佛罗里达州布埃纳维斯塔湖（美联社）斯坦利·约翰逊在下半场得到23分中的19分，多伦多猛龙队在周五以117-109战胜下滑的丹佛掘金队，结束了常规赛。
约翰逊在第四节不到4分钟的时间里命中三个三分球和一个漂浮的银行球，帮助猛龙队在还剩6分钟的时候将领先优势推到103-92。在那之后，丹佛再也没有把比分拉近七分，并且在最后八场常规赛中以3比5的比分输掉了，这是在奥兰多地区的NBA“泡沫”中进行的。
保罗·沃森得到22分，诺曼·鲍威尔15分，猛龙队在佛罗里达中部的八场常规赛中连赢4场，赢了7场。
两支球队都进入了季后赛，西部的3号种子丹佛和东部的2号多伦多。每个俱乐部的常客都参加了比赛，但他们的一些分钟被拨回了。丹佛的尼古拉·约基奇和贾马尔·默里各打了10分钟，默里在这段时间里打出了3个3分，这是他11分中的大部分。
丹佛的PJ Dozier以6投5中的三分球突出了他全队最高的20分表现。蒙特莫里斯为掘金队增加了16分，他在最后三节都落后。
多伦多队在第一节末连续三分让泰伦斯·戴维斯连续三分，这是他用夸张的假动作让保罗·米尔萨普从他身边飞过之后的第二次后退。
不久之后，克里斯·鲍彻的罚球开始了14-0的长跑，其中包括马尔科姆·米勒和鲍彻的三分球，接着是乔森的指尖传球，多伦多队以39-23领先。
丹佛在第二节结束时以54比50的比分结束比赛，莫里斯的一次截击上篮和连续的3分帮助掘金以9:0的比分领先。
鲍威尔的手指传球和马特·托马斯的罚球将多伦多队的领先优势扳回了上半场的58比50。
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掘金：凯塔·贝茨·迪奥普得了11分。。。特洛伊·丹尼尔斯、梅森·普卢姆利和米尔萨普各得10分。。。丹佛在四场比赛中第一次输给了多伦多。。。掘金在38次试射中总共16次投进3分，但总命中率只有41.4%（87投36中）
猛龙队：在35次试射中，强森和沃森各打出全队最高的4次。。。总体命中率为50%（45/90）。。。托马斯本赛季第一次首发，戴维斯第四次首发。。。鲍彻在不到22分钟的时间里拿下9分和9个篮板。
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原标题：
Johnson scores 23 points as Raptors top Nuggets to close out season
原文：
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Stanley Johnson scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half, and the Toronto Raptors closed out their regular season with a 117-109 victory over the slipping Denver Nuggets on Friday.
Johnson hit three 3-pointers and a floating bank shot during a span of less than four minutes in the fourth quarter, helping the Raptors push their lead to 103-92 with six minutes to go. Denver never pulled closer than seven points after that and lost its third straight to fall to 3-5 in its final eight regular-season games that were played in the NBA's ''bubble'' in the Orlando area.
Paul Watson scored 22 points and Norman Powell 15 for the Raptors, who've won four straight and seven of their eight regular-season games in Central Florida.
Both teams entered the game already locked into playoff position - Denver the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference and Toronto No. 2 in the Eastern Conference. Regulars for each club played, but some of their minutes were dialed back. Denver's Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray each played about 10 minutes, during which Murray hit three 3s for the bulk of his 11 points.
Denver's PJ Dozier highlighted his team-high 20-point performance by hitting five of six 3-point shots. Monte Morris added 16 for the Nuggets, who trailed for all of the final three periods.
Toronto surged into the lead for good late in the first quarter when Terence Davis made consecutive 3s, the second on a step-back move after he'd sent Paul Millsap soaring past him with an exaggerated up-fake.
Soon after, Chris Boucher's free throws started a 14-0 run that included 3s by Malcolm Miller and Boucher, followed by Jonhson's finger roll to give Toronto its largest lead at 39-23.
Denver closed to 54-50 late in the second quarter when Morris hit a cutting layup and a 3 in succession to cap a 9-0 Nuggets run.
Powell's finger roll and Matt Thomas' free throws pushed Toronto's lead back up to 58-50 at halftime.
TIP-INS
Nuggets: Keita Bates-Diop scored 11 points. ... Troy Daniels, Mason Plumlee and Millsap each scored 10. ... Denver lost to Toronto for the first time in four games. ... The Nuggets combined for 16 made 3s on 38 attempts, but shot just 41.4% (36 of 87) overall
Raptors: Combined for 18 3s on 35 attempts, with Johnson and Watson each hitting a team-high four. ... Shot 50% (45 of 90) overall. ... Thomas had his first start this season and Davis his fourth. ... Boucher finished with nine points and nine rebounds in less than 22 minutes.
UP NEXT
Nuggets: Open their first-round playoff series against Utah on Monday.
Raptors: Begin their first-round playoff series against Brooklyn on Monday.
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