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Pascal Siakam has 31 as Raptors beat Hawks to clinch playoff spot
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Pascal Siakam had 31 factors and 13 rebounds, Scottie Barnes added 19 factors and 14 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors clinched a playoff berth by beating the Atlanta Hawks 118-108 on Tuesday night time.
Chris Boucher scored 18 factors, Gary Trent Jr. had 14, Fred VanVleet 12 and Valuable Achiuwa 11. Toronto has gained 12 of 16. This victory, coupled with Cleveland’s loss at Orlando, ensured the Raptors (46-33) will end no decrease than sixth within the Jap Convention.
Sixth place is the final assured postseason spot, with groups ending within the Nos. 7-10 spots headed for the play-in match.
Toronto Raptors ahead Pascal Siakam (43) drives to the basket as Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic (13) defends throughout the first half of an NBA basketball recreation in Toronto on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.
(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press by way of AP)
Trae Younger had 26 factors and 15 assists for the Hawks, who misplaced for the primary time in six video games and locked themselves right into a play-in berth. Atlanta (41-38) and Brooklyn are 1 1/2 video games behind seventh-place Cleveland.
Kevin Huerter scored 21 factors, De’Andre Hunter had 20 and Bogdan Bogdanovic completed with 19. Clint Capela had 10 factors and 14 rebounds.
Toronto led 102-92 after Barnes made a 3-pointer with 7:38 left within the fourth quarter, however Atlanta answered with a 10-0 run, tying it at 102-all on Younger’s basket with 4:29 remaining.
Younger gave the Hawks their first lead of the fourth quarter by making considered one of two from the road with 2:53 to play, however Achiuwa made one to tie it and Barnes ended Toronto’s drought of 5 minutes, 45 seconds by changing a putback layup with 1:53 to go.
After Bogdanovic missed a 3, VanVleet linked from distance for Toronto, giving the Raptors a 108-103 lead with simply over a minute left.
Younger scored 9 factors within the first and Toronto shot 0 for 8 from 3-point vary because the Hawks led 31-27 after one quarter.
After 12 misses from distance to start the sport, Younger linked on Toronto’s first 3 with 1:12 left within the first half. Siakam scored 10 factors within the second because the Raptors led 56-52 on the intermission.
Siakam scored 13 factors within the third as Toronto took an 89-83 result in the fourth.
TIP-INS
Hawks: F Danilo Gallinari sat due to a sore left knee. … Bogdanovic had 9 rebounds.
Raptors: Coach Nick Nurse mentioned F OG Anunoby’s sore left thigh is “a lot improved” however held the injured ahead out for a second straight recreation. … VanVleet had 9 assists and Siakam had six.
UP NEXT
Hawks: Host Washington on Wednesday night time
Raptors: Host Philadelphia on Thursday night time.