Bish, bash, bosh for Chris
ByReuters
Published 26/01/2008 at 13:02 GMT
Chris Bosh said he felt like a different person after erasing the memory of his worst effort of the season by producing one of his best as the Toronto Raptors pounded the Milwaukee Bucks.
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The Raptors won 106-75 to stretch their home-winning streak to a season-high five games as Bosh displayed his All-Star qualities with 32 points and seven rebounds.
"I don't get too hard on myself, I just put that stuff behind me," Bosh, who has averaged 31.4 points over the five-game home win streak, said.
"I didn't worry too much about [my one-point game], that was earlier in the season; that was a different me, a different team back then.
"I just wanted to play my game. I didn't want to get too caught up in that because I would have been forcing stuff and shooting bad shots and I didn't want to do that today."
Andrea Bargnani and Anthony Parker each had 13 points while Jose Calderon continued to make a strong pitch for a place in the NBA All-Star game by chipping in with a double-double - 11 points and 12 assists.
Riding the momentum from a win over the league leading Boston Celtics on Wednesday, the Raptors battled to a 23-20 first quarter lead, Bosh pouring in 10 points.
Carlos Delfino got hot in the second quarter, draining 11 of his 18 points to give the home side a 47-42 advantage heading into the intermission.
The Raptors blew the game open in the third quarter with a 19-to-0 run, outscoring the Bucks 32-11 to take command 79-53 then coasted to the comfortable 31-point win.
The struggling Bucks saw just three players reach double figures with Michael Redd and former-Raptor Charlie Villanueva scoring 12.
Australia's Andrew Bogut had eight in a losing cause while China's Yi Jianlian finished with six points.
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