Kyle Lowry Leads Toronto Raptors To Sixth Straight Win
28th November 2018
They will face their biggest test on Thursday when they square off against the two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors who could have Stephen Curry back
- Kyle Lowry tallied 24 points as the NBA-leading Toronto Raptors continued their dominance by storming back from a 17-point deficit to beat the resurgent Memphis Grizzlies 122-114
- Four-time all-star Lowry, who also had six assists, has now scored in double figures in 16 consecutive games against the Grizzlies
- Marc Gasol shot 10-of-14 from the field to finish with 27 points and Mike Conley had 20 points and six assists for the Grizzlies, who snapped a modest two game losing skid
LOS ANGELES, United
States- Kyle Lowry tallied 24 points as the NBA-leading Toronto Raptors
continued their dominance by storming back from a 17-point deficit to beat the
resurgent Memphis Grizzlies 122-114 on Tuesday.
Four-time all-star Lowry, who also had six assists, has now
scored in double figures in 16 consecutive games against the Grizzlies.
"It was a good win. We put ourselves in a hole and we
had to dig ourselves out, but we did what had to do to win the game," said
Lowry.
Fred VanVleet also scored 18 points for the Raptors who have
won nine of the last 11 contests against the Grizzlies including three of the
last four in Memphis.
Toronto used a three point shooting barrage halfway through
the fourth quarter to wipe out a Grizzlies' lead and seize command in front of
a crowd of 14,100 at the FedEx Forum. The Raptors outscored the Southwest
Division leading Memphis 17-2 during that stretch and would never trail again.
VanVleet drained three shots from beyond the arc in the
fourth and Lowry finished with five of eight attempted threes. VanVleet made all
six shots he took in the game.
Kawhi Leonard delivered 17 points and 10 rebounds and Serge
Ibaka added 16 for the Raptors who have compiled a sizeable winning streak
since suffering a three-game losing skid.
They will face their biggest test on Thursday when they
square off against the two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors
who could have Stephen Curry back.
Marc Gasol shot 10-of-14 from the field to finish with 27 points and Mike Conley had 20 points and six assists for the Grizzlies, who snapped a modest two game losing skid.
Biggest victory
Coming into the contest, Conley had been held to just 21
points in his last two games against the Raptors. He has scored 12 or fewer in
five of his last 10 contests against Toronto.
Elsewhere, Paul Millsap, Jamal Murray and Malik Beasley
scored 20 points apiece, and the Denver Nuggets clobbered Los Angeles 117-85 to
record their biggest victory ever over the Lakers.
Nikola Jokic added 14 points and Juancho Hernangomez had 12
for the Nuggets, whose 32-point win surpassed a 29-point victory in 1993. The
Nuggets have also won four in a row.
LeBron James had a season-low 14 points for the Lakers, who
suffered their worst loss of the season after shooting an embarrassing 14.3
percent from three-point range.
James also finished with a season-low two assists and went
zero-of-four from beyond the arc. The Lakers made just five threes in the game.
Kyle Kuzma scored 21 points and Brandon Ingram added 14. The
Lakers, who handed the Nuggets their first loss of the season in late October
in Los Angeles, struggled to find their shooting against Denver's rock solid
defense.
Overall the Lakers were outshot 48.5 percent to 39.5
percent.