TORONTO -- DeMar DeRozan scored 20 points as the Toronto Raptors beat the Washington Wizards 127-108 on Wednesday, ending a two-game skid with their best offensive performance of the season.
Andrea Bargnani added 18 points and eight rebounds, while Sonny Weems also finished with 18 points as seven Raptors reached double figures before a crowd of 15,209 at Air Canada Centre.
Jerryd Bayless and Leandro Barbosa scored 16 points apiece, while rookie Ed Davis had 11 in his Raptors' regular-season debut. Jose Calderon finished with 11 points and eight assists.
JaVale McGee led the Wizards with 21 points with rookie John Wall adding 19 and Andray Blatche 17.
The Raptors opened the fourth quarter with a 6-0 run capped by a pair of Weems free throws to open up a 26-point gap on their opponents for the second time of the night.
Linas Kleiza's turnaround hook shot stretched the Raptors' lead to 27 points with 4:45 left in the game, as Toronto romped to its highest point total of the season.
The Raptors rebounded from a sluggish loss to Atlanta on Sunday, moving the ball around with authority against the Wizards (5-12).
The Raptors (7-11) raced out to a 34-25 first-quarter lead and were up by 20 heading into the dressing room at halftime. They kept up the pressure to lead by 25 after Barbosa hit a three-pointer with four minutes to play in the third.
The lead climbed to 26 when Davis, playing in his first NBA game, scored on a layup with 3:16 left in the quarter and the Raptors took a 101-81 advantage into the fourth.
Davis was recently recalled from the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League after appearing in two games. The Raptors rookie suffered a knee injury playing in a pickup game in September, and returned to practice a few weeks into the season before he was sent to Erie for conditioning.
Notes: Amir Johnson started at power forward. Joey Dorsey started in Sunday's loss to Atlanta, replacing Reggie Evans, who suffered a fractured right foot in Friday's loss in Boston. Evans will be out eight weeks after undergoing surgery Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C. ... Raptors forward Peja Stojakovic didn't dress for the second game in a row because of a swollen left knee. ... Washington was without Hilton Armstrong, who was serving a one-game suspension for his flagrant foul on Monday against Miami. ... The Raptors host Oklahoma City on Friday.
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