Norm Powell scores 25 points to lift Raptors to a 118-93 victory over Bucks
TORONTO — Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan were delighted to yield the spotlight to Norman Powell for a night.
Powell scored a career playoff-high 25 points on an array of dunks and long bombs to lift the Raptors to a 118-93 blowout of the Milwaukee Bucks. Now the Raptors head back to Milwaukee for Thursday’s Game 6 with a 3-2 series lead, and within one win from the Eastern Conference semifinal.
In the moments after the victory, Lowry insisted Powell sit centre-table at the press-conference podium. He gleefully teased Powell, saying in a sing-song voice, “You’re going to the podium.”
On a night that Lowry was fighting a bad back, and DeRozan was more of a playmaker than scorer, the 23-year-old Powell was a “spark plug,” said coach Dwane Casey.