Bucks holding the right end of the stick after rolling past Raptors

If the game was a proverbial measuring the stick, the Toronto Raptors were proverbially clubbed over the head with it at the Scotiabank Arena on Thursday night.

A few minutes of inspired play in the fourth quarter — cutting a 24-point deficit to six points on two occasions — was little more than fool’s gold as the Raptors were thoroughly manhandled by the Milwaukee Bucks, losing 105-92 to the team they’ll now chase for Eastern Conference supremacy the rest of the season.