Toronto @ Indiana preview

Last Meeting ( Jan 23, 2019 ) Toronto 106, Indiana 110

The Toronto Raptors hope to have enough left in the tank Monday at the Indiana Pacers after putting forth a historic comeback a day earlier. After falling behind 83-53 with just under three minutes remaining in the third quarter at home against Dallas on Sunday, the Raptors stormed back for a 110-107 triumph.

The 30-point comeback was the largest in franchise history and the the first of that magnitude in the NBA in more than 10 years. "I'm definitely going to go watch the game again, just to see how exciting this game was and how the fans helped us so much," forward Chris Boucher told reporters after scoring a career-high 21 points in the win. Kyle Lowry scored 20 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter as Toronto claimed the final stanza by a whopping 47-21 margin. It will try to carry the momentum into a matchup with the Pacers, who saw a five-game winning streak come to an end in a big way with a 117-89 loss at Milwaukee on Sunday.

TV: 7 p.m. ET, NBATV, Sportsnet (Toronto), FS Indiana

ABOUT THE RAPTORS (21-8): Lowry's big day included a 12-for-23 effort from the floor along with 10 assists, eight rebounds and one turnover in 42 minutes. "He was doing it all," coach Nick Nurse told the media. "I'm not sure I've seen anything like it." Fred VanVleet scored 10 points on 2-of-13 shooting in his second game back from a knee injury, while star forward Pascal Siakam missed his second game in a row with a groin issue.

ABOUT THE PACERS (20-10): Malcolm Brogdon entered Sunday as the team's top scorer but was held to 10 points at Milwaukee while shooting 5-of-19 from the floor in the team's worst offensive showing in more than a month, when it scored 83 against the Bucks. "There's another level you have to get to to play in games like this," coach Nate McMillan told the media. "It's the best team in the league. I thought we did for two quarters but it's a four-quarter game." Domantas Sabonis did his best to keep his team in it with 19 points and 18 rebounds for his 24th double-double - tied for second in the NBA.


BUZZER BEATERS

1. All Raptors other than Lowry shot a combined 35.2 percent Sunday.

2. Pacers SG Jeremy Lamb (groin) has missed the last two games and is day-to-day.

3. Toronto took two of three meetings last season.

PREDICTION: Raptors 104, Pacers 100