Immanuel Quickly scored 32 points and dished nine assists to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 122-94 victory over the host Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday afternoon.
Brandon Ingram added 22 with six assists for Toronto, which won its fourth contest in its last five tries. Sandro Mamukelashvili also scored 15 and Jamal Shead contributed 12 points, six rebounds and six assists off the bench.
Milwaukee’s three-game win streak came to an end. With Giannis Antetokounmpo (calf) still not on the floor, Kevin Porter Jr. and Ryan Rollins each had 21 points to lead the way while Cam Thomas added 15 and Myles Turned scored 14. Porter added 10 assists.
After Milwaukee led for much of the half, Toronto snatched the lead back with an 11-3 run halfway through the second quarter.
The Bucks shot just 5-of-16 from beyond the arc in the half and committed six turnovers against the Raptors’ defensive pressure on the perimeter. Toronto went into the break ahead 60-51.
Milwaukee got back into the swing of things in the third, starting the quarter on an 8-2 run and prompting a timeout from Toronto.
However, momentum quickly shifted the Raptors’ way. Quickley and Shead had five points apiece in a 10-0 run out of that timeout to spark Toronto, and the Raptors went on to win the quarter by 10 and go into the fourth up 92-73.
Similar issues plagued the Bucks, who committed six more turnovers in the third quarter alone and shot just 2-for-8 from deep while Toronto shot 6-of-11.
Toronto cruise from there, leading by as much as 31 as Milwaukee committed 19 turnovers on the afternoon while shooting just 41.2% from the floor.
The Raptors shot 46.8% from the field and limited themselves to just eight turnovers.
Toronto won its third in a row over Milwaukee and claimed the season series 3-1.
