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TORONTO — Andrea Bargnani scored 19 points, Chris Bosh had 16 and the Toronto Raptors used a big second quarter and a flurry of 3-pointers to beat the Washington Wizards 122-83 on Wednesday night.
The 39-point margin of victory matched the biggest in team history, a 112-73 win over Atlanta on April 12, 2002.
Anthony Parker had 15 points and Jose Calderon added 11 points and 11 assists for the Raptors, who avenged a 108-104 overtime loss at Washington on Tuesday.
Juan Dixon had 12 points and Carlos Delfino added 11 for Toronto, which finished 13-of-18 from 3-point range. The Raptors are the NBA's best 3-point shooting team, making 42.3 percent from beyond the arc.
Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani and Washington Wizards forward Oleksiy Pecherov battle for a rebound. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)
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- Toronto Raptors
- Washington Wizards
- Andrea Bargnani
- Andray Blatche
- Chris Bosh
- Caron Butler
- Jose Calderon
- Carlos Delfino
- Juan Dixon
- T.J. Ford
- Antawn Jamison
- Roger Mason
- Rasho Nesterovic
- Anthony Parker
- DeShawn Stevenson
Toronto has won a season-high six straight at home and eight of 11 overall.
DeShawn Stevenson led Washington with 16 points, Roger Mason had 14, Andray Blatche 12 and Antawn Jamison 11. The Wizards were without forward Caron Butler (hip flexor) for the second straight game.
The Wizards, who had won seven of 10, were out of this one early. Toronto scored the game's first 12 points before Stevenson made a 3-pointer with 8:40 left. The Raptors led 28-23 after the opening quarter.
A 3-pointer by Mason cut it to 36-32 with 7:56 remaining in the second, but that was the last time the Wizards were close. The Raptors pulled away with a 17-2 run over the next four minutes, capping the spurt with 3-pointers from Bargnani, Dixon, a hook shot by Rasho Nesterovic and a 3-pointer from Delfino, forcing Washington to call time trailing 53-34.
Toronto, which led 61-41 at the half, leveled the series at 24-all. Each team has gone 17-7 on its home court.
Notes: Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo said injured point guard T.J. Ford is close to returning to practice, but there is still no timetable for his return to games. Ford has missed 23 games because of a left-arm stinger. ... Toronto made a season-high 15 3-pointers in a Jan. 23 victory at Boston.
