Raptors’ win streak ends with 102-101 loss to Cavs

Darius Garland scored 21 points, including the game-clinching free throws with 4.8 seconds to play, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Toronto 102-101 on Friday to end the Raptors' win streak at five games.

TORONTO – Darius Garland scored 21 points, including the game-clinching free throws with 4.8 seconds to play, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Toronto 102-101 on Friday to end the Raptors’ win streak at five games.

OG Anunoby had 23 points to top Toronto (6-4), while Fred VanVleet finished with 18 points, Gary Trent Jr., had 17, and Scottie Barnes, back after missing two games with a sprained right thumb, finished with 14. Dalano Banton chipped in with 11.

Back at Scotiabank Arena after a perfect 3-0 road trip, and riding their longest win streak in nearly two seasons, the Raptors didn’t trail until the game’s final 4.8 seconds.

Toronto assembled a 12-point lead in the first half, stretching it to 15 in the third quarter, and led 80-74 to start the fourth.

Cleveland (6-4) rallied though down the stretch, and Jarrett Allen’s three-pointer with 4:42 to play tied the game 94-94.

Anunoby knocked down a three with 1:43 to play for five points of breathing room, but Allen scored back-to-back baskets to slice the difference to just a point with 42 seconds left.

Anunoby was whistled for tripping Garland with 4.8 to go. Garland’s pair of free throws clinched the victory for Cleveland.

The Raptors were excellent on the defensive end in the loss, forcing 20 Cleveland turnovers for 23 points.