Raptors shell Hawks with 14 3-pointers

ATLANTA — Jonas Valanciunas had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and the rested Toronto Raptors used strong 3-point shooting to beat the Atlanta Hawks 108-93 on Wednesday night.

Playing in its first game since Saturday’s loss at Minnesota, Toronto made 14 3-pointers, including eight in the first half. The Raptors improved to 25-6 when making at least 10 3s this season.

Fred VanVleet added 19 points off the bench, and All-Star starter DeMar DeRozan had 14 as Toronto moved to 3-0 against Atlanta this season. The Raptors won the first two games of the season series by an average of 23.5 points and were even more dominant in the third of four matchups between the teams.

Dennis Schroder led Atlanta with 20 points. John Collins had 13 points and career-high 16 rebounds, and Kent Bazemore also had 13 points.

The Raptors had good reason to feel comfortable. They arrived in Atlanta on Sunday and conducted two practices which coach Dwane Casey described before the game as “excellent.”

Still, Casey wasn’t sure what to expect following the unusually long rest.

“It’s an unknown,” Casey said before the game. “Hopefully it’s good, the break is good, but sometimes rust is something else, too, when you get out of game rhythm.”

The Raptors, who entered 1½ games behind Boston in the race for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, showed no rust.

SPURS 108, GRIZZLIES 86

Pau Gasol ended an assist short of a triple-double, Patty Mills scored 15 points, and San Antonio beat host Memphis.

CELTICS 113, CLIPPERS 102

Kyrie Irving had 20 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as Boston defeated host Los Angeles.

PELICANS 101, HORNETS 96

DeMarcus Cousins had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and New Orleans defeated host Charlotte.

BLAZERS 123, T-WOLVES 114

Damian Lillard scored 31 points and added six assists as Portland beat visiting Minnesota.

PACERS 116, SUNS 101

Thaddeus Young scored 22 points, Victor Oladipo had 21 points and nine assists, and host Indiana pulled away from Phoenix.

76ERS 115, BULLS 101

Ben Simmons had 19 points, 17 rebounds and 14 assists for his fifth tripledouble of the season and Philadelphia powered to a victory over visiting Chicago.

JAZZ 98, PISTONS 95 (OT)

Joe Ingles made a tying layup in the final seconds of regulation, then added two straight 3-pointers in overtime to lift visiting Utah over Detroit.