RJ Barrett Hits 29-Foot Winner as Raptors Score Game 7

Raptors score one shot late, and the series goes back to Cleveland. RJ Barrett buried a 29-foot three-pointer with 1.2 seconds left in overtime to lift Toronto past the Cavaliers 112-110 on Friday night.

The win tied the series and pushed it to a Game 7. For Toronto, the finish came from the player who had the ball in the biggest moment and turned a tight road-to-home swing into one more game.

Barrett’s 29-Foot Finish

Barrett’s shot came after Scottie Barnes delivered the pass, and the Raptors forward finished from well beyond the arc with the game on the line. The basket ended overtime and left Cleveland with nothing left to answer.

Darko Rajakovic put the moment in one line: “It’s surreal that he made that shot,” after the game. The Raptors needed every inch of that make, and Barrett found 29 of them.

Toronto’s Shot Echoes 2019

The comparison was immediate because the shot landed in the same arena where Kawhi Leonard hit his iconic buzzer-beater in 2019. LeBron James framed the reaction with his own line: “Thank you, Toronto. Thank you, RJ Barrett. I appreciate it. Haven’t seen a shot in Toronto like that since Kawhi. There’s something about those rims,” after the game.

Tyrese Haliburton added to the wave of reaction on X on Friday night, writing, “That looked familiar.” Barnes also pointed to the setting and the moment, saying, “Doing it in the city he grew up in, that’s truly amazing… it’s hard to even wrap your head around it.”

Game 7 In Cleveland

Toronto’s 112-110 win did more than even the series. It forced a Game 7 in Cleveland and delayed the end of the matchup by one more night of pressure basketball.

That is the cleanest next step from Barrett’s shot: the Raptors stay alive, the Cavaliers go home with the series still undecided, and the deciding game now belongs in Cleveland after Toronto’s overtime escape.