The Portland Trail Blazers leveraged their largest first-quarter surge of the season to build a 21-point lead, blow the entire thing, then build yet another double-digit lead in overtime to beat the Toronto Raptors 128-118.
The difference between a win and a loss in this game was Toronto’s inability to keep Blazers of all sizes from doing stuff inside the arc, whether to score (in the case of Deandre Ayton and his 30-point, 19-rebound big man masterclass), to draw the defense in and kick (in the case of Scoot Henderson and his 5 dimes), or finish (as demonstrated by Dalano Banton new best game as a Blazer with 25-7-4 on 9-16 shooting).