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Radio: Rip City Radio (KPOJ 620 AM). TV channel: KATU (Antenna: 2.2 in Portland. Xfinity: 302 and 1170. DirecTV: 688-1. KUNP (Antenna: 47.1. Xfinity: 16, 302, 1170 ...

RJ Barrett scored a season-high 29 points, Brandon Ingram also had 29 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Atlanta Hawks 134-117 in the first of back-to-back meetings between the teams.

So Toronto closed it out. This, finally, is momentum. Two nights in a row, the Raptors have snatched victory after a series of poor quarters to open both games. Dick, Shead, Walter, and others on the bench carried Toronto for long stretches, until the heart finally started th-thump thumping on its own once more.

The Atlanta Hawks open a two-game set with the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night on the back end of a back-to-back.

The visiting Atlanta Hawks have a chance to break the Toronto Raptors' hold on them, and perhaps get even, starting Saturday night with the opener of a two-game set.