NEW YORK, N.Y. - Jonas Valanciunas had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors handed the Brooklyn Nets their eighth straight home loss, 91-74 on Wednesday night.

Kyle Lowry had 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists. He made all seven shots inside the arc but was 0 for 7 from 3-point range as Toronto bounced back after giving up nearly 120 points per game in consecutive losses to Chicago and Cleveland.

Brooklyn is at the other end of the Eastern Conference standings, and its poor play at home is one of the reasons. The Nets haven't won at Barclays Center since beating Philadelphia on Dec. 10.

DeMar DeRozan scored 15 points for the Raptors, who are without starting forward DeMarre Carroll after he had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee earlier Wednesday in New York.

Carroll is one of the Raptors' best defensive players, but the Raptors had no trouble getting their defence back on track after their back-to-back losses. They have won 15 straight games when holding opponents below 100.

Brook Lopez had 24 points and 13 rebounds for Brooklyn, which wore black uniforms reading "Los Nets" instead of its usual whites.

But the result was the same as usual at home, where the Nets heard a few boos as the Raptors led by double digits throughout the fourth quarter.

The Raptors outscored the Nets 16-2 to close the second quarter, then finished the third with a 13-4 spurt that gave them a 70-56 lead. Toronto quickly pushed it to 18 and Brooklyn never got within single digits again.

Joe Johnson, battling a bruised left quad, finished with five points on 2-of-7 shooting. He was scoreless until hitting a 3-pointer in the third quarter, giving him a field goal in 919 straight games, the longest active streak in the NBA.

TIP-INS

Raptors: Lowry had double-doubles in his previous three games. He was trying to become the first Raptors player with four in a row since Chris Bosh in 2010. ... Toronto is 1-1 on its five-game road trip.

Nets: Thaddeus Young was held to 11 points and seven rebounds. He entered averaging 16.4 points against Toronto, his highest against any opponent. ... Johnson had scored 20 points in consecutive games for first time this season.

DEMARRE'S DECISION

Carroll had recently played in five straight games after missing nine last month. Coach Dwane Casey said with the team in New York, Carroll consulted with Dr. David Altchek at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and they decided on the surgery.

"Kind of the treatment situation wasn't going. It kept continuing to swell so they made the decision to do it," Casey said.

TOO CLOSE TO CALL

The all-time series is tied at 39-39. The teams split four games last season, with a total score of 434-434, and the score had been 1,504-1,504 in the previous 15 meetings, counting regular season and post-season.

UP NEXT

Raptors: Visit Washington on Friday.

Nets: Host Orlando on Friday.