Pacers halt streaking Raptors
Written by on February 2nd, 2010 in Latest News.
Toronto’s Chris Bosh drives between Indiana’s Roy Hibbert and Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday. (Ron Hoskins/NBAE/Getty Images)
Danny Granger scored 23 points and the Indiana Pacers snapped the Toronto Raptors’ five-game winning streak with a 130-115 victory on Tuesday night.
Troy Murphy had 20 points and 14 rebounds for Indiana, which finished a three-game skid. Roy Hibbert had 18 points and nine boards and Earl Watson added 15 points and a season-high 11 assists.
Lester Conner coached the Pacers in place of Jim O’Brien, who attended a family funeral.
Chris Bosh had 35 points and 15 rebounds, and Andrea Bargnani scored a career-high 34 points for the visiting Raptors.
It was a season scoring high for the Pacers, who had scored fewer than 100 points in six of their previous nine games.
Indiana made 33 of 35 free throws and shot 52 per cent from the field.
