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Tuesday, Dec. 14 8:00pm ET
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TORONTO (AP) -- The Indiana Pacers couldn't overcome the emotion of Tracy McGrady and Antonio Davis. McGrady, whose cousin died last week, scored 21 points and Davis had 16 points and 14 rebounds against his former team as the Toronto Raptors ended the Pacers' six-game winning streak with a 105-97 win Tuesday night. "I'm dedicating the season to my cousin," said McGrady, whose 19-year-old cousin Ryan McGrady died after suffering an asthma attack while playing basketball. "It was also a personal game for Antonio, and we realized that and we wanted to come out and bust our butt." Davis, who spent six years with the Pacers, was acquired in a draft day trade for Jonathan Bender. He had six offensive rebounds and was 5-for-16 from the field. "I had a lot of emotions the whole game. I think that's why I missed a lot of shots," Davis said. "Every tick of the clock I was thinking of things I shouldn't have thought about; winning games in Indiana, losing games, crying with those guys. All that comes back to mind when you're playing against them." After the game, Davis hugged Al Harrington, who moved in with Davis when the 19-year entered the NBA last season. He also gave a look to Pacers coach Larry Bird. Davis wanted to be a starter in Indiana. Dale Davis, who paired with Antonio to become known as the Davis Boys, had 14 points and 10 rebounds. "Dale has been playing well, so I was surprised he didn't see the ball more," Antonio said. "I kind of smiled at him because he was getting a little frustrated. After I got two plays called for me I kind of looked at him and laughed." McGrady, in the starting lineup because of an ankle injury to Doug Christie, tied his season-high in points. On his right shoe he wrote "Ryan McGrady RIP." On his left show he inscribed "One love cousin." Charles Oakley had a season-high 15 points and 11 rebounds as the Raptors outrebounded the Pacers 50-35. After Indiana pulled within one point with 4:55 remaining, the Raptors went on a 10-2 run as Oakley had a tip-in and an assist to McGrady for an alley-oop dunk. After Reggie Miller committed an offensive foul, Carter got a tip-in, Miller stepped out of bounds and Davis hit a layup over Dale Davis with one minute remaining. Vince Carter, who had 24 points, then hit a fadeaway jumper to give the Raptors a 105-95 lead with 40 seconds remaining. Jalen Rose led the Pacers with 21 points. Austin Croshere had a career-high 18 points. Miller was held to six points on 1-for-8 shooting. "Toronto's emotions were key," Miller said. "We understood the emotions Antonio was going through."
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