
TORONTO – RJ Barrett drilled a 29-foot three-pointer in the dying seconds of overtime as the undermanned Toronto Raptors staved off playoff elimination with a 112-110 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. Barrett released the shot with three seconds left on the clock but after a high bounce it swished through the net with 1.2 seconds left.The best-of-seven series is now tied 3-3.Game 7 will be at Cleveland’s Rocket Arena on Sunday, a venue where the Raptors have never won a post-season game in 10 tries.Scottie Barnes had a double-double with 25 points and 14 assists, adding seven rebounds. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., had 24 points and nearly had a double-double of his own with nine rebounds.Evan Mobley had his best performance of the series with a double-double, scoring 26 points and grabbing 14 rebounds. Story continues below advertisement Donovan Mitchell overcame a slow start to finish with 24 points and James Harden flirted with a triple-double with 16 points, nine rebounds and nine assists.Toronto was without two of its regular starters: point guard Immanuel Quickley and all-star forward Brandon Ingram, who was the team’s scoring leader in the regular season.Second-year guards Ja’Kobe Walter and Jamal Shead started in
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