Bosh scores 30 as Raptors beat Bucks

(AP)
Updated: 2007-01-11 13:28

MILWAUKEE - Chris Bosh scored 30 points and tied a career-high with six blocks to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 90-77 victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday night, handing the short-handed Bucks their fourth straight loss.

T.J. Ford had 15 points and 10 assists for the Raptors, who have won three out of four and are tied with New York for the Atlantic Division lead with 16 wins.

Bosh missed his first two shots as the Raptors started 1-of-12 from the field. However, he hit his next eight shots ¡ª and finished 11-for-16 from the field ¡ª to help Toronto quickly erase a double-digit deficit.

Anthony Parker added 18 points and top draft pick Andrea Bargnani had 11 points for Toronto.

Milwaukee's only healthy starter from their projected lineup this season, Andrew Bogut, had 17 points and a career-high 18 rebounds to lead five Bucks in double digits. Ruben Patterson added 17 points, while Ersan Ilyasova had 11 and Brian Skinner and Steve Blake had 10 each.

The Raptors starters, who combined for 29 points in a 101-86 loss to the Nets on Tuesday night, reached that many off Ford's free throw with just over 4 minutes left in the first half to give the Raptors a 44-41 lead.

Toronto went on an 11-0 run spanning halftime to take a 59-46 lead early in the third quarter. It didn't take much for the Raptors to maintain it.

Milwaukee hit just one field goal in a 7-minute stretch, finishing 5-of-19 from the field and 0-of-6 from 3-point range with five turnovers in the third quarter. The Bucks, who never got closer than eight points the rest of the way, set season lows for points in a quarter in the third (11) and in the second half (31).

Milwaukee dressed 10 players including four rookies, and Bosh didn't waste any time picking on the eight-man rotation. As soon as rookie Ilyasova entered the game, Bosh easily outleaped him for a rebound and put back to finish the first quarter with 12 points. Bosh also blocked rookie David Noel's drive to the basket early in the second quarter.

The Bucks lost guard Mo Williams for two to three weeks when he sprained his shoulder in the second quarter of a 104-92 loss at Denver on Monday night. The previous game, Michael Redd, averaging 27.2 points, hurt a tendon in his left knee and will miss four to six weeks. Forward Charlie Villanueva missed his fourth straight game against the Raptors with right shoulder tendinitis and is expected out at least another week.

The replacements for Redd and Williams, Blake and Charlie Bell, combined to miss 20 of their 25 shots.



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