SEATTLE, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Vin Baker scored 21 points and Gary Payton added 18 and 11 assists Saturday night as the Seattle SuperSonics moved above .500 for the first time this season with their sixth straight win, 101-75 over undermanned the Toronto Raptors.
Toronto struggled without All-Star guard Vince Carter, who missed his first game of the season after straining his left shoulder late in the third quarter of Friday's 89-86 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
After Alvin Williams got the Raptors within 28-24 with 10:55 left in the second quarter, the Sonics responded with a 21-6 that was capped by Rashard Lewis' layup with 4:12 remaining. Seattle took a 57-36 halftime lead and was ahead by at least 21 points thereafter.
The winning streak is the Sonics' longest since March 11-19.
Lewis made eight of nine shots for 18 points and pulled down eight rebounds for Seattle, which snapped a four-game slide against Toronto and improved to 16-15 overall and 11-5 at home.
Morris Peterson collected 18 points and nine rebounds and Keon Clark had 15 and 11 for Toronto, which also was without injured center Hakeem Olajuwon.
The Sonics shot 51 percent from the field while holding Toronto to 38 percent. They are 12-0 this season when scoring 100 points.
