National Basketball Association
Denver 110, Toronto 109
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, February 12, 2022
Where: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Officials:
#15 Zach Zarba, #44 Brett Nansel, #37 Eric Dalen
Attendance:
N/A
By Field Level Media
Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 15 rebounds and a game-saving block on OG Anunoby in the final second, and the visiting Denver Nuggets beat the Toronto Raptors 110-109 on Saturday night.
Jeff Green scored 19 points, Aaron Gordon had 13, Bones Hyland finished with 11 and Will Barton added 10 for Denver.
Pascal Siakam scored a game-high 35 points and added 10 rebounds, Fred VanVleet had 25 points, Scottie Barnes scored 17 and Gary Trent Jr. 11 for the Raptors, who had their eight-game winning streak snapped.
Toronto led by 86-83 after the first three quarters and pushed it to 94-86 on Siakam's 3-pointer with 9:33 left. Bryn Forbes scored five straight points, and after Dalano Banton split a pair of free throws, DeMarcus Cousins and Austin Rivers made layups to tie it at 95 and force a Raptors timeout with 7:29 left.
Khem Birch missed a 14-footer out of the timeout, and Facu Campazzo made a 3-pointer to put Denver ahead 98-95. Toronto went ahead again on consecutive layups, but the Nuggets regained the lead on a three-point play by Jokic.
Barnes tied it with a jumper, but Hyland's 3-pointer and Jokic's tip-in gave Denver a 108-103 lead with 1:34 left. The Raptors got within two on a free throw by VanVleet, but Barton's fadeaway with 28.8 seconds left made it 110-106.
VanVleet made a 3-pointer and Jokic missed a pair of free throws with 12.2 seconds left. VanVleet missed a 3-pointer, Anunoby got the rebound but Jokic blocked his layup with 0.3 seconds left and Denver held on.
Both teams had eight-point leads in the first half, and Toronto pulled ahead 57-56 at intermission.
The Raptors went ahead by five early in the third and increased it 78-70 on a running 3-pointer by VanVleet with 4:41 left, but the Nuggets responded.
Green started a rally with a 3-pointer, Gordon's three-point play cut the deficit to one and Green's dunk gave Denver a 78-77 lead. The teams traded leads before VanVleet's 3-pointer gave Toronto an 86-83 lead entering the fourth quarter.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Denver |
|
Toronto |
Nikola Jokic 28 |
Scoring |
Pascal Siakam 35 |
Nikola Jokic 6 |
Assists |
Pascal Siakam 7 |
Nikola Jokic 15 |
Rebounds |
Pascal Siakam 10 |
Nikola Jokic 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Fred VanVleet 5 |
Facundo Campazzo 3 |
Steals |
Scottie Barnes 3 |
Nikola Jokic 2 |
Blocks |
Gary Trent Jr. 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Denver
|
110 |
46.4 |
14-37 |
18-21 |
28 |
50 |
3 |
5 |
18 |
Toronto
|
109 |
48.9 |
12-34 |
11-17 |
22 |
35 |
1 |
11 |
7 |
Upcoming Games
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Toronto will play their next game on the road against New Orleans. The Raptors have a W/L % of .562 after a win and .565 after a loss.
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Denver will play their next game at home against Orlando. The Nuggets have a W/L % of .548 after a win and .560 after a loss.