Shane Battier Scores 26 as Rockets Beat Raptors 124-112

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Oct 15, 2009

Shane Battier Scores 26 as Rockets Beat Raptors 124-112 TORONTO — Shane Battier scored 26 points and Trevor Ariza added 18 as the Houston Rockets made 13 3-pointers in a 124-112 preseason victory over the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night.

Battier made his first seven 3-point attempts and finished 8-of-9 from behind the arc. Ariza was 3-of-5 as Houston finished 13-of-23 from 3-point range.

Former Raptor Pops Mensah-Bonsu scored 17 points, including several dunks, for the Rockets (3-2), while Carl Landry added 14 points and Kyle Lowry had 12 points and seven assists.

Andrea Bargnani scored 16 points and Chris Bosh had 13 for the Raptors (2-4), who lost their second game in as many days. Boston beat Toronto 106-90 on Wednesday in Hartford, Conn.

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