Bosh now Raptors all-time leading scorer
January 4, 2010
TORONTO (AP)—When Chris Bosh(notes) tells the story of his record-setting basket,it’ll sound more like a game-winning dunk than a third-quarter jump shot.
Bosh scored 22 points to become the leading scorer in Raptors history,leading Toronto to a 91-86 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night.
“I was thinking it would be really nice to set the record and everything,but I wanted to win, that was the main focus of the whole game,” Bosh said.“It makes it that much better.”
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Bosh, who also had 15 rebounds, made a jumper from the top of the key with1:39 left in the third quarter to eclipse Vince Carter’s(notes) mark of 9,420 points.Bosh, who now has 9,428 points, was honored with a video tribute and standingovation at the end of the quarter.
Bosh, who kept his game jersey and shoes as mementos, warned that the taleof his big basket might get a little dressing up when he relives it.
“I’m going to hype up the situation. When I tell this story tomorrow, thefish is going to be this big,” Bosh said with a laugh, spreading his arms wide.“You have to make it dramatic and I like telling stories. Hopefully I’ll beable to tell my kids when it’s all said and done.”
San Antonio’s Tim Duncan(notes) praised Bosh for reaching the milestone.
“He’s been an All-Star for years and he’s been a great player, too,”Duncan said. “It’s a great accomplishment for him and I know he’s proud of thatfact. He’s had this team on his shoulders for a long time.”
Spurs guard Roger Mason(notes), a teammate of Bosh in 2003-04, also offeredcongratulations.
“I’m proud of him,” Mason said. “I was here his rookie year and saw thetalent. He’s obviously worked very hard. It’s a great achievement.”
Jarrett Jack(notes) scored 16 points, Andrea Bargnani(notes) had 15 and DeMar DeRozan(notes) 11for Toronto, which has won six of seven and ended the Spurs’ winning streak atfive games.
Tony Parker(notes) scored 23 points, and Duncan had 21 points and 12 rebounds in arare reserve appearance. Richard Jefferson(notes) scored 12 for the Spurs, who had won11 of 13.
“Every time we made a play to get right back into it, it seemed like weeither made an offensive foul or we missed something easy or we missed freethrows,” Duncan said. “We just kind of shot ourselves in the foot.”
San Antonio finished 16 for 27 at the free throw line, with Parker missingfive and Duncan four.
Toronto led 67-55 heading into the fourth quarter, but Duncan cut the leadto 81-78 on a three-point play with 2:32 left. Jack and Parker each scoredbefore Bosh’s driving layup made it 85-80 with 56 seconds remaining.
Duncan missed a pair from the line but San Antonio got the ball back after aJack miss, and Keith Bogans(notes) hit a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left, cutting it to85-83. Bosh, Marco Belinelli(notes) and Antoine Wright(notes) sealed it at the line, eachmaking two free throws in the final 11 seconds.
Toronto avenged a 131-124 loss to the Spurs on Nov. 9, San Antonio’s highestscoring game of the season. Parker and Duncan missed that one with injuries butManu Ginobili(notes) scored 36 points. Ginobili was held in check this time, scoringjust five points and making only one of eight field goal attempts.
Duncan, San Antonio’s leading scorer, came off the bench for just the secondtime in his career and the first time since 2004. He scored 23 points in 36minutes in Saturday’s win at Washington.
“He’s played a lot of minutes,” coach Gregg Popovich said. “He playedmore than we wanted last night so we just wanted to have him in the fourthquarter rather than the first. Not too much happens in the first quarter of NBAgames.”
Duncan acknowledged not starting was “tough to swallow,” but didn’t arguewith the plan, even though he shot just 8 for 22.
“Pop asked me about it and it sounded like a decent idea, just to make sureI had my legs down the stretch,” Duncan said. “It worked, I felt good in thefourth quarter, I just couldn’t get anything to go in the hole.”
Toronto’s Hedo Turkoglu(notes) missed the game with flulike symptoms and wasreplaced by Wright.
Parker shot 6 for 7 and scored 12 points in the first quarter, but the restof the Spurs went 3 for 17 as Toronto led 27-19 after one.
Jack wasn’t sorry to see Duncan on the bench in the first.
“(Parker) came out and was able to give them a great lift,” Jack said,“but they didn’t have that down-low presence that they typically have.”
San Antonio’s shooting woes continued in the second. Duncan made two freethrows to snap a 6:37 scoreless streak, and the Spurs went more than nineminutes between field goals, missing their first seven attempts before a Duncanturnaround hook shot with 4:53 left.
Toronto led 48-34 at the half.
NOTES: Raptors coach Jay Triano said he expects point guard Jose Calderon(notes)will return to the lineup Wednesday at Orlando. Calderon (sore left hip) hasmissed 12 of the past 13 games. … DeRozan converted a second quarter alley-oopafter Jack’s pass bounced off the backboard. … Nursing a sore left knee,Duncan had 22 points and 10 rebounds in a March 18, 2004, victory overMinnesota, the only other time in his career he didn’t start.
