Toronto 99-95 in overtime yesterday, sending the Raptors to their seventh consecutive loss.

Chris Bosh had 27 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors (23-43), who were missing starting centre Andrea Bargnani for most of the night.

Jose Calderon had 20 points, including the basket with nine seconds left in regulation that sent the game into overtime, and his 11 assists gave him the Raptors all-time franchise record. Pops Mensah-Bonsu finished with a team-high 10 rebounds to go with eight points for the Raptors, who have yet to win in March.

The Raptors didn't go down without a fight. The Pistons led 68-57 heading into the fourth quarter, but the Raptors turned up the intensity over the final 12 minutes, and when Shawn Marion scored on a jump shot with a couple of Pistons draped all over him with a minute to go, it cut Detroit's lead to just a point, bringing the capacity crowd of 19,800 at the Air Canada Centre to its feet.

Arron Afflalo silenced the crowd by draining a three with 40 seconds to go, but Marion responded with a basket and then Calderon scored with nine seconds left to tie the game 88-88 and send it into overtime.

The Raps got dominated early in OT, but almost managed to mount a comeback.