Newsroom Ready: Raptors drop an overtime heartbreaker to 76ers in Game 3 of playoff series

Joel Embiid scored a three-pointer with less than a second left in overtime to lift the Philadelphia 76ers to a 104-101 win over the Raptors, in the first playoff game in Toronto in three years. O-G Anunoby scored 26 points for the Raptors, while Gary Trent Jr., who'd been ill the past week, had 24. The Raptors now trail the Sixers in the best-of-seven opening-round playoff series, and face elimination in Game 4.

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