Fred VanVleet wets the return from injury with the seasonal high by 30 points and 11 assists. Toronto at home let the Bulls’ best start off (21-30), to take the reins of the game at half-time (55-49). But the race ends in the final.
Chicago is down 100-99 after a Williams dunk with 4:23 left, but VanVleet turned a three-point play and Anunoby scored on a dunk after stealing Caruso’s pass to give the Raptors a 105- 99 with 3:47 on the siren
DeRozan’s three-point play with 2:01 left led to 107-102, but the dunks of Barnes and Anunoby, the second on a bad pass from DeRozan, extended Toronto’s lead to +9, with Canadians to check the last barrels.
Toronto – Chicago 113-104. Boxscore: 22 Anunoby, 19p+10r Barnes, 12 Trent Jr., 11 Koloko per i Raptors (6-4); 20 DeRozan, 18p+12r Vucevic, 16 Dragic, 15 Dosunmu, 13 Williams, 11p+11as Caruso per i Bulls (5-6).
