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 Lowry scored 30 points with eight assists while DeRozan added 29
points for the Raptors (34-16), who won for the 13th time in their
last 14 outings.
Center Jonas Valanciunas chipped in 14 points and 11 rebounds for
Toronto, which won for only the second time in the last 13 trips to
Portland and first since December 2006.
Guard Damian Lillard collected 27 points and 11 assists while guard
CJ McCollum had 21 points for the Trail Blazers (24-27), who lost
for only the third time in 12 games. Guard Allen Crabbe added 17
points off the Portland bench.
DeRozan and Lowry combined for 25 points to stake Toronto to a 59-51
lead at halftime. DeRozan scored 14 points and Lowry 11 in the first
half while Valanciunas had 10 points and seven rebounds.
Toronto increased its lead to 66-54 but the Blazers rallied to get
within four points before the Raptors took an 82-75 advantage into
the final period.
Portland trimmed the margin to 84-81 but Lowry scored eight points
in a 10-0 Toronto run to hike the lead to 94-81 with 6:52 remaining.
The Blazers cut the difference to 101-93 after a Lillard trey with
3:12 to play. His jumper got them to within 106-99 with 1:19 to go,
and a pair of foul shots by Crabbe made it a five-point game with
55.3 seconds left.
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Lillard stole a pass but McCollum missed a jumper, and Valanciunas
converted a pair at the line for a 108-101 Toronto advantage with
33.9 seconds remaining.
DeRozan (12) and Lowry (six) combined for all of the points as
Toronto took a 18-12 lead to start the game. The Raptors upped the
margin to 37-23.
It was 37-25 at the first-quarter break and 43-27 early in the
second quarter before the Blazers used a 7-0 run to close the gap to
43-34.
Portland trimmed the difference to 53-47, and the Raptors settled
for an eight-point bulge at the half.
(Editing by John O'Brien)
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