{"id":523620,"date":"2026-03-09T01:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523620\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T01:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:56:15","slug":"basketball-star-from-mississauga-leads-toronto-raptors-to-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523620\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball star from Mississauga leads Toronto Raptors to victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., had a season-high 31 points to lead the Toronto Raptors in a 122-92 rout of the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Barrett add six rebounds and three assists as Toronto (36-27) won for the first time in three games. Jakob Poeltl had a double-double with 16 points and 10 boards.<\/p>\n

Scottie Barnes added 17 points and five assists for the Raptors, who are trying to hold on to the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n

Daniel Gafford\u2019s double-double couldn\u2019t help Dallas (21-43) snap its seven-game losing skid. He had 21 points and 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Rookie sensation Cooper Flagg had 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Reserve guard Ryan Nembhard of Aurora, Ont., added two points, two assists and a rebound as the Mavericks cleared their bench with five minutes left to play.<\/p>\n

Trayce Jackson-Davis dislocated his right middle finger during warm-ups, leaving Toronto short-handed at centre with rookie Collin Murray-Boyles already out with a sprained left thumb.<\/p>\n

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TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Mavericks: Although Dallas had 27 second-chance points to the Raptors\u2019 12, the visitors were dominated in transition, getting four fast-break points while Toronto scored 21 on the break.<\/p>\n

Raptors: A solid 48-for-95 (50.5 per cent) night on field-goal attempts helped Toronto overcome a poor three-point shooting performance where the Raptors went 10-for-36 (27.8 per cent) from beyond the arc. Toronto also shared the ball well, getting 39 assists to the Mavericks\u2019 22, even as it was outrebounded 48-41.<\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

Brandon Ingram\u2019s seven-foot running pull-up shot with 6:28 left in the third quarter capped a 10-0 Raptors run. It also gave Toronto a 21-point lead, its largest of the game to that point.<\/p>\n

KEY STAT<\/p>\n

Barrett became the eighth Canadian in NBA history to reach 8,000 career points. He joined Steve Nash (17,387), Andrew Wiggins (15,074), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (12,971), Jamal Murray (11,126), Rick Fox (8,966), Kelly Olynyk (8,253) and Dillon Brooks (8,014). Barrett has 8,018 points in his career.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Dallas: Visits the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Toronto: Visits the Houston Rockets on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 8, 2026.<\/p>\n

John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n


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