TORONTO – To close the first half, DeMar DeRozan had only a backpedalling Kevin Durant between him and the rim. So he attacked KD’s body, shouldered him out of the way and uncoiled for another of his powerful fastbreak finishes.

But just as he rose, a flying Serge Ibaka entered the fray, spiking DeRozan’s layup into the floor. It bounded to Steven Adams, who handed it to Durant, who dropped in a beautiful touchdown pass for a Russell Westbrook dunk.

Two sure Raptors points morphed into two easy ones for OKC. A would-be nine-point lead was suddenly 13. Four Thunder players were involved in the sequence. But Ibaka created the entire play.

On Monday night, The Thunder won for a season-high eighth straight time: a 119-100 road dismantling of a solid Raptors team.