Andrea Bargnani of the Raptors battles Andray Blatche for a rebound in a 99-93 victory over the Wizards on Wednesday. (Luis M. Alvarez/Associated Press)

No Jermaine O'Neal. No Jose Calderon. No Jamario Moon. No Hassan Adams. No problem for the suddenly resurgent Toronto Raptors.

Taking the court with just nine players, Andrea Bargnani picked up the slack with a team-high 25 points in a 99-93 victory over the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center on Wednesday night.

Bargnani shot a blistering 8-of-9 from the floor, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc, as Toronto earned its third win in the last four games.

"I never shot with a defender on me," he said.

Bargnani, a seven-footer from Italy, has averaged 21 points in the five games since O'Neal, a six-time all-star, was forced to the sideline with a sore right knee.

Calderon couldn't play because of a strained right hamstring, Moon attended the birth of his first child, and Adams was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers earlier in the day for a conditional second-round draft pick.

Even so, the short-handed Raptors (15-21) led by as much as 21 points in halting a three-game road losing skid.

"Gutsy performance," Raptors interim head coach Jay Triano said.

Chris Bosh scored nine of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, when the Wizards rallied to within six points at 89-83 with two minutes remaining.

Bargnani pushed Toronto's lead to 92-83 with a three-point basket, but layups from Jauari Crittenton and Antawn Jamison trimmed the deficit to five points in the final minute.

Bargnani replied with two free throws, and Washington's Mike James and Toronto's Anthony Parker swished free throws to make it 95-88 with 20.6 seconds on the clock.

Jamison made a free throw with 15.1 seconds to go, but Bargnani and rookie Roko Ukic had two free throws apiece to offset last-gasp layups by Andray Blatche and James — producing the final margin.

"We have been here before," Bosh said. "No reason to get nervous."

'One of the worst teams in the NBA'

Parker provided 15 points for the Raptors, and Will Solomon was solid in place of Calderon with 14 points, five assists and four rebounds.

Jason Kapono scored 10 of his 12 points in the first half as Toronto led 50-38 at intermission.

Jamison led all scorers with 32 points for the Wizards (7-27), followed by Caron Butler with 15 points.

"We met the opposition, and it was us," Wizards interim head coach Ed Tapscott said. "We took a step back — defensively and offensively — tonight.

"Compared to the last few games that we have played, clearly I'm not happy."

"It's a step back, not because of who wasn't on the court for them, but just the way we played," Jamison noted. "We didn't play good basketball at all and we didn't get effort.

"We got outrebounded [39-28] by one of the worst teams in the NBA. We thought the outcome should have been different."

Blatche and James finished with 12 and 10 points, respectively, for Washington.

With files from the Canadian Press