Forty-seven points in twelve minutes
Toronto scored 47 points in the fourth quarter on Monday night, shot 61.9 percent over those twelve minutes and beat the Clippers 125-118 in Inglewood. The day before, the Raptors had scored 43 in the fourth quarter of a loss to the Lakers.
They needed it. Los Angeles led by as many as 16, had a 33-22 edge after one quarter, which was Toronto’s lowest-scoring first quarter of the season, and led 63-52 at the break.
Immanuel Quickley finished with 27 points and RJ Barrett had 26. Scottie Barnes added 22 and Collin Murray-Boyles had 18. Barnes scored 15 in the fourth and Quickley 14.
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How the lead disappeared
An 8-0 run cut the margin to 105-101 with 5:13 left. The Clippers pushed back to 109-103, then Toronto ran off another 8-0 burst and took a 111-109 lead on a Barnes jumper with 2:08 remaining. The Raptors did not trail again. Quickley’s free throw with 37.4 seconds left made it 119-115 after a foul call was changed on replay to a foul on Max Strus.
Strus made his Clippers debut after recovering from a foot injury and scored 11 points in 23 minutes. Kobe Sanders led Los Angeles with a career-high 26, and Isaiah Jackson had 19 in his first outing off the bench this season. Darius Garland had 16 points and 8 assists but also committed seven of the Clippers’ 15 turnovers.
Toronto improved to 2-3. The Clippers have lost six in a row.
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