Los Angeles @ Toronto preview

Last Meeting ( Dec 11, 2018 ) Toronto 123, L.A. Clippers 99

The Toronto Raptors have lost three of their last four games to fall out of the top spot in the Eastern Conference but will try to bounce back from a rare home loss when they host the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday afternoon. A 105-92 setback against East-leading Milwaukee on Thursday represented the worst offensive effort of the season at home for the Raptors, who had won their previous 10 contests at Scotiabank Arena.

"We're in February," Toronto guard Kyle Lowry told reporters. "We're starting to get to that point where we need to be. We know exactly what we're doing. We're adding things now. We've got to get better, quicker. We don't have the whole year. We've got a couple months. We've got to make sure that we kind of know exactly what we want to do and continue to work on that." The Clippers have won three in a row on the road after rallying from a 25-point deficit to stun Detroit on Saturday in the opener of their six-game trip. Lou Williams scored a season-high 39 points - including 16 in a row - for Los Angeles during a dominant fourth quarter. Danilo Gallinari (back) missed his seventh straight game for the Clippers while fellow forward Tobias Harris made only three of his 12 shot attempts while dealing with a shoulder ailment.

TV: 3 p.m. ET, Prime Ticket (Los Angeles), Sportsnet One (Toronto)

ABOUT THE CLIPPERS (29-24): Williams and his fellow reserves combined for 80 points in Saturday's win, fueling the comeback from an 83-60 third-quarter deficit. "This is great," coach Doc Rivers told reporters. "As good as it gets for us. Our guys hung in there and kept fighting." Montrezl Harrell scored 16 points and Mike Scott chipped in 15 while converting all three of his 3-point attempts.

ABOUT THE RAPTORS (37-16): Toronto has dropped three of its four meetings with Milwaukee this campaign and Lowry struggled in the season series, going an alarming 1-for-20 from 3-point range in his three contests against the Bucks. Fellow All-Star Kawhi Leonard was held to 16 points in Thursday's loss to snap his career-high streak of scoring at least 20 points at 22 consecutive games. Pascal Siakam scored 28 points against Milwaukee and averaged 17.6 on 53.4 percent shooting in January.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Raptors C Serge Ibaka scored 24 points and PG Fred VanVleet recorded a career-high 14 assists to lead the team - which was without Leonard (hip) to a 123-99 win at Los Angeles earlier this season.

2. Scott has gone 8-for-13 from beyond the arc over his last four games.

3. Toronto SG Danny Green, who averages 10 points, has scored a total of six on 2-of-12 shooting over his last two home contests.

PREDICTION: Raptors 113, Clippers 104