TORONTO -- The Toronto Raptors showed no mercy to the NBA's worst team Saturday night.
Tyler Hansbrough scored 23 points off the bench to lead the Raptors as Toronto won 115-91 against the Utah Jazz at Air Canada Centre.
The Raptors (3-4) scored the first five points of the night and never trailed on the way to ending a three-game losing streak. Toronto led by as many as 38 points against a Jazz team that dropped to 0-7.
The 115 points marked the first time this season Toronto has reached the century mark.
The only sour note on the night for the Raptors was a right ankle sprain to starting point guard Kyle Lowry. He had nine points in 15 minutes but did not play in the second half.
The Raptors, wearing green camouflage uniforms in honour of the Canadian Forces, hardly put on a militarily precise performance. They committed 12 turnovers on the night, four less than Utah.
Toronto shot less than 50 per cent from the field. Utah shot 44 per cent from the field.
Still, 12 different Raptors had a field goal and the starters got lots of rest in the second half.
DeMar DeRozan was the leading scorer among starters, pouring in 18 points in 24 minutes of play as the Raptors briefly threatened to match their largest lead in team history -- a 43-point advantage over the Miami Heat on March 19, 2008, a game they eventually won by 42 points.
Gordon Hayward had 24 points to lead the Jazz.
Toronto took a 62-36 lead into the locker-room at halftime with a balanced attack.
Nine different Raptors scored in the opening half, none of them in double figures.
Rudy Gay, Lowry, Hansbrough and Terrence Ross each led the way with nine points in the first 24 minutes as Toronto hit 50 per cent from the field, including 7-of-13 three-point attempts.
The Jazz, meanwhile, played like the NBA's only winless team. Utah had 13 turnovers in the opening half leading to 19 Toronto points. The visitors went into the break shooting just 41 per cent, making only one-of-eight attempts from beyond the arc and attempting 12 fewer field goals than Toronto.
The Raptors led 30-16 after the first quarter as Lowry paced Toronto with nine points, hitting three-of-four three-pointers. Jonas Valanciunas chipped in eight points, making his first four shots of the night.
The Raptors, who played four of their first six games away from Air Canada Centre, return to the road to start next week, playing in Houston on Monday and at Memphis on Wednesday.
