D’Angelo Russell returned from a six-game absence to score 28 points and Dennis Schroder added 23 as the Los Angeles Lakers continued to find success without LeBron James, earning a 122–112 victory Friday, March 10, over the visiting Toronto Raptors. Austin Reaves scored 18 points while Jarred Vanderbilt and Rui Hachimura added 16 each as…

LOS ANGELES—Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points, Paul George had 23 and the Los Angeles Clippers broke away in the second half to beat the Toronto Raptors 108–100 on Wednesday night. Leonard also had season-high 12 rebounds against the team he helped lead to the NBA title in 2019. Pascal Siakam and Scottie Barnes each scored…

TORONTO—Paul George scored 23 points, Ivica Zubac had 23 points and 16 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers won for the seventh time in nine games by beating the Toronto Raptors 124–113 on Tuesday night. Norman Powell scored 22 points off the bench and Kawhi Leonard had 15 as the two members of Toronto’s 2019…

TORONTO—Kyrie Irving hit a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer and the Brooklyn Nets rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 119–116 on Friday night, extending their winning streak to a season-high five. Irving scored 15 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, eluding Toronto’s Fred VanVleet to connect on the decisive basket—the first game-winning buzzer-beater…

Pascal Siakam scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and the host Toronto Raptors defeated the depleted Los Angeles Lakers 126–113 Wednesday night, Dec. 7. The Lakers were without their two stars LeBron James (ankle) and Anthony Davis (illness). Patrick Beverley (knee) also did not play. Fred VanVleet also had 25 points and had seven…

Devin Booker hit the go-ahead jump shot with 1:02 to play and the visiting Phoenix Suns went on to end the Toronto Raptors’ six-game winning streak Tuesday night with a 99–95 victory. Booker’s 19-footer gave Phoenix a one-point lead and Chris Paul followed with a 16-footer with 32.5 seconds left. OG Anunoby’s layup cut Toronto’s…

Kevin Durant had 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists as the short-handed Brooklyn Nets outlasted the Toronto Raptors for a 131–129 overtime victory Tuesday night in New York. The Nets rallied from an 11-point deficit on a night when they had eight players available due to seven players being placed in the NBA’s COVID-19…

Andrew Wiggins scorched his old team for a season-high 35 points Wednesday night as the Golden State Warriors overcame a career-best 48-point performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards for a 123–110 victory at San Francisco. Stephen Curry chipped in with 25 points for the Warriors, who won a sixth straight despite losing Draymond Green…

NEW YORK—The Toronto Raptors were midway through a dominant third quarter when Svi Mykhailiuk’s basket gave them the lead for good. It was 68–66—the final score of the first NBA game, exactly 75 years earlier. With a shot clock and 3-pointer in this game, the Raptors just kept right on scoring. Anunoby had a career-high…