WASHINGTON — The Toronto Raptors overcame a halftime deficit in a road playoff game for the first time in 24 tries Friday night, using 24 points from Kyle Lowry and a tremendous effort from their second unit to beat the Washington Wizards 102-92 in Game 6 and end their Eastern Conference first-round series.

Toronto trailed by as many as 12 points in the first quarter and was down 53-50 at the end of the second. The Raptors’ first lead did not come until the third quarter, and they were back down by five points entering the final period.

But with Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, who had a personal series-low 16 points, resting to begin the fourth, reserves led by point guard Fred VanVleet turned around the game. Bothered by a bad right shoulder, VanVleet had played a total of three minutes in the series until Friday, but he was just what Toronto needed in this game, with five points, four assists and four rebounds.

The home team had won each of the first five games, but the Raptors were finally able to break that road hex and close things out.

PACERS 121, CAVALIERS 87: Victor Oladipo scored 28 points and posted the first postseason triple-double of his career, leading Indiana to a blowout at Indianapolis to even the series at 3-3.

Game 7 will be played Sunday in Cleveland.

The Cavaliers again were led by LeBron James with 22 points, seven assists and five rebounds despite sitting out the entire fourth quarter. Nobody else scored more than 13 points for Cleveland.