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DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points and Kyle Lowry had 13 points and a season-high 14 assists as the resurgent Toronto Raptors extended their season-high winning streak to four games by beating the Indiana Pacers 95-82 in the NBA on Wednesday in Toronto, Canada.
Terrence Ross scored 18 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 13 points and nine rebounds as the Raptors (15-15) ended Indiana’s five-game winning streak and improved their record to .500 after 30 games for the first time since January 6, 2010.
The Raptors outscored the Pacers 26-12 down the stretch of the final quarter to pull out the victory.
The Raptors have won eight of 10 games since December 13, when the majority of the players acquired from Sacramento in the Rudy Gay trade made their Toronto debuts.
Roy Hibbert fouled out with 16 points and Paul George had 12 for the Pacers, who recorded a season-worst 23 turnovers. Indiana had won nine of its previous 12 meetings with Toronto, including four straight in Canada.
In other games on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Clippers handed the Charlotte Bobcats their 17th straight road loss against Western Conference opponents in a 112-85 rout, the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the slumping Denver Nuggets 114-102, the Dallas Mavericks held off the Washington Wizards 87-78 and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-112.
Blake Griffin scored 13 of his 31 points in the final 7:05 and Jared Dudley got 11 of his 20 points in the third quarter for the Pacific Division-leading Clippers.
Dudley faced his second former team in two games, making seven of 10 shots against the club that selected him with their first pick in the 2007 NBA draft and traded him to Phoenix after one season. He had nine points against the Suns on Monday in the Clippers’ 107-88 loss.
Chris Paul had 17 points and 14 assists for the Clippers, who beat the Bobcats for the sixth straight time.
Philadelphia’s Evan Turner scored 23 points and Thaddeus Young added 17 to lead seven different 76ers players in double figures.
The 76ers won their second straight game away from home.
J.J. Hickson had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Nuggets, who dropped their eighth game in a row.
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