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DeRozan sets record for Raptors
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DeMar DeRozan spent his New Year’s Day watching basketball history and making some, too. He scored a franchise-record 52 points, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Milwaukee Bucks 131-127 in overtime on Monday, matching the team record with their 12th consecutive home victory.
DeRozan said he spent some time earlier in the day watching the final few minutes of Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals, in which Hall of Famer Michael Jordan beat the Utah Jazz with a late jump shot, giving the Chicago Bulls their sixth title in eight seasons.
“I remember being a kid and wishing to be in moments like that,” DeRozan said. “When you come out here and you’re in those moments, you’ve got to make the best out of them.”
DeRozan is the third Raptors player to score 50 or more in a game. The others are Vince Carter and Terrence Ross, both with 51.
DeRozan scored the first nine points of the game and had 21 in the first, the most by a Raptors player in a single quarter this season.
DeRozan made 17 of 29 field-goal attempts and went 13 for 13 at the free-throw line. His five 3-pointers were one shy of his career high.
In other NBA games, it was: Brooklyn 98, Orlando 95; Toronto 131, Milwaukee 127, OT; Minnesota 114, LA Lakers 96; and Portland 124, Chicago 120, OT.
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