NEW YORK -- Rookie Norman Powell scored a career-high 30 points and the Toronto Raptors wrapped up the best regular season in franchise history by beating the Brooklyn Nets 103-96 on Wednesday night.
With the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference already secured, the Raptors didn't even bring All-Star guards Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, plus Jonas Valanciunas, James Johnson and DeMarre Carroll to the game.
They won anyway, improving to 56-26 after coming into the season as the only NBA team that had never previously even won 50.