Shorthanded Laker fight to win against Raptors

Depleted Lakers handed Raptors a loss they would remember in the 110-101 Tuesday night win in Tampa, Talen Horton-Tucker added 17 points off the bench Markieff Morris scored 15 points and grabbed 9 rebounds for the Lakers, who put an end to their 11 times losing streak against Raptors. Lakers powered a good first half and opened the second quarter with a 34- point lead despite the ejections of OG Anunoby and Montrezl Harrell because of their scuffle.

Raptors worked hard to cut the lead to 20 points in the third quarter and Lakers dropped their lead to 9 points in the fourth quarter as well. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Alex Caruso each scored 13 points, Dennis Schroder added in 12 points and 9 assists while Devontae Cacok also scored 10 and 8rebounds. Both the teams were without their key players for the night.