TORONTO, ON (LE)- Vince Carter scored a season high 39 points, including a game winning two-handed reverse dunk and the New Jersey Nets battled back from an 18-point deficit to defeat the Toronto Raptors 129-127 in overtime Friday night at the Air Canada Center.
Anthony Parker missed a shot from half court for Toronto as time expired.
New Jersey point guard Devin Harris was battling a stomach virus and missed a large portion of the third quarter, but added 30 points and had five assists.
Chris Bosh led Toronto with 42 points—tying his career high—and also had nine rebounds. Andrea Bargnani scored a career high 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Raptors point guard Jose Calderon, playing in his second game since suffering a hamstring injury, had 26 points and 15 assists for the Raptors.
In a battle of Toronto’s former franchise player in Carter versus its current franchise player in Bosh, Carter came out on top. First, he hit a 29-foot, game tying three-pointer to send the game into overtime and then scored the winning basket in the extra period.
Typically, Carter was booed by Toronto fans every time he touched the ball.
Jose Calderon hit a jump shot which gave Toronto its biggest lead—18 points—at 69-51 with 8:35 remaining in the third quarter. New Jersey responded quickly though and when Yi Jianlian hit a three-pointer with 3:47 to go, it capped a 14-2 run and reduced the margin to six, 71-65.
After a broken down play, Andrea Bargnani hit a three-pointer to push Toronto’s lead back out to nine points, 85-76, with 7.8 seconds left in the third period.
At the start of the final quarter, Toronto’s Jermaine O’Neal grabbed an offensive rebound and as he tried to score, he was fouled hard by the New Jersey’s Sean Williams. O’Neal laid on the ground for several minutes and was clutching at his left knee.
Williams was called for a flagrant foul. O’Neal managed to get to his feet, but he missed both free throws and was substituted out of the game and didn’t return.
New Jersey then went on a 9-1 run, which was capped by a Devin Harris three-point play after he stole the ball from Calderon and was fouled by Bargnani to bring the Nets within one point. The teams then exchanged baskets, but with the score tied at 93, Toronto went on a 7-0 run with only 3:34 remaining in the game.
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