FOLLOWING the evacuation of the audience and a delay of more than an hour, the Toronto Raptors completed a 131-91 rout of the visiting Indiana Pacers on Saturday night (Sunday in Manila).
An issue with an arena speaker resulted in a small electrical fire beginning in the first quarter in the game at Scotiabank Arena. Toronto Fire Service officials called for the evacuation of the capacity crowd, and the teams left the court with 4:05 left in the second quarter and the Raptors leading 66-38.
Toronto’s dominance continued after a delay of 65 minutes and with no fans in the seats.
Pascal Siakam led a balanced scoring attack with 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting. Scottie Barnes added 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting and matched Siakam’s seven assists. Chris Boucher came off the bench to grab a game-high 10 rebounds and chipped in 15 points.
Precious Achiuwa shot 4-of-5 from 3-point range off the bench en route to 18 points, while OG Anunoby shot 3-of-5 from deep and finished with 16 points.
Oshae Brissett led Indiana with 21 points, Justin Anderson scored 18 and Jalen Smith added 15. Tyrese Haliburton dished out a game-high 12 assists.
In other games, it was the Grizzlies 127, Bucks 102; Bulls 98, Cavs 94; Nets 110, Heat 95; Spurs 107, Pelicans 103; Kings 114, Magic 110 (OT); Nuggets 113, Thunder 107; and Rockets 115, Blazers 98.
Grizzlies 127, Bucks 102
De’Anthony Melton scored a season-high 24 points as Memphis defeated visiting Milwaukee to run its home winning streak to seven games.
The 6-foot-2 guard came off the bench and shot 8-of-11 from the field, including 6-of-9 from 3-point range, to lead the Grizzlies to a split of their season series with Milwaukee. Desmond Bane scored 20 points for the Grizzlies and Dillon Brooks chipped in 19.
