Raptors Choke In Fourth, Lose In Overtime Vs. Clippers

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The Toronto Raptors are disappointed aft losing to nan Los Angeles Clippers 121-117 wrong Scotiabank Arena.

With little than a infinitesimal to go, nan Raptors and Clippers were tied astatine 109. The Raptors had a chance to return a lead, but Collin Murray-Boyles missed a 3 from nan corner. The Clippers sewage a chance to respond pinch a lead for themselves, but James Harden missed a area three. The shot went retired of bounds, and officials wished that it was a jump shot arsenic they could not fig retired who was left, but Harden tried to get a changeable disconnected correct astatine nan buzzer, but was stonewalled arsenic nan teams went to overtime.

Toronto Raptors guardant Scottie Barnes drives to nan handbasket arsenic LA Clippers halfway Brook Lopez tries to defend. | Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images

Raptors autumn to Clippers successful overtime

The Clippers took a five-point lead halfway done nan overtime period, but nan Raptors weren't going distant that easily. Barnes was capable to tie a foul connected Harden and make some of his free throws to trim it backmost to a one-score game. After Harden missed a step-back three, nan Raptors responded pinch a Barnes layup that circled astir nan rim astatine slightest 5 times earlier it went in.

Harden responded pinch a two-point changeable of his own, putting them up 3 pinch 30 seconds to go. The Raptors had a chance to necktie nan game, but Brandon Ingram missed a three-point changeable and nan Clippers sewage nan rebound. They won nan crippled from location by hitting their free throws.

This is simply a reliable nonaccomplishment for nan Raptors because they led by double digits successful nan 3rd quarter, but they didn't play good capable successful nan 4th to adjacent disconnected nan win.

Barnes led nan Raptors successful scoring pinch 24 points while Ingram had 19 and Murray-Boyles had 11. Gradey Dick, Ochai Agbaji, and Jamal Shead each had 15 points apiece, pinch nan second coming up pinch 13 assists for a double-double. Sandro Mamukelashvili besides had 13 points disconnected nan bench.

Harden was nan starring scorer for nan Clippers pinch 31 points and 10 assists. Former Raptors fable Kawhi Leonard did not play successful nan crippled owed to injury.

The Raptors will now caput disconnected to nan West Coast for a five-game roadworthy travel that originates connected Sunday against LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and nan Los Angeles Lakers. Tip-off is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET wrong Crypto.com Arena. Fans tin watch nan crippled connected TSN4, aliases watercourse it connected NBA League Pass.