Raptors rout Warriors 130-77 for 2nd win in last 15 games

<p>TAMPA, Fla. &mdash; Pascal Siakam scored 36 points in three quarters and the Toronto Raptors routed the Golden State Warriors 130-77 Friday night, with the largest margin of victory in the NBA this season.</p>
<p>Toronto shot 53.4% in the game and won for just the second time in 15 games. The Raptors pushed their lead to 61 points when Malachi Flynn hit a short jump shot with 6:29 remaining.</p>
<p>Gary Trent Jr., who posted a career-high 31 points Wednesday in his fourth game with the Raptors, finished with 24 points and OG Anunoby added 21.</p>
<p>The 53-point win was the biggest in the NBA this season, two points wider than the final margin of Dallas’ 124-73 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Dec. 27. The last time an NBA game was decided by more: Dec. 8, 2018, when Boston beat Chicago 133-57.</p>
<p>And the numbers of note didn’t stop there.</p>
<p>The 61-point lead was the largest in the NBA since Charlotte led Memphis by 65 points on March 22, 2018. The only other game in the last 25 years to see a lead exceed 60 points was Feb. 27, 1998, when Indiana beat Portland by 65 points.</p>
<p>The 53-point margin of victory was the largest in Raptors history, the previous being a 46-point win over Indiana last season. It was the third-biggest loss in Warriors history; they lost by 63 points to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1972, then lost a playoff game to the Lakers by 56 points the following season.</p>
<p>Andrew Wiggins led Golden State with 15 points, all in the first half.</p>
<p>It was the seventh loss in eight games for the The Warriors, who played without Steph Curry and Draymond Green, a late scratch with a left finger injury.</p>
<p>The Warriors shot 32.9% and had 21 turnovers.</p>
<p>Siakam scored 23 points in the first half, seven during a 20-2 run over a seven-minute span of the second quarter.</p>
<p>Anunoby and Chris Boucher did all the scoring as Toronto opened the second half with a 13-2 spurt to take a 75-42 lead.</p>
<p>Fred VanVleet left the game in the third quarter with a left hip flexor, having played 19 minutes. His 3-pointer midway through the second quarter extended his streak of games with at least one 3-pointer to 76, a Toronto franchise record. </p>
<p>TIP-INS</p>
<p>Warriors: Curry was sidelined by a tailbone injury for the sixth time in eight games after scoring 68 points in 67 minutes in the two preceding games. He will play Sunday at Atlanta. … Curry and Green each have missed eight games this season. … F Eric Paschall played 23 minutes after missing two games with a sore left wrist.</p>
<p>Raptors: After being outrebounded in 14 straight games, the Raptors controlled the boards 53-38. … F DeAndre Bembry played 20 minutes after missing four games due to coronavirus. … G Kyle Lowry missed a third game due to a right foot infection. </p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Warriors: Play at Atlanta on Sunday night.</p>
<p>Raptors: Play at home against Washington on Monday night.</p>
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