TORONTO (AP) – Lou Williams scored a season-high 22 points, Jonas Valanciunas added 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Milwaukee Bucks 124-83 Friday night.
The Raptors narrowly missed matching its largest margin of victory in franchise history, set in a 96-54 victory over Miami on March 19, 2008.
Kyle Lowry scored 20 points and Terrence Ross had 13 as the Raptors wrapped up a franchise-record seven-game homestand at 6-1 and became the first Eastern Conference team to reach 10 wins.
Williams connected on five of Toronto’s season-high 15 3-pointers, including one each at the end of the first and second quarters. When Williams hit a pair of free throws in the final seconds of the third quarter, it gave Toronto a 101-56 lead. At the time, the 45-point margin represented the biggest lead in franchise history.
The mark didn’t last long. Raptors rookie Bruno Caboclo checked in to begin the fourth, the first action of his career, and made an alley-oop slam followed by a 3 that put the Raptors up 109-59. Caboclo’s second 3 at 6:01 of the fourth put Toronto up by 52 – 116-64.