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Chris Boucher scored 11 of his 17 points in the
fourth quarter off the bench for the Raptors, who have won four
straight. Norman Powell added 11 points and OG Anunoby had 10.
Ben Simmons scored 28 points for the 76ers, who have lost 16
straight regular-season road games against Toronto. Joel Embiid
added 25 points and 17 rebounds for Philadelphia, Tobias Harris
had 13 points and seven assists, and Seth Curry added 12 points.
The Sixers' Danny Green, who played the 2018-19 season with the
Raptors, fouled out in the fourth quarter with nine points while
matching his career best with five steals.
The 76ers led by as many as 13 points in the third quarter, but
their lead was down to one at 84-83 entering the fourth quarter.
The Raptors took a three-point lead on DeAndre' Bembry's dunk
with 8:13 to play.
Boucher stretched the lead to eight with a put-back layup, and
Anunoby's layup got the lead to 10 points with 4:06 to play.
Anunoby made two free throws with 1:13 to play and the lead was
nine to discourage Philadelphia's comeback attempt.
The Raptors finished the first quarter on a 20-2 run to lead
28-24.
Harris tied the game at 43 on a layup with 3:47 to play in the
second quarter, and Embiid's 3-pointer gave Philadelphia a
three-point lead.
Simmons, who had 13 of his 18 first-half points in the second
quarter, made a layup to give the 76ers a 55-52 lead at
halftime.
Philadelphia scored the first six points of the third quarter.
Toronto cut the lead to two before Philadelphia took a 13-point
lead on Shake Milton's 3-pointer with 7:24 left in the third.
Boucher tied the game for Toronto on consecutive 3-pointers in
the final two minutes.
Kyle Lowry (sprained thumb) missed his third straight game for
the Raptors.
--Field Level Media
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