Raptors fall short

TAMPA, Fla.

Harrison Barnes scored 26 points to lift to Sacramento

Kings to a 126-124 victory over the shorthanded Toronto Raptors on Friday.

Pascal Siakam had 32 points to top the Raptors (7-12), who rallied from an 18-point deficit down the stretch before losing their third straight.

Fred VanVleet added 26 points, while Kyle Lowry scored 17 points before being ejected with four seconds to play. Terence Davis and Yuta

Watanabe chipped in with 12 points apiece.

The Kings (8-10) snapped a seven-game losing streak against Toronto and avenged an ugly loss to the Raptors on their home floor three weeks earlier.

The Raptors, who have used six different starting lineups in their last six games, were missing OG Anunoby for the second straight night (calf strain), and

Norman Powell, who sat out with a knee contusion he suffered in Wednesday’s loss to Milwaukee.

Earlier in the month in

Sacramento, the Raptors roared back from a 19-point deficit to beat the Kings 144-123, recording a franchise best in points.

AP PHOTO CHRIS O’MEARA Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse reacts to referee Natalie Sago (9) after guard Kyle Lowry was called for his second technical foul during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings Friday in Tampa, Fla.