Pops Mensah-Bonsu came off the bench to provide a career-high 21 points and eight rebounds as Toronto handed Indiana its third straight loss and fourth in five games.

"People say, 'Can he play in the NBA? Is he a power forward? What can he bring to the table?"' Mensah-Bonsu said. "And I feel like I finally got an opportunity to play and I've taken the opportunity.

"Once I left the league after my first year, I thought, 'Once I get a chance to be in the NBA again, I'm going to stay.' I'm just grateful for what coach (Jay) Triano has been doing for me, putting me out on the floor and I've been able to produce. And like I say, I'm here to stay and hopefully I've found a home in Toronto."

Chris Bosh had 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Raptors. Jose Calderon added 15 points and 12 assists and Shawn Marion had 10 points while Joey Graham contributed 10 rebounds.

Troy Murphy had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Pacers (28-40). Former Raptor T.J. Ford added 15 points and six assists, and Jarrett Jack had 13 points.

Indiana had its leading scorer Danny Granger return to the lineup after nearly a month away with a foot injury. But Granger, who was averaging 25.0 points per game coming into Sunday's contest, was relatively ineffective, scoring 10 points in 19 minutes after coming off the bench at 3:54 of the first.

Toronto outscored Indiana 37-19 in third to take a commanding 90-69 lead into the fourth. The Raptors never looked back, moving ahead by 26 points at 6:43 on Mensah-Bonsu's jam, which brought the crowd to its feet, followed by a free throw. "It was really touching," Mensah-Bonsu said of the standing ovation.

The Raptors led 53-50 at the half and built that lead to 66-59, helped by three-pointers by Calderon and Bargnani. An emphatic, flying dunk by Marion followed by a Marion alley-oop from Calderon that put Toronto ahead 73-63.

Toronto heads to Charlotte on Monday before returning for a five-game homestand, starting with the Bobcats on Friday night.

"I've been telling him I want to see some of those highlights I used to see when I was in Phoenix," Mensah-Bonsu said of Marion's acrobatics. "He keeps telling me he's old, but I told him he's still got it.

"And like you saw today, he still does."

Marion's dunk seemed to change the momentum of the game for good and the Raptors continued to build on their lead.

"That dunk was probably the turning point of the game and it was a transitional play and we keep telling the guys in transition, if it's open take it, be aggressive and take the ball to the basket," Triano said.

The Pacers took a 26-24 lead into the second. Four straight three-pointers -- two by Murphy -- gave Indiana a 44-37 advantage.

The Pacers led by as many as eight points before the Raptors began chipping away, and a Bargnani three-pointer at 1:50 put Toronto up 49-48. Bargnani hit two three-pointers in the quarter and ended the half as the Raptors' leading scorer with 16 points.

After a slow start -- it took almost two minutes for either team to get on the board -- Toronto went on an 8-2 point run to take a 14-12 lead. The Pacers rallied to go ahead 24-18 on two Brandon Rush three-pointers. Mensah-Bonsu came in for Bosh at 3:11 of the first and emphatically slammed down his first two points of the game just seven seconds later.

"If he plays the way he's been playing he'll get 20 minutes," Triano said. "He's making it very difficult to take him off the floor.

"But I think he's a quick energy guy too."

Toronto heads to Charlotte on Monday before returning for a five-game homestand, starting with the Bobcats on Friday night.