Game 9 and the Raptors win and they win on the road and they beat Superman bring on the 3 kings

Toronto Raptors Starters
F - Sonny Weems F - Reggie Evans C - Andrea Bargnani
PG - Jarrett Jack SG - DeMar Derozan

Orlando Magic Starters
F - Quentin Richardson F - Rashard Lewis C - Dwight Howard
SG - Vince Carter PG - Jameer Nelson
First Quarter

The Magic started the game well with a 9-4 lead until the Raptors called a time out and then the Raptors scored 8 straight points to take a 12-9 lead and then the zone defense that had helped them hurt them when the Magic went 5 for 10 with 3-balls to take 31-30 lead into the second quarter.Bargnani and Johnsonson lead the Raptors with 8 points each and Jack had 7 points and 3 rebounds and Reggie also had 3 rebounds in this quarter while the Magic were lead by Nelson 2-3 with 3-balls (11 points) and Richardson 2 for 6 with 3-balls (8 points) and Howard had 8 points and 5 rebounds.

Second Quarter

Bargnani scored 13 of his 21 first half points in this quarter (shooting 9 for 12 from the field) and Reggie had another 3 rebounds in the quarter and DeMar scored 6 of his 11 first half point in the quarter. While the Magic were lead Mickael Pietrus 9 points of the bench in the quarter (3-4 with 3-balls) and Haward had 7 points and 1 rebound and the game is tied going into the second half with the Raptors 59 (57 % from the floor) - Magic 59 (56 % from the floor) so whoever comes out in the third with the better defense have the best chance to win the game.

Third Quarter

The Raptors outscored the Magic 30 - 23 to take a 7 point lead into the fourth quarter with balanced scoring for the Raptors with a # of players with 4 or 5 points in the quarter and DeMar had 2 rebounds and the rest of the starters had 1 each. Howard had 8 points in the quarter but had to work for them with 4 for 7 with free throws and Nelson had 6 points so if the Raptors can keep up their defense the fourth they could win the game.

Fourth Quarter

The quarter was another yo-yo quarter where they got the lead upto 10 but then in a 7 minute strech the Magic outscored the Raptors 12-4 and with 28 seconds left on the clock and the Raptors with the ball it was tied at 100 but Jack came back into the game to run down the clock and then he drove into the paint and then sent the ball to Sonny for a 3-ball. With 7.1 seconds left after a timeout the Magic could not get the ball in play so they had to call their final timeout and then Calderon steal the inbounds pass and got fouled to put the game away with free throws and DeMar was on fire in this quarter with 11 of his 26 points and 4 of his 7 rebounds in the quarter. Pietrus had another 9 of the bench and Howard had to earn his points 2 for 6 of free throws and Reggie was amazing on the boards with 5 of his 12 rebounds in the quarter.

Final Thought

The Raptors played a great second half and Magic were not interested til late in the game and the Raptors fought and clawed for everything they got and Triano had timely timeouts and worked the bench well and hack a howard was perfect but Bargnani in the second half going 3 for 11 from the floor with 6 points so not so good. Evans with 12 rebounds and DeMar with timely 26 points while Amir put up 12 points but not the rebounds and Calderon with his 6 assists were good but Jack's 4 turnover were not just like Vince Carter 4 for 11 from the floor with only 10 points
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