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TORONTO — For all but a few seconds, the Toronto Raptors appeared poised to push their unlikely early-season win streak to six games Friday.
Scottie Barnes, back after missing two games with a sprained right thumb, finished with 14. Dalano Banton chipped in with 11.Despite the loss, the Raptors' performance this early in a rebuilding season has defied plenty of expectations. Nurse praised his team's work ethic on Friday. Toronto assembled a 12-point lead in the first half, stretched it to 15 in the third quarter, and led 80-74 to start the fourth.
"Again, the ball didn’t bounce our way, didn’t get many breaks," the coach said."It seemed like every ball we had kind of cleanly turned into a jump ball quickly or somehow. We didn't do a very good job of winning any of those. Didn’t do us any favours really."
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