DeJuan Blair scored 14 of his season-high 26 points in the fourth quarter and added 11 rebounds to help the San Antonio Spurs pull away from the host Toronto Raptors for a 111-100 victory Wednesday.
George Hill added 18 points as San Antonio (44-8) won its fourth straight game, improving to 4-1 on its nine-game "rodeo" road trip.
Andrea Bargnani scored 29 points and DeMar DeRozan added 25 but couldn’t prevent Toronto (14-39) from losing for the 15th time in 16 games.
Toronto led by three points early in the fourth quarter before Blair began his fourth-quarter surge with back-to-back shots to give San Antonio an 87-86 lead with 10:45 left. Hill’s short jumper capped a 13-2 run that gave San Antonio an eight-point lead with 8:23 to go.
A dunk by Blair made it 103-90 with 4:48 left, and he capped his performance by scoring San Antonio’s final six points. Blair's previous season high of 22 also came against Toronto.
Tony Parker had 16 points and eight assists and Tim Duncan scored 16 points for the Spurs, who shot 58 percent from the field.
Leandro Barbosa scored 20 points for the Raptors. His late third-quarter 3-pointer capped an 18-5 spurt and gave Toronto an 80-75 lead.
San Antonio | Toronto | |
DeJuan Blair 28 | Scoring | Andrea Bargnani 29 |
Manu Ginobili 9 | Assists | Jose Calderon 11 |
DeJuan Blair 11 | Rebounds | Amir Johnson 13 |
George Hill 6 | Free Throws Made | Leandro Barbosa 5 |
George Hill 2 | Steals | Sonny Weems 2 |
Tim Duncan 5 | Blocks | Amir Johnson 3 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
San Antonio | 111 | 58.0 | 6-14 | 11-19 | 30 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Toronto | 100 | 50.0 | 3-9 | 13-18 | 22 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 8 |