TORONTO – Scottie Barnes had 21 factors and 9 rebounds and Gary Trent Jr., added 19 factors and a game-saving defensive play because the Toronto Raptors held on for a 110-109 win over the Orlando Magic on Friday night time at Scotiabank Area.
The Magic inbounded the ball with 5 seconds left however Trent knocked it into the Orlando backcourt. Cole Anthony retrieved it and his heave from the mid-court line was off the mark.
Fred VanVleet had 19 factors and 6 assists for the Raptors, who break up their four-game homestand. OG Anunoby chipped in with 16 factors.
Anthony scored 24 factors for the Magic, one in all six Orlando gamers to hit double figures in scoring. Jalen Suggs had 21 factors and Wendell Carter Jr., had 17.
A 3-point play from VanVleet gave Toronto (3-3) an eight-point lead with 4:18 to play. Nevertheless, the Magic continued to make use of their deep taking pictures — Orlando hit 16 three-pointers within the sport — to maintain issues shut.
VanVleet hit two three-pointers of his personal late within the quarter, the latter coming at 2:04 to present Toronto a 12-point lead, its largest of the sport.
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A four-point play from Suggs with 52 seconds left after an Anunoby foul minimize Toronto’s result in 4. Franz Wagner hit a three-pointer with 33 seconds left to make it a one-point sport.
It was Toronto’s ninth straight win over the Magic, a streak that dates again to Feb. 24, 2019. The Magic (1-5) have dropped three video games in a row.
The leadup to the sport centered on the rookie battle between Barnes and Suggs, taken fourth and fifth respectively within the final NBA draft.
Each gamers began the sport and it was Barnes who made the early influence. He scored Toronto’s first seven factors and added 4 rebounds within the first 5 minutes.
The Raptors closed out the opening quarter on a 9-0 run for a 23-20 lead.
Early within the second quarter, Barnes actually received the eye of the sellout crowd of 19,800. He ran the size of the ground earlier than delivering a one-handed dunk that gave Toronto a 30-25 edge.
The Raptors struggled within the early going to comprise Magic centre Mo Bamba, who had a double-double locked up halfway by way of the second quarter. Toronto was additionally poor from distance, hitting solely three of 17 three-point makes an attempt within the first half.
Barnes went to the locker-room space late within the second quarter after an eye fixed poke however returned to start out the third quarter. Toronto took a 54-51 lead into the break.
Anthony hit a three-pointer halfway by way of the third quarter to present Orlando the lead at 68-67. The Magic led 78-77 getting into the fourth.
Toronto native Dalano Banton had 10 factors and supplied some power for the Raptors off the bench. He grabbed the rebound off a Suggs miss and ran the ground earlier than discovering Anunoby for a three-pointer that gave Toronto an 85-80 benefit.
Anunoby adopted with a three-pointer from the alternative nook earlier than capping a private 7-0 run with a dunk on Toronto’s subsequent possession.
The Raptors had been coming off a win over Indiana on Wednesday for his or her first residence victory in 4 tries this season. Toronto will tackle the Pacers on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Notes: The Magic will proceed their highway swing on Saturday with a go to to Detroit. … Toronto has a 54-39 all-time document towards Orlando. … The Magic prolonged their streak of constructing at the least one three-pointer to 1,135 video games, a run that dates again to March 17, 2007. It’s the fifth longest streak in NBA historical past. … Magic ahead Ignas Brazdeikis was born in Lithuania however grew up in Canada. He lived in Winnipeg and Toronto earlier than settling in Oakville, Ont.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Oct. 29, 2021.
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