TORONTO — Scottie Barnes had 18 factors and 12 rebounds, Gary Trent Jr. scored 25 factors and the Toronto Raptors beat Brooklyn 121-93 on Thursday evening, spoiling the debut of interim Nets coach Kevin Ollie.
Immanuel Quickley scored 24 factors and RJ Barrett added 12 factors and matched a season excessive with seven assists because the Raptors snapped a three-game residence dropping streak and recorded their first win in 12 video games towards Atlantic Division opponents this season.
Toronto’s largest lead was 34 factors. The Raptors outscored Brooklyn 46-10 on fast-break factors, a season finest in that class.
“They beat us in most likely each space,” Ollie mentioned. “Giving up 46 fast-break factors and never having the ability to cease them and restrict them in half-court conditions was a killer for us.”
Mikal Bridges led Brooklyn with 21 factors. Cam Thomas scored 19 factors for the Nets, who failed to increase a five-game profitable streak towards Toronto. Brooklyn has misplaced three straight and 6 of seven.
Ollie changed Jacque Vaughn on Tuesday, a day after Vaughn was fired following a 21-33 begin.
With all of the upheaval that adopted this week’s teaching change, Thomas mentioned the Nets struggled with their offensive circulate in Ollie’s first sport in cost.
“It is powerful,” Thomas mentioned. “We have got somewhat bit of various terminology on offense. With a few of that, till we truly course of what was mentioned and what to run, we’re already eight or 9 seconds into the shot clock. Even I used to be confused on offense on among the performs.”
Vaughn’s remaining sport, additionally Brooklyn’s final earlier than the All-Star break, was a 136-86 loss to the Boston Celtics on Feb. 14. It was the Nets’ worst defeat since leaving New Jersey in 2012.
The Nets made a season-high 20 turnovers Thursday, resulting in 32 factors for the Raptors. Brooklyn’s earlier excessive for turnovers was 19, executed twice.
“They had been simply getting layups,” Ollie mentioned. “We won’t have that occur.”
Bridges and Thomas had been the one Nets starters to attain in double figures. Ben Simmons had two factors in 21 minutes, making certainly one of two photographs. Former Raptors guard Dennis Schroder shot 1 for 7 and scored 4 factors off the bench.
Brooklyn’s 93 factors had been the fewest by a Toronto opponent this season. The Raptors beat Minnesota 97-94 on Oct. 25, the primary sport of the common season.
Toronto hadn’t held an opponent beneath 100 factors since a 121-97 win over Miami on Jan. 17.
“I nonetheless assume there’s a lot for us to enhance and get higher however it was positively a step into the best path tonight,” mentioned Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic, who earned a win on his forty fifth birthday.
Quickley shot 5 for 8 from 3-point vary and has made no less than one shot from distance in 27 consecutive video games, matching a career-best streak. He additionally did it final season.
Toronto was up 30-21 after one quarter and led 59-48 on the half. Quickley scored 11 factors within the third because the Raptors prolonged their benefit to 82-71 heading to the fourth.
Guard D.J. Carton made his Toronto debut after signing a 10-day contract on Wednesday and scored his first NBA basket. Carton had three factors in 4 minutes.
UP NEXT
Nets: Go to Minnesota on Saturday evening.
Raptors: Go to Atlanta on Friday evening.
