TORONTO, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Toronto Raptors ended an 11-game winless streak against Chicago Bulls with a 122-120 overtime victory in Tuesday night NBA action.

With the win, Raptors improve to 42-29 on the season and guarantee a winning record for a franchise-record fourth consecutive season. The team also captures their first victory against Chicago since Dec. 31, 2017, ending their longest active losing streak against an opponent.

In front of a sold out Air Canada Centre crowd, Toronto's win did not look like a likely outcome. The team trailed by 16 points in the third quarter before an altercation took place between Raptors forward Serge Ibaka and Bulls center Robin Lopez at the 3:58 mark for throwing punches at one another after a Chicago three-point basket.

While both players were ejected for fighting, Raptors head coach Dwane Casey believes the bench-clearing event helped fire up his squad and mount their league-best 18th double-digit comeback of the season.

"I thought it got us going. We needed something to get us going," said Casey following the victory. "You don't ever want to see a fight to get you going, but I like the emotions. We need that to get ourselves going at the beginning of the game," he added.

Trailing 94-79 at the end of the third quarter, Casey's squad stepped up their defense, holding Chicago to four points in the final 6:39 of the fourth frame to outscore Bulls 34-19 in the period to force overtime.

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