Lowry Guides Raptors To Win, NBA Scores

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Published on February 6 2017 6:14 am
Last Updated on February 6 2017 6:14 am

By ESPN

Kyle Lowry was already ill, then he was injured. Neither was going to keep him off the floor with the Toronto Raptors badly needing a victory.

Lowry finished with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his ninth career triple-double, and the Raptors beat the Brooklyn Nets 103-95 on Sunday.

Already feeling sick, Lowry needed four stitches after cutting his right forearm on a camera mounted to the basket stanchion. But he played more than 39 minutes and recorded his first triple-double of the season.

"It's a part of the game. You're going to get injured, you're going to get hurt," Lowry said. "It's just how you find ways to get through it, and I'm always going to find a way to get through it."

Playing again without leading scorer DeMar DeRozan, the slumping Raptors ended a two-game skid and won for just the third time in 11 games. Jonas Valanciunas led them with 22 points.

Terrence Ross had 17 points for the Raptors, who extended their longest winning streak ever against the Nets to eight.

Brook Lopez scored 20 for the Nets, who had 16 turnovers in the first half and finished with 22. They have lost nine in a row overall and 12 straight at home, where they haven't won in 2017.

"I thought in the second half we improved," coach Kenny Atkinson said. "That's why we gave ourselves a chance, because our defense was not great but decent enough to have a chance to win the game."

Brooklyn cut a 17-point deficit to four midway through the fourth quarter but Lowry soon took over, throwing a lob to Valanciunas for a basket, making a pair of free throws and then finding DeMarre Carroll for a basket that pushed the lead back into double digits at 92-82.

DeRozan has missed seven of the last eight games because of right ankle injuries during a frustrating time for the Raptors, who snapped a five-game road losing streak.

"Good teams, bad teams, whatever it is, frustration's a part that you've got to fight through as a team," coach Dwane Casey said.


Sunday, February 5 Scoreboard

Toronto 103, Brooklyn 95

Boston 107, Los Angeles Clippers 102

Oklahoma City 105, Portland 99


Monday, February 6 Schedule (All Times Central)

Los  Angeles Lakers at New York, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Washington, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Los  Angeles Clippers at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Miami at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Denver, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Memphis, 8:30 p.m.

Chicago at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.