It's amazing how much good a little bit of aggression can do on a basketball court.

One of the NBA's most passive teams these days, the Toronto Raptors decided to attack from the outset in Portland on Wednesday night.

And, lo and behold, just as coach Lenny Wilkens told them, that aggression led to a relatively easy victory.

A team that not only doesn't shoot many foul shots but doesn't convert what it gets at an acceptable rate got to the line 32 times against the Trail Blazers in what turned into a 95-84 victory.

That represents the most foul shots in a game for the Raptors since Nov. 4 against Indiana. They had not been to the line more than 26 times in any game since that Pacer outing.

And making 24 of those foul shots ? compared to 17 for the Blazers ? on Wednesday helped create the margin of victory.

"We're starting to play much more aggressive-minded," said Wilkens. "I felt when we left Toronto (for a three-game western swing) that we had talked about how we have to play and I think it's starting to happen."