Style points don’t matter to an NBA team with two wins in its first 10 games. If the Raptors had to limp home for a victory Thursday night, so be it.
Excellent for three quarters and stumbling in the fourth, the Raptors held on for a 111-108 win over the Charlotte Hornets in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday that at least temporarily stopped the bleeding that had been going on.
A missed Hornet three-pointer with less than five seconds left went awry to allow the Raptors to survive.
Chris Boucher had 25 points, 10 rebounds and two blocked shots to energize the Raptors once again and help them snap a two-game losing streak to improve to 3-8.