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The Toronto Raptors have seen O.G. Anunoby put up some incredible defensive statistics of late but his impact means far more than just box score numbers.

Fred VanVleet scored 36 points including a key three-pointer in the fourth quarter as Toronto withstood a late Denver charge for a 125-110 victory on Tuesday.

Barnes and Raptors centre Jakob Poeltl had back-to-back dunks as the Raptors piled on for a 125-108 advantage before Denver’s Christian Braun scored the final points of the game. Raptors all-star forward Pascal Siakam drove to the net for a layup to add two more points to that lead more than minute later. After the teams exchanged field goals VanVleet came back on the court and drained a three-pointer to make it 105-99 with 8:32 left to play. That’s the most the Raptors have ever scored in a single quarter, topping the previous high of 48 set on Jan. “I thought we were very disruptive most of the game,” said Toronto head coach Nick Nurse. “A couple of tough losses definitely.

For whatever reason, VanVleet has become the Raptor too many in the local fanbase want to blame every time things don't go the team's way.

I know that’s kind of a funky thing to think about, but it’s probably the truth.” It’s been hard to do that of late as Anunoby went off for 24 points including four three pointers. Seeing an uptick in his usage and making the most of it once again Tuesday night was Anunoby. “But P has been great for us. You want to have 30 and 20 and 15 every night but it doesn’t always work out like that. “Tonight, he had what, 12 points, eight rebounds, four assists?” VanVleet said as he checked the box score. Everyone goes through it. More recently, the ball isn’t finding him as much, Siakam’s usage is down a little as we’ve seen an uptick in offence from the likes of O.G. Yes, the Raptors have issues. When they win it’s because he’s either setting the scoring tone or enabling someone else to with his natural ability to run an offence and find the hot hand. That wasn’t the case Tuesday night, of course. Article content

During the Tuesday night NBA slate, the Toronto Raptors defeated the slumping Denver Nuggets 125-110 in a franchise-record 49-point first quarter.

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Fred VanVleet scored 36 points, O.G. Anunoby had 24 and the Toronto Raptors used a franchise-record 49-point first quarter to beat Denver 125-110, ...

… Toronto’s previous record for points in a quarter was 48, set in the first quarter at New Jersey on Jan. Still, Malone said before the game that “there was no way (Murray) wasn’t playing.” Murray received a warm ovation when the starters were introduced. Toronto was up 88-64, its biggest lead of the game, after Siakam’s basket with 8:16 left in the third. “Right now we’re just in chill mode, and you can’t be in chill mode with 13 games to go in the season,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. Asked whether he thought the Nuggets needed to hear those words, Jokic was clear, saying: “Yes.” “Maybe we’ve gotten a little soft with success,” Malone said.

NBA News: Toronto Raptors -- powered by a record-breaking opening quarter -- defeated the visiting Denver Nuggets 125-110 on Tuesday. Fred VanVleet knockerd ...

Siakam's jumper bumped the lead to 24 with 8:16 left in the third quarter. Jokic's layup trimmed the margin to 16 with 5:37 to play. Toronto scored the next six points and the Raptors led 72-56 at halftime. Jokic answered with four straight points, but VanVleet came back with a 3-pointer with 3:04 to play. Denver scored the first three points of the fourth to chop Toronto's lead to three. Scottie Barnes scored 18 points for Toronto.