DeMar DeRozan has franchise-record 52 points to lift Raptors over Bucks in OT
TORONTO — On Monday morning, DeMar DeRozan sat down to watch footage of Michael Jordan’s magnificent final few minutes of the Chicago Bulls’ thrilling Game 6 win over Utah in the 1998 NBA Finals.
On Monday evening, DeRozan made some history of his own.
DeRozan scored a career-high and franchise-record 52 points and the Toronto Raptors opened the new year with a thrilling 131-127 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in overtime, their 12th win in a row at the Air Canada Centre.
“I remember being a kid and wishing to be in moments just like that,” DeRozan said of Jordan’s famous performance. “So when you come out here and you are in those moments, you have to make the best out of it.”