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04/03 21:52 CDT RJ Barrett scores 25 points in the Raptors' 128-96 win over the
Grizzlies
RJ Barrett scores 25 points in the Raptors' 128-96 win over the Grizzlies
By CLAY BAILEY
Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) --- RJ Barrett scored 25 points, Brandon Ingram had 17
points and seven rebounds and the Toronto Raptors built a first-half lead,
extended it in the third and coasted to a 128-96 victory over the Memphis
Grizzlies on Friday night.
Rookie Collin Murray-Boyles, the ninth overall pick last summer, added 19
points on 7-of-10 shooting to help Toronto snap a two-game skid. Murray-Boyles
had a career-high 20 points against Sacramento on Wednesday night.
Trying to avoid the Eastern Conference play-in tournament, Toronto remained
seventh in the standings, through it has the same record as sixth-place
Philadelphia.
GG Jackson led Memphis with 30 points, and Cedric Coward had 15. The Grizzlies
lost for the eighth time in nine games. Jackson was 10 of 16 from the field.
A 13-4 run by Toronto to end the first half gave the Raptors a 59-41 lead at
the break. The advantage would stretch to 31 near the five-minute mark of the
third, and reach 33 in the fourth quarter.
As for the Grizzlies, as has been the case for some time, they were stuck with
makeshift lineups of 10-day signees and two-way players mixed with a few
regulars on the floor at any one time. By game time, 13 Memphis players were on
the injury list.
Up next
Raptors: At Boston on Sunday.
Grizzlies: At Milwaukee on Sunday.
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