Raptors Muscle By Kings

Charles Oakley helped the Toronto Raptors overcome Vince Carter's second straight subpar performance since the second-year star was left off the U.S. Olympic team.

Oakley had a season-high 20 points and 16 rebounds as the Raptors beat Sacramento 101-89 on Thursday night, snapping the Kings' four-game winning streak.

"That's how it is sometimes. I don't always hit consistent shots," said Oakley, who was 10-of-18 from the field.

"Old Oak still has a tremendous amount of pride. Give him a shot and he's going to make them," Raptors coach Butch Carter said. "Charles knew where he was in a situation where it could have been a one-way street guarding Chris Webber."

Carter, coming off a 13-point effort Tuesday night against Portland, was 7-of-23 from the field and scored 14 points.

Carter, the NBA rookie of the year last season, did finish strong, closing with a two-handed dunk and another impressive basket off Muggsy Bogues' alley-oop pass.

"Everybody did the job," said Carter, who had six assists. "It was a team effort. As long as we're winning I'm don't care about how I'm doing."

Webber, who averaged 31 points in his last five games, led Sacramento with 27 points and 19 rebounds as the Kings were held to their third lowest point total of the season.

"Give them credit, they wanted this win," Webber said. "You have to be careful not to totally do it yourself. I don't want to take crazy shots when there's no one to rebound."

Doug Christie hit four 3-pointers and had 16 points, and Tracy McGrady added 1 for Toronto

"We held them to under 100 points," McGrady said. "Defensively, we were tremendous from start to finish and that's what it's going to take."

While Carter struggled for Toronto, fellow second-year star Jason Williams had only five points and four assists for the Kings.

Bogues finished with 12 points, and Antonio Davis had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Jon Barry had 14 points for Sacramento.

The Raptors got off to a fast start, outshooting the Kings 48 percent to 29 percent in the first quarter to take a 30-16 lead.

With Oakley hitting several long-range jumpers, Toronto opened a 20-point lead midway through the second quarter.

"We made a mistake not getting to him," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "He's the type of player who if you give him 20 shots, he'll hit them."

The Kings rallied to briefly take the lead late in the third quarter on Barry's layup that made it 75-74. But McGrady came back with a driving layup with 22.9 seconds left.

The Kings, who finish their four-game road trip in Boston on Friday night, have allowed 100 points or more in 15 of their last 18 games.

"I don't think we did a good job of getting to them early," Adelman said. "I don't believe we contested enough shots tonight. We have to come out with intensity on the road and we didn't."

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