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Toronto Raptors hold off late rally to defeat Dallas Mavericks

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Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers controls the ball against Will Barton of the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center on December 22, 2015

Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - Toronto guard DeMar DeRozan scored a game-high 28 points and the Raptors held off a late rally to beat visiting Dallas 103-99 in an NBA thriller.

Raptors guard Kyle Lowry added 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists while center Bismack Biyombo scored nine points and grabbed a career-best 20 rebounds and Luis Scola added 15 points and nine rebounds for Toronto.

"They all came up big," DeRozan said.