Raptors took control Howard and the Magic in the fourth quarter

The Raptors once again won the first quarter with a 23-19 lead into the second quarter and where outscored 30-23 and then got outscored 30-27 but then the Raptors actually came back in the fourth quarter and outscored the Magic 29-19 and won the game 102-98.

The first quarter Jerryd Bayless had 6 points, DeMar DeRozan got 4 points, Ed Davis had 4 points along with 3 boards, and Reggie Evans got 4 points and 3 boards for the Raptors and the Magic were lead by Dwight Howard with 8 points and 5 boards.

In the second quarter the Magic were led by Howard who had 11 points in the quarter and Richards had back-to-back 3-balls and had 6 second quarter along with 6 points and Bass had 4 points and 4 boards. While the Raptors were led by Sonny Weems who had 9 points and Reggie Evans had 6 boards in the quarter and DeMar DeRozan had 4 points too.

The third quarter the Magic were led by Nelson and Howard both had 9 points in the quarter and the Raptors were lead by Jerryd Bayless had 10 points and DeMar DeRozan had 8 points and Reggie Evans had 8 rebounds in the quarter.

The Fourth quarter the Raptors were led by DeMar DeRozan with 8 points and Barbosa had 6 points too and Bayless had 5 points and the Magic got 5 points from Nelson and Howard had 3 points and Hido had 4 of his 9 points in the fourth quarter.

After a number of subpar rebounding games Evans went off during the second and third quarter were he had 14 boards of his 17 boards in the game and unlike last night when they need a tough defense effort in the fourth quarter and they only gave up 19 fourth quarter points tonight after given up 30 points in both the second and third quarters. DeMar really showed he wanted the ball in his hand in the fourth quarter and was able to get to the line as he was 8 for 8 from the line and Jerryd Bayless need to pass more often than his 8 assists compared to his 14 shot attempts and he did have 23 points which was 1 point less than DeMar DeRozan 24 points. The Stats of the night are Reggie Evans with 17 boards which helped the Raptors beat down the Magic on the boards (48-30) and the Raptors also out assisted the Magic (24-15) and that the Raptors are much better on the second night of a back-to-back than the first game.

Another back-to-back Tuesday & Wednesday

Tom Mehegan