Draw tips The defense and the new Kauai Leonard pulled Toronto out of Indiana`s clutches


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The Toronto Raptors` form continues to rise. The Canadians, who started the season well below expectations and quickly slipped to the bottom of the standings in the East, achieved their fifth victory in the last six games after beating the Indiana Pacers with 107:102 (24:24, 34:23, 19:28, 30:27) as a guest, although they could not rely on their leaders Pascal Siakam and Kyle Laurie.


Thus, the Raptors increased their assets to 7 wins and 9 losses and approached the playoffs. Head coach Nick Nurse`s team is in ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings. Indiana went awry for the third time in its last four games, but remains in fourth place with an asset of 9 wins and 7 losses.


In the first quarter, the two teams were very equal and the part naturally ended at 24:24, but in the second period Toronto picked up speed and won an 11-point asset. The Pacers responded with the same in the 12 minutes after the break and improved on two points from their opponent at 77:75.
In the last period Toronto broke away again in the result with seven points, but triples by Justin Holiday, Malcolm Brogden and Miles Turner again brought the `pedestrians` to only a passive point - 94:93. Indiana even reached a full equalizer in the last minute at 102:102, but through their great defense, which included a stolen ball and two umbrellas, Raps got the success - 107:102.


Ou G Anunobi, who has been compared to LA Clippers leader Kawai Leonard, finished the game with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals for Toronto. Fred VanFleet scored 21 points, Norman Powell added 20 and 6 assists, and Chris Boucher and Aaron Baines remained with 12 points and 7 rebounds each.


Miles Turner recorded his strongest game according contact x predictions of the season with 25 points and 6 umbrellas, Justin Holiday scored 16 points and took 10 rebounds, Doug McDermott and Jeremy Lamb scored 13 points each, but stars Malcolm Brogden and Domantas Sabonis did not have a day. The guard scored 12 points in 5/22 shots per game, while the Lithuanian was left with 10 points, 19 rebounds and 5 assists in just 1/10 shots.
Indiana and Toronto meet again in two days - on Tuesday at 2:00 Europen. time.

















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