Quickley, Dick, Barnes stellar as balanced Raptors notch impressive win over Hawks
Even so, these Hawks can light it up and hung around right until the final seconds before a big turnover allowed the Raptors to come away with a 123-121 victory. The margin actually should have been a bit more, but Hawks all-star Trae Young hit a heave from three-point range just before the buzzer.
Immanuel Quickley starred for the second night in a row as the Raptors completed a strong back-to-back with another victory. Quickley had 24, Scottie Barnes 20, while Gradey Dick dropped 18 off the bench in one of his best performances of his rookie season.
Dejuante Murray led the Hawks with 24, but stepped out of bounds as the Raptors defence smothered him with only seconds remaining and his team down by three points.
Toronto beat Brooklyn on Thursday to snap a three-game losing streak.
Barrett missed the second half of the back-to-back with the team exercising caution since he has some knee soreness. Jordan Nwora started in Barrett’s place.
Nwora’s Raptors scoring high of 24 points had come in a Jan. 28 meeting with the Hawks and he dropped 33 on them last March when he played for Milwaukee, one off his career high, but he was the only Raptor who couldn’t get his offence going on this night, going scoreless in 14 minutes. That hardly mattered, with the other seven Raptors who played each hitting double figures.
