TORONTO — Jonas Valanciunas had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and each Toronto starter scored in double figures as the Raptors defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 122-98 Tuesday night.
All told, seven Raptors hit double digits on the score sheet as Toronto (55-26) beat Philadelphia (10-71) for the 12th straight time by taking control of the game in the third quarter.
It was a game of streaks, with the teams alternating late-quarter scoring runs before the Raptors overcame an eight-point Philadelphia lead with a 32-13 third quarter to turn it into a laugher.
The 76ers lost for the 15th time in 16 games.
Philadelphia’s Robert Covington led all scorers with 24 points, hitting six 3-pointers. Ish Smith added 18 points, and Nerlens Noel finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Norman Powell had 18 points for the Raptors, Terrence Ross added 17 and Bismack Biyombo had 14 points and seven rebounds as Toronto won its the third consecutive game.
Toronto led 87-74 going into the fourth quarter after closing the third on a 28-7 run.
Trailing 67-59 with 8:46 to go in the third, the Raptors turned it on, outrunning and outgunning the 76ers. Toronto shot 12-for-28 from the field in the period, making eight more shots and attempting 10 more than Philadelphia, which went just 4-for-18 from the field in the quarter.
Philadelphia took a 61-55 lead into halftime, overcoming a 10-point deficit in the final 4:56 by outscoring the Raptors 22-6.
The 76ers hit seven of 12 3-point attempts in the second quarter, led by Covington, who went 5-for-7 from beyond the arc in the frame to total a game-high 16 points at halftime.
The Raptors were up 32-23 after the first quarter as they closed on a 22-8 run.
The teams combined to go 8-for-15 from 3-point range in the opening quarter.
NOTES: Philadelphia F Jerami Grant is one of five players in the NBA with at least 120 blocks, 130 assists (132) and 50 steals (53) this season, according to Basketball-Reference. The other four players are Atlanta’s Al Horford, Brooklyn’s Brook Lopez, Atlanta’s Paul Millsap and Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns. … The 76ers came into Tuesday’s game tied for third in the NBA blocks this season, averaging 6.0 per game along with Atlanta and Oklahoma City and trailing only Miami (6.5) and Golden State (6.1). … Toronto rookie F Norman Powell made his 23rd start of the season, the most by any player selected in the second-round of the 2015 draft. … Raptors G DeMar DeRozan had a game-high 27 points against the New York Knicks on Sunday to pass Vince Carter (9,420) for second on the team’s all-time scoring list. He trails only Chris Bosh (10,275).