New Orleans Pelicans @ Toronto Raptors
Monday, January 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON | Game ID: 22400654
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 25 31 18 39 113NOP 20 20 35 29 104
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Poeltl, Barnes lead Raptors past Pelicans 113-104 for Toronto's first 4-game win streak since 2023
TORONTO -- — Jakob Poeltl had 21 points and 14 rebounds, Scottie Barnes had 21 points and 11 boards, and the Toronto Raptors beat the New Orleans Pelicans 113-104 on Monday night for their first four-game winning streak in almost two years.
RJ Barrett scored 17 points for Toronto and Chris Boucher had 14.
Toronto last won four straight from Feb. 12-25, 2023, a run that also included a home victory over the Pelicans.
Zion Williamson scored 31 points and CJ McCollum had 22 as the Pelicans dropped to 4-19 on the road.
Dejounte Murray scored 21 points and Trey Murphy III added 14 for New Orleans, which shot 6 of 28 from 3-point range.
The Raptors had lost 17 of 20 before beating Orlando last Tuesday at home. Toronto then swept a two-game series at Atlanta, its second and third road wins of the season.
The Raptors started 0-10 away from home before winning at New Orleans on Nov. 27.
Takeaways Pelicans: Coach Willie Green was ejected for a double technical with 7:22 left in the fourth after he went onto the court to argue a non-call on Williamson’s driving basket.
Raptors: Barnes — who was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week earlier Monday, his first such honor — finished 6 of 21 from the field and 1 of 7 from 3-point range.
Key moment After being outscored 35-18 in the third, turning a 16-point lead into a one-point deficit, Toronto regained control with a 10-2 spurt to begin the fourth.
Key stat Williamson shot 7 of 9 in the first half but the rest of the Pelicans combined to go 6 of 32. New Orleans trailed 56-40 at the break.
Up next Both teams play again Wednesday, when New Orleans hosts Dallas and Toronto visits Washington.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
TORBB B. Brown
CB C. Boucher
DM D. Mitchell
GD G. Dick
JP J. Poeltl
JS J. Shead
OA O. Agbaji
OR O. Robinson
RB R. Barrett
SB S. Barnes
NOPCM C. McCollum
DM D. Murray
DT D. Theis
JA J. Alvarado
JG J. Green
JH J. Hawkins
TM T. Murphy III
YM Y. Missi
ZW Z. Williamson
TOR/NOP the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur