RJ Barrett hit a late, bouncing sport winner in extra time because the Raptors prolonged their season with a 112-110 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Friday’s Sport 6 at Scotiabank Enviornment.
It helped Toronto maintain off a late Cleveland comeback, because the Cavaliers erased an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to drive the additional interval.
However Barrett performed hero for the Raptors, flattening an eerily related shot to Kawhi Leonard’s iconic winner in 2019. With Toronto down one, Barrett took a cross from Scottie Barnes on the high of the arc and obtained an enormous bounce off the rim, earlier than the ball fell via the ring for a two-point lead.
Evan Mobley missed a three-pointer of his personal on the different finish, sending the collection to a winner-take-all Sport 7.
Scottie Barnes put collectively a 25-point, 14-assist double-double because the Raptors had been with out Brandon Ingram, dominating within the paint and organising his teammates for open baskets.
Moving into Toronto’s beginning 5 in Ingram’s place, Ja’Kobe Walter performed a key position within the Raptors’ win. The second-year guard knocked down some huge threes within the first half and scored 24 factors.
The victory sends the collection again to Cleveland, the place Sport 7 will go Sunday, with the beginning time nonetheless to be decided.