Raptors rediscover offence, beat slumping Nets 121-102 Globe_Sports
— who both hit five 3-pointers - carried them in the second half for another win in what’s been a one-sided rivalry.Toronto made 13 3s and beat Brooklyn for the 17th time in 18 meetings.
Spencer Dinwiddie scored 23 points for the Nets, who dropped their fifth straight. They had a 16-point lead in the second quarter but gave almost all of it away by halftime. Caris LeVert returned after a 24-game absence following right thumb surgery and scored 13 points in 16 minutes off the bench. The Nets shot 61% in the first quarter and were 6 of 10 from 3-point range to open a 33-24 lead. They were controlling the play in the second, pushing the lead to 52-36 on Taurean Prince’s 3-pointer before a sloppy finish to the period. Toronto scored the final 12 points to trim it to 52-48.VanVleet then scored 14 in the third to keep Toronto ahead until it went into the fourth leading 83-80.
Nets: Kyrie Irving missed his 23rd straight game with a right shoulder injury. He said he recently had a cortisone shot that he hopes will allow him to play but may need surgery. … Brooklyn played the first of 10 games at Barclays Center this month. That’s the most home games the Nets play in any games this season and matches their most home games in January, done in 1996 and 2016.
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