Poeltl, Barrett help Raptors snap seven-game skid

TORONTO – Jakob Poeltl and Canadian RJ Barrett continued to transportation the injury-depleted Raptors successful a 130-119 triumph implicit the Indiana Pacers connected Monday arsenic Toronto snapped a seven-game losing skid.

Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., scored a season-high 39 points, with 15 successful the 4th quarter, for the Raptors (3-12). He besides had 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Poeltl had 30 points and pulled down 16 boards successful the champion play of his nine-year NBA career.

Former Raptor Pascal Siakam besides had a double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds for Indiana (6-8).

Montreal’s Bennedict Mathurin had 28 points, 17 successful the 4th quarter, and Obi Toppin came disconnected the seat for 19 points, 9 successful the last period, arsenic the Pacers mounted a precocious comeback.

Centre Myles Turner (sore close calf) was retired for Indiana, freeing up Poeltl successful the paint.

Several Raptors remained retired for the game, including all-star guardant Scottie Barnes (right orbital fracture), starting constituent defender Immanuel Quickley (partially torn UCL), seasoned guardant Bruce Brown (arthroscopic genu surgery), backup centre Kelly Olynyk (lumbar strain) of Kamloops, B.C., and first-round prime Ja’Kobe Walter (right enarthrosis sprain).

Veteran centre Bruno Fernando (right ankle sprain) was added to Toronto’s inactive database Sunday.

Rookie centre Jonathan Mogbo ate up astir of Fernando’s minutes, finishing with 4 points and 3 rebounds.

Head manager Darko Rajakovic said that the Raptors wouldn’t person an update connected immoderate of their injured players for 2 oregon 3 days.

Takeaways

Indiana: Tyrese Haliburton, the focal constituent of the Pacers’ offence the past 2 season, continues to conflict to commencement this campaign. He went 5-for-18 connected his field-goal attempts, including 2-for-9 three-point shooting, for 16 points. He averaged 20.1 points per crippled past season, his 2nd all-star campaign.

Toronto: Poeltl continues to beryllium ascendant for a Raptors squad plagued by injuries. He was 2 rebounds abbreviated of a double-double successful the archetypal fractional unsocial with 18 points and 8 rebounds successful conscionable 2 quarters. He has 9 double-doubles done the archetypal 15 games of the regular play and is averaging a vocation highs successful points and rebounds per game.

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Key moment

Poeltl sank a two-foot hook changeable with 5:26 near successful the 4th to implicit a 16-6 to unfastened the third. That gave Toronto a 22-point pb and forced Pacers caput manager Rick Carlisle to instrumentality a timeout. Although Indiana battled backmost successful the 4th quarter, it could ne'er flooded that sizable lead.

Key stat

Turnovers proceed to beryllium an contented for Toronto, with the Raptors giving up 20 done the archetypal 3 quarters alone. The Utah Jazz had the worst turnover complaint successful the NBA heading into Monday, averaging 17.2 per game. Toronto finished with 23 against the Pacers.

Up next

The Raptors person a mates of days disconnected earlier hosting Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves connected Thursday.

Indiana continues its roadworthy travel Wednesday with a halt successful Houston against the Rockets.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Nov. 18, 2024.