Bogey team Lakers a threat to Raptors' streak at home

The Toronto Raptors will aim for their ninth straight home victory on Dec 4 (Dec 5 morning, Singapore time) while also trying to snap their run of five consecutive losses to the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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The Raptors last defeated the Lakers when they earned a 126-113 home win in December 2022.

Toronto are on a five-game homestand that opened on Dec 2 with a 121-118 victory over the depleted Portland Trail Blazers. The Lakers had their seven-game winning streak stopped in a sloppy 125-108 home loss to the Phoenix Suns on Dec 1.

Before defeating Portland, the Raptors lost at the New York Knicks on Nov 30 and at Charlotte in overtime on Nov 29, ending a nine-game winning streak. Because they squandered a 17-point lead against the Hornets, the game against Portland started to look like a rerun.

But on Dec 2, they barely held on, led by 28 points from Scottie Barnes, who said: “This was a big-time win for us — we really needed it. We dropped those two back-to-back. (Good to) get back in the win column and finish out the game.”