with a rally that came one day after they scored 43 points in the fourth quarter before falling to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Kobe Sanders scored a career-high 26 points and Isaiah Jackson added 19 for the Clippers while coming off the bench for the first time this season. Darius Garland scored 16 points with eight assists but had seven of Los Angeles’ 15 turnovers in a game they led by as many as 16 points.
Kris Dunn, Brook Lopez and Gradey Dick each had 12 points for the Clippers. Lopez and Dick each were making their first starts of the season while Los Angeles was without forwards Rui Hachimura (quad) and Derrick Jones Jr. (knee).
Quickley sealed the victory on a free throw with 37.4 seconds remaining for a 119-115 lead after his foul was overturned on replay to a foul against the Clippers’ Max Strus.
The Raptors used an 8-0 run to pull within 105-101 with 5:13 remaining after two free throws from Quickley.
The Clippers went up 109-103 before another 8-0 run gave the Raptors their first lead of the game at 111-109 with 2:08 remaining on a jumper from Barnes. Toronto never trailed again.
The Clippers led by as many as 15 points in the early going and were up 33-22 after one quarter. It was the lowest-scoring first quarter of the season for the Raptors. Los Angeles led 63-52 at halftime.
Strus, who was acquired in a trade by the Clippers this past offseason, made his team debut after recovering from a foot injury and scored 11 points in 23 minutes.
–Field Level Media
