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TORONTO, April 9 (AP) -- Chris Bosh had 32 points and 11 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors ended a three-game losing skid with a 111-93 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.

Former Raptor Charlie Villanueva had a season-high 38 points and a career-high seven 3-pointers. He scored 25 of Milwaukee's first 29 points.

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Postgame News and Notes With the win, Toronto improves to 23-16 at home and 39-39 overall … Milwaukee falls to 7-32 on the road and 26-52 on the season ... Toronto wins the season series with Milwaukee (2-1) … Toronto has won five of the past seven games versus Milwaukee. The 18-point margin of victory is Toronto’s largest since March 19 vs. Miami (42 points) … All three games in the season series featured margins of victory of at least 18 points. Milwaukee made 11-of-25 three-point attempts, while Toronto went three-for-eight from beyond the arc … Toronto averaged 18.2 three-point attempts over the previous six games, making 32-of-109 (.294). Toronto had a Milwaukee opponent low-tying six turnovers (two points), while Milwaukee had 15 turnovers (24 points). The Raptors had 29 assists to 20 for Milwaukee … Toronto is averaging 29.5 assists per game over the past four contests. Chris Bosh registered team highs of 32 points and 11 rebounds … Bosh made 11-of-18 from the field and nine-of-11 from the line. Rasho Nesterovic made seven-of-14 from the field en route to 14 points … Over the past four games, Nesterovic is shooting .625 (35-for-56) and averaging 20.0 points. Jamario Moon made a Raptors rookie-high 71st start (Damon Stoudamire, 70, 1995-96) … Moon finished with five points and eight rebounds. Charlie Villanueva scored a game- and season-high 38 points (32, March 5 vs. Seattle) ... Villanueva connected on career-high seven three-point field goals (six, twice – last: March 7, 2007 vs. L.A. Lakers) and 14-of-25 field goals overall … He added a game-high 12 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season ... Villanueva had a game-best 27 first –half points on 10-of-16 from the field, including six-of-eight from three-point range. Ramon Sessions had a career high-tying 10 assists (April 6, 2008 at Indiana) to go with six points and four rebounds.

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Larry Krystkowiak

On the second night of a back-to-back, the Raptors seemed to take over in the second half….
Well there’s a chance that was the case, for sure. We’re playing a little bit shorthanded. We don’t have the normal number of bodies, I think we have 3 or 4 guys that are out with injuries. Coming off an overtime game last night, it’s a legitimate thought. I think Charlie V (Villanueva) kept us in the game offensively in the first half, I think it was a two point game. Last time we were here it was a two point game, we ended up losing by 31 on a second night of a back-to-back. The reality is that’s the NBA. We ran into a little bit of a buzz saw with energy. Typically you don’t come in, I think the Raptors had three days off getting ready for us. It could be a valid point. It’s at the point of the season right now where they’re fighting for their lives for playoff position, and we’re just trying to make some progress.

On trying to ride Charlie V (Villanueva) in the first half….
Yes, we were struggling offensively. I didn’t want to say anything to him or change anything with the pace he was going. I thought they (Raptors) did a good job of clogging the paint and Andrew (Bogut) didn’t get normal looks, he didn’t take a shot in the first half. We were trying to get him some looks in there. We just got turnover prone, probably more turnovers than we are used to having. Particularly late in the game, we didn’t give ourselves much of a chance by turning the ball over a number of times for easy baskets for them.

It must be gratifying to have a performance like this in Toronto?
Yes, I was looking forward to it. I always have this extra boost when I come to Toronto, I don’t know why. I played well but I don’t like losing. It doesn’t mean anything to me, I played well but we lost and I would rather win. I like to be a winner.

Great performance from the three-point line…
Yes I think that I hit seven threes and I think that my career high was six so one better. I was feeling it out there in that second quarter. I played big minutes tonight, I was a little bit tired and I tried to push it as much as I could to try and compete and try and win the game. We’re coming off a back-to-back and Toronto had a couple of days off and they played like it.

Thoughts on the game…
We needed to slow it down a bit and grind it out a bit more because they are a team that wants to run and has great three-point shooters. They did a great job of taking it to us tonight.

Thoughts on the teams defence…
Everyone just wants to score instead of getting back on defense. We are giving up a bucket to them to get our bucket and all of a sudden we give up 20 and score 15 and lose our lead. It has been the same story for us since December so no surprises there. We have to go out and want to play defense and when we don’t we lose.

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