Just like they planned it.
The Portland Trail Blazers fell behind by as much as 14 points in the second half, but fought to the final second, pulling off a a thrilling 101-99 comeback victory against the shorthanded Toronto Raptors.
Carmelo Anthony capped his best game in a Portland uniform by pulling up for a foul-line jumper with 4.1 seconds to go that gave the Blazers its first lead since the opening minutes. Melo scored five of his 28 points in the final two minutes, and was overall, in the proverbial sense, The Man.