The team continued to have trouble holding onto double-digit leads. The Clippers led, 87-75, with 9:10 remaining in the game. The Raptors slowly cut the lead to 93-91 on a 6-0 run with 4:08 left but in the end, couldn’t overcome the Clippers.

Upon being fouled with 6 seconds left, Jakob Poeltl had an opportunity to send the game to overtime. Poeltl went up to tip on his miss after making the first free throw, but he failed as Harden immediately hurled the ball as the final buzzer horned.

Norman Powell and James Harden each scored 24 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers sent the visiting Toronto Raptors to their third consecutive loss to start their five-game road trip, 105-103, on Sat