The Portland Trail Blazers once again blew a double-digit, second-half lead, but this time held on to fend off the Toronto Raptors in 128-118 in overtime Saturday night at the Moda Center.
A hot start carried midway into the third quarter and the Blazers led by as much as 21 points before the Gary Trent Jr. and the Raptors came roaring back and yet another collapse seemed inevitable. Several costly mistakes down the stretch allowed Gradey Dick’s putback with 0.7 seconds left to tie the game and force an overtime that was luckily all Portland.