{"id":262492,"date":"2025-11-05T03:41:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/262492\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T03:41:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:41:21","slug":"rj-barrett-scottie-barnes-lead-toronto-raptors-to-blowout-win-over-milwaukee-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/262492\/","title":{"rendered":"RJ Barrett, Scottie Barnes lead Toronto Raptors to blowout win over Milwaukee Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">TORONTO \u2014 RJ Barrett and Scottie Barnes each scored 23 points to rally the Toronto Raptors to a 128-100 win against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Six Toronto players hit double figures as the victory extended the Raptors\u2019 (4-4) win streak to a season-high three games, and avenged a six-point loss to the Bucks (5-3) in Toronto\u2019s home opener Oct. 24 at Scotiabank Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sandro Mamukelashvili came off the bench to score 15 and contribute seven rebounds. Point guard Immanuel Quickley chipped in 15, followed by Gradey Dick\u2019s 14 and 13 from Brandon Ingram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After scoring 31 points with 20 rebounds in the Raptors\u2019 home opener, Giannis Antetokounmpo was good for 22 points and eight rebounds to lead the Bucks (5-3) in just 24 minutes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The two-time NBA MVP has been troubled with a left knee ailment and did not play the final quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Barnes left late in the first half after suffering a left thumb strain, but returned in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jakob Poeltl scored eight points after missing three games with a lower back injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Raptors led for good after a Barrett field goal with 4:32 remaining in the opening quarter gave the home team a two-point lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Takeaways<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Raptors: WNBA expansion Toronto Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello sat courtside. Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic plans to have dinner with Brondello on Wednesday. Their paths crossed in Phoenix in 2019-20 when Brondello led the Mercury and Rajakovic was an assistant with the Suns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bucks: The visitors looked sluggish in their second game in as many nights, and after an emotional buzzer-beater victory on the road against the defending Eastern Conference champion Indiana Pacers on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Key moment<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto went on a 12-5 run to end the third quarter, capped off by a Ja\u2019Kobe Walter three-point play with 1.7 seconds remaining to take a 105-80 lead into the final 12 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Key stat<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Raptors hit 12 three-point jumpers in the first half for a 73-54 advantage, but only five from beyond the arc in the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Up next<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Raptors: Visit the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bucks: Host the Chicago Bulls on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 4, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tim Wharnsby, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 RJ Barrett and Scottie Barnes each scored 23 points to rally the Toronto Raptors to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-262492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}