TORONTO – RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., had a season-high 31 points to steer the Toronto Raptors in a 122-92 rout of the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.
Barrett add six rebounds and three assists as Toronto (36-27) won for the primary time in three games. Jakob Poeltl had a double-double with 16 points and 10 boards.
Scottie Barnes added 17 points and five assists for the Raptors, who are attempting to carry on to the fifth seed within the Eastern Conference.
Daniel Gafford’s double-double couldn’t help Dallas (21-43) snap its seven-game losing skid. He had 21 points and 12 rebounds.
Rookie sensation Cooper Flagg had 17 points, seven rebounds and 6 assists. Reserve guard Ryan Nembhard of Aurora, Ont., added two points, two assists and a rebound because the Mavericks cleared their bench with five minutes left to play.
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TAKEAWAYS
Mavericks: Although Dallas had 27 second-chance points to the Raptors’ 12, the visitors were dominated in transition, getting 4 fast-break points while Toronto scored 21 on the break.
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’ 22, at the same time as it was outrebounded 48-41. The Raptors took care of the ball with only eight turnovers to Dallas’s 20.
KEY MOMENT
Brandon Ingram’s seven-foot running pull-up shot with 6:28 left within the third quarter capped a 10-0 Raptors run. It also gave Toronto a 21-point lead, its largest of the sport to that time.
KEY STAT
Barrett became the eighth Canadian in NBA history to achieve 8,000 profession 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 profession.
UP NEXT
Dallas: Visits the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday.
Toronto: Visits the Houston Rockets on Tuesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 8, 2026.
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