Raptors salvage one win in NBA Cup by stopping Pacers

Scottie Barnes scored a career-best 35 points and added nine assists and six rebounds as the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Indiana Pacers 122-111 on Tuesday night in an NBA Cup game.Toronto led by as many as 24 points about midway through the third quarter before Indiana cut the margin to two with 6:36 left in the fourth.Toronto completed group play in the NBA Cup at 1-3, and Indiana finished 0-4.RJ Barrett added 29 points and nine rebounds for the Raptors, who have won two straight games and four consecutive at home. Ochai Agbaji scored 13 points and Jakob Poeltl had 17 points and 10 rebounds.Tyrese Haliburton scored 30 points for the Pacers, who have lost three straight games overall and in a row at home. Bennedict Mathurin scored 17 points, Myles Turner added 16, former Raptors player Pascal Siakam had 13 points, Obi Toppin 15 with nine rebounds. and T.J. McConnell contributed 14 points.Toronto led 31-23 after one quarter and opened the second quarter with a 10-0 surge. The lead reached 20 points on Poeltl’s 8-foot jumper with 4:40 remaining in the second quarter. The lead was 22 on Barrett’s 3-pointer with 2:06 to go. Toronto led 65-48 at halftime.The Raptors shot 55.6 percent (25-for-45) from the field in the first half, and Indiana shot 41.7 percent (15-for-36).