Lowry scores 33 to lead Raptors past Jazz
TORONTO -- Kyle Lowry scored 33 points and the Toronto Raptors took their first lead of the game late in the fourth quarter to defeat the Utah Jazz 101-93 on Thursday night.
DeMar DeRozan gave Toronto its first lead with 3:08 left as he finished with 23 points and seven rebounds.
Jonas Valanciunas added 18 points and 13 rebounds for Toronto (24-11) and Terrence Ross provided 12 points off the bench.
Shelvin Mack led Utah with 17 points and Gordon Hayward added 16. Rudy Gobert contributed 15 points and 16 rebounds for the Jazz (22-15), who lost their second straight.
Trey Lyles closed out the scoring in the first quarter with his second 3-pointer of the game and the Jazz led 27-18. Favors opened the scoring in the second quarter to increase the lead to 11 points.
Lowry's layup cut the lead to two with 8:20 left in the half before the Jazz came back to lead by seven with 5:09 to play. Gobert completed the first-half scoring with a driving dunk and the Jazz led 52-48.
Mack led the Jazz with 13 first-half points. Gobert had 10 rebounds and eight points in the first half. DeRozan and Valanciunas each scored 12 points in the first half for the Raptors.
Two free throws by Valanciunas tied the game at 64 with 4:58 left in the third quarter. Joe Johnson's jumper completed the scoring in the third quarter and provided a 73-71 lead for Utah.
The Jazz shot 49.2 percent from the field in the first three quarters and the Raptors shot 36.2 percent.
Johnson opened the scoring in the fourth quarter to bump the Jazz lead to four points. The lead became six on a pair of free throws by Mack and it was eight on Johnson's jumper.
Lowry's 3-pointer with five minutes remaining cut the lead to one, but Rodney Hood answered with a two-pointer and Utah led by four with 4:32 to play.
Lowry banked in a shot with 4:21 to play and made the free throw to again cut the lead to one. DeRozan's 18-foot jumper with 3:44 to play gave the Raptors their first lead of the game 89-88.
DeRozan's dunk put the Raptors ahead by three points with 3:08 to play and Lowry's 3-pointer gave Toronto a 94-88 lead with 2:43 remaining.
Hayward's 23-pointer and Gobert's two free throws cut Toronto's lead to one before Lowry responded with a layup for a 96-93 Toronto lead.
The lead was five after a Valanciunas layup with 58 seconds remaining.
Lowry made one of two free throws with 43 seconds left and the lead was six.
After the Raptors stopped the Jazz, DeRozan made two free throws and the lead was eight with 27 second remaining.
NOTES: Utah G George Hill (concussion protocol/cut lip) missed the game Thursday with no date set for a return from concussion symptoms. He needed 21 stitches in his lower lip after being elbowed in the face Saturday during the win over the Phoenix Suns. He has missed 24 games to injury this season, including the past three. ... Utah G Dante Exum (left knee tendinitis) was available to play Thursday after missing six games. ... Raptors F Patrick Patterson (strained left knee) did not play Thursday for the third straight game. ... The Raptors' next game is Saturday when they visit the Chicago Bulls. ... The Jazz play the fourth of five road games in a row Saturday when they visit the Minnesota Timberwolves.