TORONTO -- For the second consecutive game, Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot established a new career-high for points, finishing with 23 in the Sixers' 113-105 loss to the Raptors on Sunday night at Air Canada Centre.
Luwawu-Cabarrot topped his previous high of 19 set during Friday’s loss in Cleveland.
Dario Saric added 16 points and three rebounds for the Sixers, who finish their season series with the Raptors with a 1-3 record.
The loss sees the Sixers (28-49) wrap-up a stretch, which saw them play 11 of 14 on the road -- they finished 3-8 on the road in that span.
Toronto (47-30) opened a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter and never looked back. The Raptors have now won eight of their last nine.
The Sixers used an early 10-0 run to cut Toronto’s 14-point lead down to four with 8:02 to play in the third; however, the Raptors closed the third on a 10-3 surge to lead 86-76 heading into the fourth.
Serge Ibaka led the way with 18 points, as the Raptors carried a 59-49 lead into halftime. DeMar DeRozan had eight assists while Toronto was shooting 57 percent from the field.
Toronto took advantage of a young Sixers team, scoring 15 points off of nine turnovers to open a 50-43 lead with 4:11 to play in the second quarter.
The Sixers led by one, 29-28, after one, led by 11 points from Luwawu-Cabarrot on 4 of 5 shooting, Anderson added five points and two rebounds while Gerald Henderson chipped in with five points off the bench.
Inside the Box Score
The Raptors were lead by Ibaka, who finished with a game-high 24 points and six rebounds in the win.
DeRozan, an All-Star, chipped in 17 points and nine assists while Jonas Valanciunas added 14 points and eight rebounds.
Homecoming
Canadian Nik Stauskas, who hails from nearby Mississauga, Ontario, finished with 14 points and five assists in the loss. The 23-year-old guard had struggled against his hometown team this season, averaging just 4.3 points per matchup in three previous meetings with the Raptors -- his second-lowest mark against any team this season.
Injury Update
Henderson (left hip soreness) entered the evening as probable to play and finished with 12 points and four rebounds in 18 minutes of action.
Tiago Splitter (calf) saw seven minutes of action. He entered Sunday’s game with a restriction of 3-4 minutes.
Saric battled through left heel soreness, playing 23:47 in the loss. Entering the game against the Raptors, the forward was restricted to 24 minutes.
"Gut feel, feel the flow of the game and studying his movements and his body -- all those things," Sixers coach Brett Brown said of how he'd handle Saric's minutes Sunday. "It's sort of not a definitive road map so much as it is a gut feel.
"Just trying to make sure if the game is there to go win, that I can manage his minutes so that he's there at the end."
Saric, who is averaging 12.9 points and 6.4 rebounds in 76 games, wasn't particularly interested in having a minutes restriction placed on him.
"It's not something that can be serious like an injury that would put me out for one month or two months -- it's just soreness," he said. "I prefer more [minutes]. To play or not to play. You want to help the team. My target is to try to get 30 wins this year and if you're out some games, there's less chance to get 30 wins."
Up next
The Sixers return home to open a four-game homestand beginning with the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday. The Sixers are a perfect 3-0 against the Nets this season.
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