TORONTO — Point guard Kyle Lowry scored 29 points, and the Toronto Raptors defeated the Washington Wizards 106-89 Tuesday to tie the franchise record with a ninth consecutive win.
The Raptors also won nine straight in 2002.
Guard DeMar DeRozan added 17 points for Toronto. Forward Terrence Ross contributed 15 points off the bench, and center Jonas Valanciunas scored 13 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Reserve guard Cory Joseph chipped in with 10 points and six assists.
The Raptors led by as many as 14 points in the second quarter, only to have the Wizards tie the game in the third before Toronto pulled out to a 19-point advantage in the fourth quarter. The Raptors swept the four-game season series between the teams.
Guard John Wall led Washington with 18 points and 14 assists. Forward Otto Porter added 15 points, guard Gary Neal added 14 points off the bench, and forward Nene scored 10 for the Wizards, who have lost two in a row.
The Raptors took a 24-18 lead after scoring the final six points of the first quarter, including a floating jumper by Joseph that beat the buzzer.
Toronto (30-15) had a 14-point lead with 8:26 to play in the second quarter after Valanciunas made consecutive layups. The Wizards (20-23) trimmed the margin to one on a running layup by Wall with 1:06 to play in the first half. The Raptors took a 53-50 lead into the intermission.
Lowry led first-half scorers with 15 points, and Wall had 13 points with eight assists. Valanciunas nabbed 11 rebounds in the first half.
The Wizards tied the game at 55 on Porter’s steal and fastbreak dunk with 10:08 to play in the third quarter.
The Raptors took a seven-point lead in the third quarter before the Wizards trimmed it to two on Neal’s floating layup with 3:45 to play in the period. Toronto regained a seven-point advantage on five straight points from Ross. The Raptors led 77-70 after three quarters.
The Raptors opened a 14-point lead with seven minutes to play in the fourth quarter on a 3-pointer by Lowry.
DeRozan made a 3-foot jumper with 4:40 to play to give the Raptors a 16-point cushion.
NOTES: Wizards G Bradley Beal (broken nose, concussion) did not accompany the team to Toronto after taking a forearm in the face Monday during the second quarter of the loss to the Boston Celtics. Beal, who was playing his fifth game after returning from a stress reaction in his right fibula that cost him 16 games, is listed as day to day. …The Wizards swept the Raptors in four games in the first round of the playoffs last year, but the Raptors entered Tuesday having won the first three meetings between the teams this season. Tuesday was their final regular-season meeting. … The Wizards return home to play the Denver Nuggets on Thursday. The Raptors play the sixth game of seven in a row at home on Thursday against the New York Knicks.