{"id":421998,"date":"2025-12-03T14:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/421998\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:47:13","slug":"trail-blazers-pull-within-a-basket-near-the-end-but-fall-short-to-raptors-121-118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/421998\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Blazers pull within a basket near the end but fall short to Raptors 121-118"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottie Barnes scored 28 points to help the Toronto Raptors edge the Portland Trail Blazers 121-118 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Barnes was 10 for 18 from the field. He also had seven rebounds, seven assists and two blocks.<\/p>\n

\"FILE<\/p>\n

FILE – Portland forward Deni Avdija, shown in this Nov. 30, 2025 file photo, led the Blazers with 25 points, 14 assists and eight rebounds in a 121-118 loss at Toronto on Dec. 2, 2025<\/p>\n

Amanda Loman \/ AP<\/p>\n

Immanuel Quickley had 23 points with eight assists for Toronto, which had lost two in a row. Brandon Ingram scored 21 points, and reserve Gradey Dick finished with 14.<\/p>\n

Portland wasted a solid performance by Deni Avdija, who had 25 points, 14 assists and eight boards. Toumani Camara added 21 points and seven rebounds, and reserve Shaedon Sharpe \u2014 a London, Ontario, native \u2014 scored 23 points.<\/p>\n

Toronto\u2019s RJ Barrett remained out because of a sprained right knee. The swingman landed awkwardly after a dunk in Toronto\u2019s 119-109 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Nov. 23.<\/p>\n

Quickley drilled a tying 3 early in the second quarter, sparking a 16-3 run that lifted the Raptors to a 53-43 lead with 8:09 left in the first half.<\/p>\n

Sharpe made two foul shots to trim Toronto\u2019s lead to 117-115 with 1:18 to go. But Ingram had a jam and two foul shots in the final seconds for the Raptors.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers visit Cleveland on Wednesday night. The Raptors host the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottie Barnes scored 28 points to help the Toronto Raptors edge the Portland Trail Blazers 121-118 on Tuesday…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":421999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1260,62,175067,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-421998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-sports-trail-blazers-basketball","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115656185923953191","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}