Raptors rally to beat Pacers in Game Five

ByReuters

Published 27/04/2016 at 02:00 GMT

April 26 (The Sports Xchange) - The Toronto Raptors erased a 13-point deficit to defeat the Indiana Pacers 102-99 on Tuesday at Air Canada Centre in Game Five of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.

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With the win, the Raptors take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Toronto trailed 90-77 in the third quarter before outscoring Indiana 15-2 through the first 5:29 of the fourth, tying tie the score at 92-92 on a monster dunk from rookie Norman Powell.

DeMar DeRozan gave the Raptors their first lead of the game, draining a 3-pointer with 4:15 remaining and they never relented.

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DeRozan finished with a team-high 34 points and Kyle Lowry added 14 points, four rebounds and five assists. Jonas Valanciunas chipped in with 11 points.

Paul George, who entered the game averaging 26.3 points in the series, had a game-high 39 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. George Hill added 15 points and Myles Turner had 14.

The Pacers led 61-52 at halftime.

Early in the first quarter, DeRozan scored six straight as Toronto went on an 11-0 run, cutting Indiana's lead to six.

The Raptors eventually trimmed the Pacers' lead to three, but when George re-entered the game with four minutes expired in the quarter, he led Indiana on a 10-2 surge.

George finished the first half with 22 points and five assists. Hill added 15 points.

DeRozan had 19 first-half points, but Lowry was held to 1-of-6 shooting from the field and eight points through two quarters.

Toronto trailed 35-20 after the first quarter after a 15-2 Indiana run. George led the Pacers with 12 points and four assists in the opening quarter and Hill added nine points.

DeRozan had six points and Bismack Biyombo added four points and two rebounds off the bench for the Raptors.

Game 6 is on Friday in Indianapolis. When an NBA series is tied 2-2, the Game 5 winner has a 151-33 series record.

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