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TORONTO — Pascal Siakam had 25 points and 10 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors routed Los Angeles 126-113 on Wednesday night, beating a short-handed Lakers team playing without LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
Some in the sellout crowd of 19,800 booed when the names of the injured players were displayed on the video board before the game. Fred VanVleet scored 25 points and O.G. Anunoby had 23 as Toronto led from wire-to-wire, improving to 10-3 at home. Gary Trent Jr. scored 18 points, Chris Boucher had 16 and Scottie Barnes scored 13 points and matched his career high with 17 rebounds.
Toronto scored the first 11 points and led 39-31 after one. VanVleet made four field goals in the opening quarter, one more than he had in 38 minutes in a home loss to Boston on Monday night.
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