Raptors 111, Pistons 107
TORONTO -- Guard DeMar DeRozan scored 29 points and the Toronto Raptors extended their franchise-best winning streak to 11 games Saturday by holding on to defeat the Detroit Pistons 111-107.
The Raptors (32-15) concluded a seven-game home stand with the victory over the Pistons (25-23), who were coming off a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday.
Toronto's best previous best winning streak was nine in 2002.
Guard Kyle Lowry added 18 points for Toronto and guard Cory Joseph provided 16 points off the bench.
Raptors reserve center Bismack Biyombo scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked three shots, forward James Johnson added 11 points and forward Luis Scola had 10.
Guard Brandon Jennings scored 22 points off the bench to lead Detroit. Guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 15 points, for the Pistons, forward Marcus Morris and guard Reggie Jackson each contributed 13 points while reserve forward Stanley Johnson scored 12 and forward/center Aron Baynes had 11.
Pistons center Andre Drummond scored 11 points and nabbed 12 rebounds before fouling out of the game with 6:37 to play in the fourth quarter. He was 1-for-9 from the free throw line.
The Pistons, who are only the fourth team in a playoff position the Raptors have played on their winning streak, never led but did get as close as two points during the third quarter.
The Raptors opened the fourth quarter with an 11-2 surge to take an 18-point lead and had it to 20 before the Pistons cut it to six on a 3-pointer by Jennings with 8.9 seconds left.
Swingman Darrun Hilliard cut the lead four after a steal but DeRozan hit two free throws with 5.5 seconds to play.
DeRozan scored the final four points of the first quarter with jump shots and the Raptors led 26-17.
The Raptors opened a 12-point lead in the second quarter but Jennings cut it to three on a 3-pointer with 5:03 remaining in the half.
Caldwell-Pope hit a pair of free throws to reduce Toronto's lead to two points with 3:07 left in the half.
The Raptors worked the lead back up to 10 before settling for a 55-47 advantage at the intermission.
DeRozan led Toronto with 11 first-half points and Jennings led all scorers with 12.
Scola made the first basket of the second for a 10-point Toronto lead but the Pistons came back to trim the lead to three points on Jackson's layup with 9:33 to play in the third quarter.
The Raptors' lead was down to two points with 4:04 left in the third after Jennings made a pullup jumper. The Raptors pulled out to an 81-72 lead after three quarters.
Toronto led by 18 with 8:19 to play on Joseph's floating jumper.
Lowry hit two free throws to boost the lead to 20 points with 6:18 left.
Johnson cut Toronto's lead to eight points when he banked in a jumper with 1:48 to play. DeRozan came back with a 23-foot bank shot to restore the 10-point lead.
NOTES: PG Kyle Lowry did not miss a step after a sore left wrist had him listed as questionable for the win over the New York Knicks on Thursday. "It was a question, very much a question," he said. "I kind of gutted it out." Lowry, who injured the wrist with four minutes left in the win over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday, had 26 points and 10 assists against the Knicks. ... The game Saturday was the first of three meetings this season between the Pistons and Raptors. The teams split four games last season. ... Pistons assistant coach Brendan Malone was the first coach of the Raptors in 1995-96. ... The Pistons play the second game of a three-game trip Monday when they visit the Brooklyn Nets. ... The Raptors open a six-game trip Monday when they play the Nuggets in Denver. Their next home game is Feb. 21.