Raptors 131-128 Kings (November 2, 2024) Game Recap

TORONTO – RJ Barrett scored 31 points, Chris Boucher had a season-high 24 and the Toronto Raptors ended a four-game losing streak by beating the Sacramento Kings 131-128 in overtime on Saturday night.

Toronto's Ochai Agbaji scored a season-high 22 points, and Gradey Dick also had 22.

Domantas Sabonis scored 17 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists for his 60th career triple-double, but it wasn't enough to maintain the Kings' three-game winning streak.

Former Raptor DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points for Sacramento, but also missed two 3-pointers to tie the game in the final minute of overtime.

After DeRozan's first miss, Barrett missed two free throws with nine seconds left. Both DeRozan and De'Aaron Fox each missed three points on Sacramento's final possession.

Fox scored 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter but did not score in overtime.

Kings guard Malik Monk scored 21 points off the bench and Keegan Murray had 16 points and 10 rebounds.

The Raptors retired former star Vince Carter's No. 15 jersey during a halftime ceremony.

Takeaways

Kings: Fox shot 3 for 11 through three quarters but made 5 of 9 attempts in the fourth quarter. He missed all 11 of his 3-point attempts.

Raptors: Toronto won for the first time in three games since losing All-Star Scottie Barnes to a fractured right eye socket. Barnes is expected to be out for at least three weeks.

Key moment

With just over ten seconds left in the fourth period, Barrett made one of two free throws to put Toronto ahead by two free throws. With three seconds left, Sabonis converted his own missed putback to send it into overtime.

Key statistics

The Raptors made a season-high 17 3-pointers.

Next

The Kings visit Miami on Monday, the same evening Toronto begins a five-game trip to Denver.

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