RJ Barrett and Scottie Barnes scored 23 points each Tuesday night and the Toronto Raptors easily defeated the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 128-100 for their third straight win.
Immanuel Quickley added 15 points for the Raptors and reserve Sandro Mamukelashvili also scored 15. Gradey Dick scored 14 points and Brandon Ingram had 13 points.
Toronto center Jakob Poeltl returned after missing three games with lower back tightness and contributed eight points and nine rebounds in 20 minutes.
The Bucks had won the four previous games between the teams.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 22 points and eight rebounds for the Bucks in 24 minutes after his buzzer beater beat the Indiana Pacers 117-115 on Monday. Kyle Kuzma contributed 18 points, Cole Anthony scored 12 points, Ryan Rollins scored 11 and Myles Turner added 10 points and eight rebounds for Milwaukee.
The Raptors dominated the game and led by as many as 21 points in the second quarter. The lead was 25 entering the fourth and the Raptors continued to cruise and led by 30 with 4:13 to play.
Barnes ended a loosely played first quarter with a 13-footer that capped a 15-5 run with Antetokounmpo resting and gave Toronto a 39-29 lead.
Collin Murray-Boyles bumped the margin to 14 with a jumper with 5:54 left in the second quarter. Milwaukee scored the next five points before Toronto stretched the lead to 16 with 3:28 to go on a three-point play by Barnes.
Barnes went to the dressing room holding his left hand with 2:29 in the first half and returned for the second half with the thumb wrapped.
After going up by 21, the Raptors led 73-54 at halftime.
Toronto had a 19-5 advantage in fastbreak points in the first half as Milwaukee looked the part of a team on the second half of a back-to-back.
The Bucks chipped at the lead and Rollins’ running layup cut the margin to 13 with 6:56 remaining in the third quarter. Ingram’s 15-foot jumper stretched the margin to 21 with 3:22 left in the third and Toronto kept building the margin until it was 105-80 after the third quarter.
–Field Level Media
