NBA: Valanciunas leads Raptors to victory

Washington, Dec 28: Toronto Raptors centre scored Jonas Valanciunas scored 16 points and 18 rebounds leading his team to a 95-83 victory over the Carmelo Anthony-less New York Knicks.

DeMar DeRozan scored a game-high 25 points. Point guard Kyle Lowry added 15 points and 11 assists, reports Xinhua.

Andrea Bargnani had 18 points for the Knicks. J.R. Smith finished with 17 and Beno Udrih contributed 15 points and 11 assists.