ROGERS ARENA, VANCOUVER, BC — This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the Golden State Warriors at the Toronto Raptors.
The Raptors took a 53-52 lead into halftime.
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr decided to rest all of his main guys, with the exception of Shaun Livingston. So Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Zaza Pachulia all were benched, with Andre Iguodala also presumably done for the night, while Livingston was joined by Ian Clark, Patrick McCaw, James McAdoo, and David West to start the second half.
Raptors head coach Dwane Casey opted to go with Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan for a brief stint to go along with bench players.
3rd Quarter – McCaw And Looney Show Flashes
The Warriors’ scoring was jump-started with a West triple. Later, McCaw got a bucket from a designed baseline inbound play, and McCaw also fed West for a layup on a nice attack to the paint, giving the Warriors a 59-57 lead.
Clark hit a three on a swing of the ball initiated by a McAdoo offensive rebound, and McCaw added three more on a pass from McAdoo:
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With 4:08 remaining, Kevon Looney checked in, but it was training camp invitee Cameron Jones who supplied the offense, getting a runner stop-and-pop to fall, plus a step-back trey from the left corner after corralling his own rebound on a missed jumper.
That tied the game, 72-72, but a three by Patrick Patterson put the Raptors back up.
Later, with both bench units struggling to get a shot off within 24 seconds, Corey Joseph was stuck making a play with the shot clock expiring and Looney did well to put his hands straight up, forcing a turnover.
But Joseph struck back at the end of the quarter, weaved his way past midcourt and hit a three at the buzzer to give the Raptors a 78-76 lead after the third period.
4th Quarter – McCaw Alive!
Anderson Varejao got the call, but got blocked twice inside and the Raptors’ bench stretched their lead out to 83-76 with 8:57 left.
With the deficit at double-digits, even as training camper Quinn Cook made a circus shot, McCaw took over and hit a jumper to pull to 90-80, Toronto, with 6:24 remaining:
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Adding to that, McCaw went left wing dribble drive to the baseline, hung in the air, and found Looney under the rim for a bucket.
After a timeout, McCaw went on a tear, getting a steal, then after McAdoo got a putback on an offensive tip by JaVale McGee, McCaw came back with back-to-back steals with run-out layups, bring the Warriors back to a 90-88 deficit as Casey called timeout approaching three minutes to play.
After a timeout, McCaw went on a tear, getting a steal, then after McAdoo got a putback on an offensive tip by JaVale McGee, McCaw came back with back-to-back steals with run-out layups, bring the Warriors back to a 90-88 deficit as Casey called timeout approaching three minutes to play.
McCaw got his fifth steal of the night shortly after the timeout, but Scott Wood airballed a triple.
McGee added two swats, including an impressive disruption of a streaking reverse try by the athletic Norman Powell, but Powell came back later with a three and Kerr took a timeout with 1:16 left and the Raptors up, 95-89.
Cameron Jones hit a smooth runner in the paint after the timeout, with about aminute left, then Pascal Siakam inexplicably took a three, missed badly, and Phil Pressey responded with a runner in the lane to pull the Warriors to within 95-93 with just 32 seconds remaining.
But Siakam made up for it, getting a putback with 8.5 ticks to play, and Kerr called another timeout with Golden State down four, 97-93.
Out of the timeout, McCaw missed a triple from the top and Pressey had to foul on the rebound, although the Warriors weren’t in the penalty yet. The Raptors (1-0) inbounded without any pressure and Golden State (0-1) took the preseason loss, 97-93.
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