Green’s late points lift Raptors to OT win over Warriors

(Field Level Media) Danny Green made a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 2:07 to play in overtime and the Toronto Raptors went on to defeat the visiting Golden State Warriors 131-128 last night.

Kawhi Leonard scored a season-best 37 points for the Raptors, who have won seven in a row.

The Raptors had lost their previous eight games to the Warriors and had to overcome Kevin Durant’s seasonbest 51 points to break that string.

Pascal Siakam added 26 points for Toronto and made five late free throws in overtime. Serge Ibaka chipped in with 20 points, Green had 13, Jonas Valanciunas 12 and Kyle Lowry had 10 points and 12 assists.

Durant added 11 rebounds for the Warriors, who had won their three previous games. Klay Thompson scored 23 points, Jonas Jerebko scored 20 and Kevon Looney had seven points and 10 rebounds.

The Warriors, who trailed by 18 points in the first quarter, had trimmed the lead to two in the fourth quarter before Leonard and Danny Green made 3-pointers to give the Raptors a 10-point lead with 4:41 to play.

Golden State came back again, and a tip-in by Looney reduced the margin to two points with 1:40 to play.

Lowry’s 3-pointer had Toronto ahead by six with just under a minute to play, then Durant hit two straight 3pointers, the second with nine seconds left, to tie the game at 119. Ibaka missed a shot to win the game in regulation.

Siakam and Ibaka gave Toronto the first four points of overtime. Durant made two free throws and then tied the game with a fadeaway jumper.

Toronto regained the lead on Green’s 3-pointer. Siakam made two free throws with 1:05 to play to increase the lead to five.

Jerebko’s layup cut the lead to three, but on the Warriors’ next possession, a traveling call gave the ball back to Toronto. Siakam made two free throws with 14.4 seconds to play to increase the lead to six.