Toronto Raptors got the close win today against the Pistons.

It’s always a close one when these two teams face off. The last time these two teams played back in November the final score was 115-111 for the Raptors. The game before that the Pistons won 108-106.

This game was expected to be close as well as the Pistons are currently 14th in the east and the Raptors are 10th.

The Raptors were on fire early in this game but Detroit answered back with a late three pointer to end the first period making the score 32-29 going into the second.

The Pistons tied up the game early in the second but the Raptors were able to stay in it. The Pistons weren’t slowing down though and they closed the period with a one point lead.

A good effort on both sides of the court from Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet saw the Raptors once again take the lead in the third period. This time they were able to hold on to the lead and increase the point gap to seven points to end the quarter.

The fourth quarter was more of the same for the Raptors to start off, and the Raptors increased their lead to as much as thirteen points. But Detroit fought back once again bringing the lead down to three points with just ten seconds left in the game.

the Pistons were able to get two more points and it looked like they were going to complete the comeback.

The Raptors were able to hold on though thanks to VanVleets efforts at the free throw line. Final score 119-118 for the Raptors.

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VanVleet finished the game with thirty-five points. This was a much needed game for VanVleet’s moral.

The Raptors play the Magic Tuesday night at home.