PHOENIX (AP) — The Toronto Raptors missed Fred VanVleet for five games with a knee injury. Now that the All-Star is back, Gary Trent Jr. and the rest of the Raptors feel anything is possible.
Trent scored 42 points and the Raptors held off the NBA-leading, but short-handed Phoenix Suns 117-112 on Friday night.
Trent was 8 from 11 from 3-point range — one of the misses was a halfcourt heave before halftime — and 13 of 21 from the floor. He fell just short of his career high of 44 points set last season. He also had eight rebounds.