{"id":577349,"date":"2026-02-02T13:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/577349\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:36:53","slug":"rj-barrett-scores-21-as-raptors-dump-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/577349\/","title":{"rendered":"RJ Barrett scores 21 as Raptors dump Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/28137881.jpg\"  alt=\"NBA: Utah Jazz at Toronto Raptors\" class=\"w-full\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/>Feb 1, 2026; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (54) is fouled by Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen (23) in the first half at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images   <\/p>\n<p>RJ Barrett scored 21 points Sunday night and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Utah Jazz 107-100.<\/p>\n<p>Sandro Mamukelashvili added 20 points for the Raptors, who had lost their two previous games.<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Barnes added 14 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots as the Raptors started a five-game homestand. Brandon Ingram scored 19 points and Immanuel Quickley contributed 17 points.<\/p>\n<p>Lauri Markkanen scored 27 points and added 11 rebounds for the Jazz, who have lost six in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Jusuf Nurkic had 11 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks as Utah opened a five-game road trip. Isaiah Collier scored 19 points and Cody Williams added 10 points while Ace Bailey had four points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>The Raptors took a two-point lead into the fourth quarter. The margin increased to seven on Quickley&#8217;s 3-pointer with 8:06 to play. The Jazz persisted and crept to within five with 4:26 left. After Nurkic missed a layup, Mamukelashvili grabbed the rebound and put in a layup to give Toronto a nine-point lead with 3:05 remaining. Bailey&#8217;s dunk cut the lead to five.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto led 28-23 after one quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes learned during the first quarter that he would be an All-Star Game reserve and was mobbed by teammates during a timeout.<\/p>\n<p>The Jazz pounced on turnovers in the second quarter to take a 40-39 lead on Collier&#8217;s steal and running layup with 6:48 to play. Collier made a pair of free throws to bump the lead to six with 4:54 remaining. Markkanen completed the first-half scoring after blocking a shot and a two-handed jam on the rebound of his own layup to give Utah a 56-51 lead. The Jazz had a 31-19 advantage in rebounds in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto scored the first six points of the third quarter to lead by one. The Jazz chipped away and Markkanen&#8217;s three-point play put them ahead by four with 7:45 left. The Raptors responded with an 8-0 run to lead by four with 5:08 remaining in a sloppy third quarter. Toronto led 86-84 after three quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Utah&#8217;s Keyonte George (sprained left ankle) did not play.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb 1, 2026; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (54) is fouled by Utah Jazz forward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3785],"tags":[7,423,6,422,427,3972],"class_list":{"0":"post-577349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-jazz","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jazz","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-utah","12":"tag-utah-jazz","13":"tag-utahjazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116001312340884594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}