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Raptors @ Bobcats
Sunday, November 9, 2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Chris Bosh had 30 points and 15 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors pulled away late for an 89-79 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Sunday.
Andrea Bargnani scored 18 points for the Raptors, including a key three-pointer with less than six minutes to go that put them ahead to stay.
Jose Calderon added 13 points and Jamario Moon had 10 for Toronto, which snapped a two-game losing streak after opening the season with three straight wins.
Bobcats rookie D.J. Augustin scored 11 of his 14 points in the second quarter in helping Charlotte take a 45-40 lead at the break. Jason Richardson and Raymond Felton had 12 points each, and Jared Dudley 10.
Charlotte upped its lead to 58-47 on Richardson's layup with 7:11 remaining in the third quarter. But the Raptors closed the period with a 16-9 run to pull within 67-63.
The two sides then swapped the lead six times in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, with Richardson giving Charlotte its last lead at 74-72 on a three-pointer with 7:58 left.
Bosh tied the game 30 seconds later with a layup, and Bargnani's three-pointer from the top of the key with 5:53 left put Toronto ahead.
Bargnani also capped a 17-point run with another three-pointer that gave the Raptors an 89-74 margin with 1:42 remaining, its biggest lead of the game.
With the Bobcats struggling to find their range _ they hit just three of their first 15 shots _ Toronto appeared to take command midway through the first quarter, going on a 14-6 run to pull ahead 20-13 with 30 seconds left.
Charlotte, however, got right back into it with six unanswered points over the final seven seconds to cut the Raptors' lead to 20-19, beginning with Emeka Okafor's layup.
Matt Carroll hit a free throw after Toronto head coach Sam Mitchell was called for a technical foul with 1.5 seconds left, and Felton hit three more free throws after he was fouled by Anthony Parker on a desperation three-pointer from midcourt.
Augustin, the ninth overall pick in the June draft, then put the Bobcats ahead with his offensive surge in the second quarter.
He nailed a three-pointer with 10:34 left to tie the game at 22-22, made another a minute later to put Charlotte up 27-24, and scored the Bobcats' final five points of the quarter.
