TORONTO -- The Toronto Raptors will have the third quarter on their minds Friday night when they play the Indiana Pacers.
When the teams played last Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, the Raptors took a 10-point lead into the second half and watched it dissolve as the Pacers outscored them 31-20 in the third quarter and went on to a 107-104 victory.
It was the second straight game in which the Raptors had blown a significant halftime lead. They led the New York Knicks by 11 on Nov. 22 before being outscored 41-10 in the third quarter on the way to a 108-100 loss.