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IAN HARRISON Associated Press

Raptors use 70-point first half to rout Kings 124-101

TORONTO (AP) — Chris Boucher matched his season high with 17 points, Yuta Watanabe had a season-best 12 points and 10 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors used a 70-point first half to rout the Sacramento Kings 124-101 on Monday night.

Pascal Siakam and Scottie Barnes each scored 16 points, Fred VanVleet had 12 and Gary Trent Jr. added 10 as Toronto made a season-most 53 field goals.

Malachi Flynn scored 14 points, Svi Mykhailiuk had 11 and Justin Champagnie finished with 10 for the Raptors, who wrapped up a 4-3 homestand — their longest of the season.

De’Aaron Fox scored 29 points, Buddy Hield added 14 and Marvin Bagley III had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Kings, who went 0-3 on an Eastern Conference road trip that also included losses at Charlotte and Cleveland.

Toronto scored the first 11 points and led 30-22 after one quarter, getting nine points off six turnovers by the Kings.

The Raptors extended their lead by connecting on 18 of 27 field goal attempts in the second, one more than the Kings had in the entire first half. Toronto led 70-45 at halftime after its highest-scoring half of the season. The Raptors scored 67 points in the second half of a Nov. 24 game at Memphis. Toronto made 47 field goals in that game, its previous season high.

With 40 points in the second, Toronto also matched its biggest quarter of the season Monday, equaling a 40-point second in a Dec. 5 home win over the Wizards.

The Raptors took a 93-69 lead into the fourth.

NEW PLAN

Toronto’s scheduled home game Thursday against Chicago was one of two Bulls games postponed Monday after 10 of the team’s players entered the NBA’s health and safety protocol. Raptors coach Nick Nurse said he had scheduled a practice and a shooting session instead.

PLAYING IT SAFE

In a statement issued by the Raptors, the TV broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Matt Devlin and color commentator Jack Armstrong said they may have been exposed to COVID-19 and would stay away from the team “for a period of time.”

BELOW CAPACITY

For the first time in 15 home games this season, the Raptors did not draw a capacity crowd of 19,800. Attendance was 19,463.

TIP-INS

Kings: Missed their first six field goal attempts, and their first seven from 3-point range. … F Richaun Holmes (right eye) sat out for the third straight game.

Raptors: F OG Anunoby (left hip) and C Khem Birch (right knee) sat out for the 12th consecutive game and will miss Tuesday’s game at Brooklyn, Nurse said. There is no timetable for their return. … C Precious Achiuwa, who had missed the previous two games with a sore right shoulder, entered the league’s health and safety protocol Sunday.

UP NEXT

Kings: Host the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.

Raptors: Visit the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday.

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