Once was quite enough for the Toronto Raptors.

Chris Bosh and Fred Jones scored 16 points apiece to lead the Raptors to a 118-84 win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in an exhibition game Thursday. The victory comes a year after Toronto lost to the Israeli powerhouse, earning the disreputable distinction as the first NBA team in 17 years to lose to a European squad.

``We just wanted to come out and play hard and win this game,'' said Raptors veteran Morris Peterson. ``It was embarrassing for us last year.''

T.J. Ford added 13 points and six assists, as eight Raptors scored in double figures. Bosh, who missed the previous two games with a sore left heel, added seven rebounds for Toronto, which improved to 5-0 in the pre-season.

Noel Felix led Maccabi with 19 points, while Will Bynum finished with 14.

The game was part of a Raptors tradition of hosting an international team in the pre-season _ plus a chance at payback for last year. Anthony Parker, who joined Toronto in the off-season, starred for Maccabi in that game, hitting a jump shot with less than a second on the clock to lift Maccabi to a 105-103 win.

The Raptors looked in danger of a repeat performance Thursday, trailing by as many as 13 points in the first half.

``Coach (Sam Mitchell) was frustrated at halftime because those guys were playing well and we weren't doing anything on the defensive end,'' Peterson said. ``I know coach didn't want to lose to this team, we didn't want to lose. I didn't want to lose either, last year Anthony hit that shot on me to win, and that was in the back of my mind.''

The Raptors cranked up their defence in the third, and finished the energetic quarter on a 20-2 run to lead 84-71 heading into the fourth.

Andrea Bargnani's dunk with 1:42 left in the game capped eight straight points from the rookie and gave Toronto a 31-point lead, and the Raptors, with their second unit on the floor, cruised to victory.

``We understand it's pre-season, we know the regular season starts a whole different ballgame, but what we're trying to do is continue to build,'' Mitchell said. ``What we're trying to do is establish a culture of winning, get used to winning, get the feeling of winning.''

A couple of NBA squads have fallen to European teams since Toronto's historic loss last season _ Philadelphia lost to Winterthur FC Barcelona, and the Los Angeles Clippers were defeated by CSKA Moscow, both in this pre-season.

Parker signed a three-year deal worth about US