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<\/p>\nThe previous record for longest scoring run was when the Dallas Mavericks reeled off a 30-0 span against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Dec. 2, 2023. AJ Lawson of Brampton, Ont., currently on a two-way contract, shuttling between Toronto and the G League\u2019s Raptors 905, played in Dallas\u2019s 30-0 and Toronto\u2019s 31-0 run.<\/p>\n
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Backup centre Sandro Mamukelashvili added 19 off the bench. His first substitution helped kick-start Toronto\u2019s historic run and he finished with a game-high plus-47 defensive rating.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it was so fun playing that you just don\u2019t realize anything like (the run). You just keep going,\u201d said Mamukelashvili. \u201cI feel like everybody enjoyed it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were so physical. We were trying to like, trap and hit and just to do some stuff we usually do during practices. So it was just a really fun game.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was a critical win for a Raptors team trying to skip the play-in tournament with eight games left in their regular season.<\/p>\n
Toronto (42-32) was fifth in the Eastern Conference, half a game up on the Atlanta Hawks (42-33), who held the final playoff spot after Sunday\u2019s games. Orlando (39-35) was eighth in the conference, holding the second play-in spot 2 1\/2 games behind the Raptors.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know we need every game,\u201d said Barnes. \u201cSo then we are pretty constantly checking (the standings).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know we need every game, and every game we\u2019ve got to bring it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Raptors are guaranteed to play at least one game once the regular season is over thanks to the Milwaukee Bucks\u2019 127-95 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday. That eliminated Milwaukee from the post-season and ensured that Toronto would reach either the play-in tournament or the playoffs.<\/p>\n
Mamukelashvili said he\u2019d be lying if he said he doesn\u2019t check the standings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think everybody goes home and checks it. We\u2019re right there,\u201d he said. \u201cWe fought throughout the whole year to get ourselves in a good position. We slipped up, we came back. <\/p>\n
\u201cNow everything\u2019s so stacked, the margin of error is so small, and I feel like you\u2019ve got to be aware of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 29, 2026.<\/p>\n
John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The previous record for longest scoring run was when the Dallas Mavericks reeled off a 30-0 span against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3770],"tags":[7,6,681,680,476,3820],"class_list":{"0":"post-687244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-raptors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-raptors","11":"tag-toronto","12":"tag-toronto-raptors","13":"tag-torontoraptors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116315880672644689","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687244","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=687244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}