By The Canadian Press

One night after an encouraging defensive effort, the Toronto Raptors back to their old selves.

Rookie Brandon Jennings scored 22 points and the Milwaukee Bucks shot 52.5 per cent to beat the Toronto Raptors 117-95 Wednesday.

Chris Bosh had 26 points and 10 rebounds for Toronto to extend his strong string of performances, but he had little help because Andrea Bargnani (sore right ankle) and Jose Calderon (hip) were out and Hedo Turkoglu was ineffective.

The Raptors are allowing 108.7 points per game and had another miserable defensive effort. They fell to 0-7 when allowing opponents to shoot 50 per cent or better.

It was a disappointing effort for the Raptors, who looked solid on defence in a 94-88 win over Minnesota Tuesday night.

"Other guys got a chance to step up today and I don't think anybody really did," Raptors coach Jay Triano said. "It came down to not being able to get stops. We had matchup problems all night long."

Elsewhere in the NBA it was: Detroit 90 Philadelphia 86; Atlanta 118 Chicago 83; Golden State 105 New Jersey 89; Portland 102 Indiana 91; New Orleans 97 Minnesota 96; Houston 95 Cleveland 85; San Antonio 118 Sacramento 106; and Los Angeles Lakers 101 Utah 77.

At Milwaukee, Jennings hyperextended his left knee near the close of the third quarter

"I went to the rack, came down funny and just hyperextended it," said Jennings, who said he was scared as soon as it happened. "I don't like knee injuries anyway, I've never had any, but from seeing other people with knee injures, you can be out a long time."

Jennings said he should be ready to play in the Bucks' next game, Saturday against Portland.

Milwaukee, losers of eight of 10, snapped a four-game skid by controlling this game from the start and ended Toronto's three-game winning streak.

"We were just trying to stop the losing streak, that's the main thing," Jennings said. "For me, I think I just have to start attacking more. I come off a little passive at first and I need to be more aggressive."

The 20-year-old Jennings came in shooting 32.5 per cent in his previous nine games, but against the woeful Raptors, he was 8-of-14 from the field and his 14 first-quarter points gave Milwaukee a comfortable cushion.

Ersan Ilyasova and Roko Ukic had 17 points each, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute had 16, Luke Ridnour 15, Carlos Delfino 14 and Andrew Bogut 12 for the Bucks, who had seven players with at least 12 points.

"Any time you have five or six guys in double figures, you're going to have a pretty good game," Bucks coach Scott Skiles said.

Bosh tried to rally the Raptors, both from the bench and while he was in the game. It didn't get him very far, but he maintained he isn't frustrated by the poor team performances.

"Everybody listens. We were behind a little bit and it was all about trying to get back in the game," Bosh said. "I was just telling everybody to keep your head up. It's a long game. We can't get hung up over one run or two quarters, anything like that. We just keep playing hard. We got back in it a little bit.

"We gave ourselves a chance, but we didn't stick to our principles," Bosh said.

Milwaukee led by double digits almost throughout and the Bucks were cruising until Jennings crumpled to the floor in a collision driving to the basket. He sat out for half the fourth quarter before playing 4 more minutes. He then returned to the bench for more treatment and had the knee wrapped in ice after the game.

The Bucks finished a stretch of 15 games in 26 days without consecutive days off, and Skiles had already planned to give his team Thursday off before the win. It couldn't come quick enough with Bogut (left leg), Ridnour (left elbow), Michael Redd (left knee) and now Jennings ailing.

"For me, it's going to feel great," Bogut said. "It's been a struggle the last couple of days. My body's been getting better, but it's just tired and sore."

Pistons 90 76ers 86

At Philadelphia, Rodney Stuckey scored 27 points and hit the winner with 8.7 seconds as Detroit handed the 76ers their 11th straight loss.

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Hawks 118 Bulls 83

At Atlanta, Jamal Crawford scored a season-high 29 points and the Hawks opened the second half with a 20-4 run against slumping Chicago.

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Warriors 105 Nets 89

At East Rutherford, N.J., Monta Ellis scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, and Golden State snapped a four-game losing streak.

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Trail Blazers 102 Pacers 91

At Indianapolis, Brandon Roy scored 29 points, leading Portland over the Pacers.

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Hornets 97 Timberwolves 96

At Minneapolis, Chris Paul streaked past Jonny Flynn on an inbounds pass to hit a layup with 1.4 seconds left and lift New Orleans to a win.

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Rockets 95 Cavaliers 85

At Houston, Aaron Brooks scored 27 points, Trevor Ariza scored 26 and the Rockets held LeBron James and Cleveland to one of its worst offensive performances.

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Spurs 118 Kings 106

At San Antonio, Richard Jefferson broke out of a slump with 23 points, including a dunk to cap a 14-point run at the end of the first half, and the Spurs ended a three-game skid.

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Lakers 101 Jazz 77

At Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant scored 27 points, Pau Gasol had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and the Lakers rolled off 19 consecutive points in the fourth quarter of their 10th straight victory.