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- 0:05Scottie Barnes rallies Raptors to one twenty-five-one eighteen win, handing Clippers their
- 0:10sixth straight defeat. This article is being
- 0:16read by an automated voice generated by Everlet. Inglewood, California, the AP.
- 0:22Scotty Barnes scored fifteen of his twenty two points. In the fourth
- 0:26quarter Emmanuel Quickley had twenty seven, and the Toronto Raptors rallied for
- 0:31a 125-118 win over the skidding Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night.
- 0:36Toronto trailed by thirteen going into the final period, but Barnes hit
- 0:40a turnaround jumper with two oh eight remaining to give the Raptors
- 0:44their first lead as part of a twelve one run. R. J.
- 0:47Barrett scored twenty six for Toronto, Barnes also finished with fifteen rebounds
- 0:51and eight assists. Kobe Sanders had a career high 26 points for
- 0:56the Clippers, who have dropped six straight games since winning their season
- 1:00opener October 21st against Sacramento. It was the second game of a
- 1:05back to back for both teams. The Clippers were coming off a
- 1:09124 112 loss at Golden State on Sunday, while the Raptors fell
- 1:13131-125 at the Los Angeles Lakers. The matchup lost much of its
- 1:19luster with Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard unavailable because of a left knee
- 1:23injury, delaying his return to Southern California after spending the previous seven
- 1:28seasons with the Clippers, he missed one due to injury. His largely
- 1:32disappointing tenure ended when the Clippers had to forfeit five first round
- 1:37draft picks and were fined thirty million dollars for circumventing salary cap
- 1:41rules in regard to how Leonard was compensated. Team owner Steve Ballmer
- 1:45was suspended four one year. Leonard was traded back to Toronto in
- 1:49September for Brandon Ingram, Grady Dick, two first round draft picks, two
- 1:54second round picks, and a pick swap nearly three months after the
- 1:57deal was originally agreed to in July. It had been delayed pending
- 2:01resolution of the NBA's investigation. Dick made his first start for the
- 2:06Clippers and had twelve points, four rebounds and three assists in twenty
- 2:10nine minutes. Clippers coach Tyron Liu was on the floor, despite an
- 2:15illness that prevented him from holding his pregame news conference. Liu had
- 2:19been called a game time decision by a team spokesman. Up next.
- 2:24Raptors at Denver on Wednesday night. Clippers host Miami on Wednesday night.
- 2:28See the AP's full NBA coverage here.