The Raptors got another great performance from Andrea Bargnani with 28 points and 7 boards and Jose Calderon who had a double-double of 18 points and 13 assists including his 3,000 career assist in the first half. They also got 7 fourth quarter points from DeMar DeRozan who ended up with 17 in the game and in the third quarter the Raptors started on a 17-6 run to open a 69-53 lead in the third quarter and even went to the line 16 times and made them all in the quarter and headed into the fourth quarter up 81-70 and they gave both Bargnani and Calderon big time rest going into the fourth quarter with Bargnani getting 5 floor minutes rest but when he came back the wheels came off as the Magic went on a 20-2 run in 6 and a half floor minutes to give the Magic a 94-89 lead that they would not give up.
Orlando was lead by Hedu Turkoglu who had 10 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter along with Dwight Howard who had 8 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter and 4 of his 15 boards in the fourth quarter along with Ryan Anderson had 2 of his 5 3-balls in the fourth quarter. The Magic after going 5 of 15 in the first half from beyond the arc ended up going 7 of 12 in the second half to help the comeback.
Jamaal Magloire work his butt off for the 17 and half minutes he was on the floor and his 7 points and 5 boards do not tell the story he put a body on Howard as much as possible and made Howard work for his points tonight while Rasual Butler who is in the starting lineup is really not getting the hang of the Raptors system and is taken as many fouls as he gets points and Casey may want to look at Ed Davis starting because that is when Davis was at his best last season.
The Raptors had a saw off on the glass with 33 each and until the fourth quarter the Magic were shooting 44% from the floor and for the first time all season the Raptors went to the line more than their opponent going 29 compared to 24 for the magic and made 27 compared to 16 for the Magic. The Raptors really held onto the ball very well until the fourth quarter where Barbosa 3 of his 4 turnovers and he had 4 of the Raptors total 11 turnovers in the game.
If the Raptors with this kind of effort against middle of the road teams they can pick victories up
Tom Mehegan
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