Rockets’ 129-122 victory over Raptors spoils great nights by DeRozan, Carroll
TORONTO — A fourth-quarter collapse, for the second consecutive night.
The Toronto Raptors dropped a 129-122 decision to James Harden and the Houston Rockets on Sunday, after the figurative wheels fell off in a horrific scoreless stretch to start the fourth quarter.
But in the moments after yet another late-game meltdown, DeMar DeRozan insisted it “won’t be a trend.”
“It just sucks in the moment, especially two nights in a row,” DeRozan said. “We’ve just got to lock in. We can make a million excuses, but it’s not about that, it’s just about us understanding key moments in the game where we’ve got to pick it up and realize we’ve got to play much harder as a team and keep fighting, no matter who we’re playing.”