The Toronto Raptors' drive for the playoffs stalled once again, as the Oklahoma City Thunder came into town and blasted the home team 115-89 on Friday night.

Turnovers and second-chance points killed Toronto from the opening tip, a storyline that has become all too familiar for Raptor fans.

The Raptors (33-34) turned the ball over early and often, coughing up the ball four times in the first five minutes, and recording 19 turnovers in the game. Oklahoma City (42-25) took advantage of the Toronto miscues and their soft play on the glass.

The Thunder slashed through the paint untouched for most of the night, and when they did miss a shot, they outworked the Toronto defenders for the rebound, grabbing 20 offensive boards. Oklahoma City had 27 second-chance points, compared with four for the Raptors.

The Raptors held the Thunder to 41.5 per cent shooting, but Oklahoma City more than made up for that with their dominance on the offensive glass.

The game was out of reach early on, with the Thunder outscoring the Raptors 39-25 after the first quarter, building an insurmountable 71-44 lead at halftime.

Oklahoma's Kevin Durant led the way with 31 points.

"He's turned into a bona fide superstar in this league," Raptors coach Jay Triano said. "He finds ways to score. He's active. You take one thing away from him, he goes to another."

Jeff Green added 25 points, and Russell Westbrook had 11 points and 10 assists for the Thunder, fifth in the Western Conference.

Raptors 'didn't respond'

The Raptors, despite the lop-sided loss, actually did a decent job of driving to the basket, scoring 36 points in the paint. They were 22 of 26 from the free-throw line.

Chris Bosh bounced back from a poor offensive outing in Wednesday's win over Atlanta, with 22 points and 10 rebounds against the Thunder. But he also turned the ball over four times.

Andrea Bargnani added 15 points.

Bosh, who only attempted two free throws on Wednesday, was much more aggressive, earning eight trips to the charity stripe.

But the fans at the Air Canada Centre were not impressed — and who could blame them — booing the Raptors off the court at halftime and the final buzzer.

"We didn't respond. We didn't impose our will," Bosh said.

"We didn't resist them at all, and you can't do that, because this team is going to play hard, and they're going to play their basketball."

Durant was sympathetic.

"Teams have tough nights," Durant said. "We've had our tough nights. It happens in our league. I think we came out with a lot of energy today."

The Raptors have lost six of their last seven games, with their playoff hopes hanging by a thread.

Toronto entered the day with a 2 1/2 game lead over the Chicago Bulls for the eighth and final playoff spot.

The good news for Raptors fans is that the Bulls have lost nine of their last 10 games, and Toronto's next game is against the league-worst New Jersey Nets on Saturday night.