Damian Lillard leads Trail Blazers past Raptors in pre-season play

Oct 5, 2017 | 10:00 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard led Portland with 16 points and eight assists in 26 minutes as the Trail Blazers beat the Toronto Raptors 106-101 on Thursday night in pre-season action.

CJ McCollum added 15 points for Portland (1-1).

Kyle Lowry paced visiting Toronto (1-2) with 23 points and had six assists in 25 minutes.

TORONTO: DeMar DeRozan and C.J. Miles did not play. … Starting power forward Serge Ibaka struggled, scoring just two points on one of five shooting from the field and an 0-for-3 showing from 3-point range, while also adding four rebounds in 20 minutes.