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Canwest News Service
Chris Bosh had 16 points and 12 rebounds, Jose Calderon scored a season-high 21 points and the Toronto Raptors handed the Indiana Pacers their fourth straight loss, 123-112 on Tuesday night.
Jarrett Jack scored 18 against his former team, and Andrea Bargnani and Hedo Turkoglu each had 14 for the Raptors, who won for just the second time in six games.
Indiana's Danny Granger recovered from a poor first half to finish with a season-high 36, including seven three-pointers, and nine rebounds. Former Raptor T.J. Ford scored 16.
Troy Murphy and Brandon Rush each scored 11 for the Pacers, who have allowed four straight opponents to top 100 points.
Toronto led by 21 at the half but saw the Pacers cut the gap to eight, 100-92 to begin the fourth. Murphy made three-pointers on consecutive possessions, the second making it 113-106 with 6:52 left, but Bosh made one free throw and, after Toronto grabbed the rebound on the missed second, Jack drained a three-pointer to push the lead back to 11, 117-106.
Calderon and Turkoglu combined to shoot 6 for 7 in the first as Toronto led 39-31 after one, its highest-scoring opening quarter of the season.
Toronto kept it up in the second, shooting 13 for 18 and setting a season high for points in a half to lead 74-53 lead at the break.
After struggling in the first half, shooting just 3 for 12, Granger began the third quarter with back-to-back three-pointers.
With Toronto suddenly struggling, missing six of their first eight shots, Granger heated up, shooting 5 of 8 for 13 points in the quarter as the Pacers fought back.
WIZARDS 108 76ers 107
WASHINGTON — Antawn Jamison had 32 points and 14 rebounds to lead Washington past the Philadelphia 76ers 108-107 on Tuesday night, hours after the death of Wizards owner Abe Pollin.
Nick Young added 20 points for the Wizards as they snapped a two-game skid despite playing without Caron Butler, who sat out with a sore right ankle.
Louis Williams' layup pulled Philadelphia to 108-107 with 40 seconds remaining. After Gilbert Arenas committed a turnover with 28 seconds left, Williams missed a potential game-winning three-pointer as the final buzzer sounded.
There was a moment of silence before the national anthem was played at Verizon Center, which Pollin built mostly with his own money.
"He would want us to celebrate his life and not mourn his death," Wizards coach Flip Saunders said. "That's just the individual he was. But when you're here going through it, it's not that easy." –
