魔法 end 9-game skid against Raptors with 103-97 victory
TORONTO (AP) - Cole Anthony had 15 points and 12 回復するs, Chuma Okeke had 10 points and a career-high 11 回復するs, and the Orlando 魔法 （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Toronto 103-97 on Friday night, snapping a nine-game losing streak against the Raptors.
"The energy was awesome," Anthony said. "We held them under 100. That´s a 広大な／多数の／重要な night. That´s a very good 不快な／攻撃 team."
Mo Bamba 得点する／非難する／２０d 14 points, and Jalen Suggs and Gary Harris each had 13 for the 魔法. Orlando had lost six straight north of the 国境.
Franz Wagner and R.J. Hampton each 得点する／非難する／２０d 11 points as the 魔法 won for the third time in four games and bounced 支援する after blowing an 18-point lead Wednesday in an overtime loss to Indiana.
"We´re not looking at our past losses as losses, we´re just looking at them as lessons," Okeke said.
Orlando hadn´t beaten the Raptors since a 113-98 victory in Toronto on Feb. 24, 2019.
Orlando 魔法 guard Jalen Suggs (4) 運動s between Toronto Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. (33) and 中心 Khem Birch (24) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 4, 2022, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
"That´s a game that 潜在的に at the beginning of the year we might have lost," Anthony said of Friday´s 勝利，勝つ. "It shows the 成熟, it shows the growth, 特に when we´re a couple of men 負かす／撃墜する, too."
魔法 中心 Wendel Carter Jr. was sidelined by a 非，不，無-COVID illness, while guard Markelle Fultz sat out to 残り／休憩（する） his left 膝. Fultz is likely to return Saturday in the second game of Orlando´s 支援する-to-支援する.
The Raptors lost to a 15-勝利，勝つ 対抗者 for the second straight night after 落ちるing to Detroit on Thursday.
"I´m seeing a lot of 適切な時期s within three or four feet of the basket and I´m seeing a lot of open 3s," Raptors 長，率いる coach Nick Nurse said. "I´m not seeing heaves out there that nobody has a chance to make."
Pascal Siakam had 34 points and 14 回復するs for Toronto, and Malachi Flynn 得点する／非難する／２０d a season-high 20. The Raptors lost for the fourth time in six games since the All-星／主役にする break.
Precious Achiuwa 得点する／非難する／２０d 11 points and Scottie Barnes had 10.
Toronto guard Fred VanVleet sat for the fifth time in seven games because of a sore 権利 膝, and 今後 OG Anunoby 行方不明になるd his sixth straight game because of a fractured 権利 （犯罪の）一味 finger. 今後 Thad Young returned after 行方不明の Thursday´s game because of a 非，不，無-COVID illness.
Orlando led 48-39 at halftime and stretched its lead to 72-60 after three ４半期/4分の1s. Toronto 削減（する） it to 95-88 with 2:47 left in the fourth, but Orlando answered with a 6-2 spurt. 追跡するing by 13, the Raptors 得点する／非難する／２０d the game´s final seven points.
"I feel like we had a lot of energy from start to finish. We （機の）カム on strong and we also finished strong," Okeke said.
COLD SPELL
Toronto´s Gary Trent Jr. 発射 2 for 12, 含むing 0 for 9 from 3-point ran ge, 延長するing a dismal run of 狙撃 業績／成果s. Trent went 4 for 23 in Thursday´s loss to Detroit, 含むing a 3 for 15 成果／努力 from long 範囲. He´s 10 for 46 from 3-point 範囲 since the all-星／主役にする break.
NO QUIT
Suggs 投げつけるd a 十分な-法廷，裁判所 pass to Wagner in search of a late basket with 0.7 seconds left in the first half, but Barnes 答える／応じるd in time to 封鎖する Wagner´s 発射.
CHECK YOUR CALENDAR
The game was 初めは scheduled for Dec. 20 but was 延期するd because the 魔法 had too many players and staff in the health and safety 議定書s.
TIP-INS
魔法: Made 15 straight 解放する／自由な throws to begin the game before Anthony 行方不明になるd the first of two in the fourth ４半期/4分の1. They finished 20 for 21. ... Suggs led Orlando with seven 補助装置s.
Raptors: Nurse said Anunoby and VanVleet will …を伴って the team on an 近づいている six-game road trip. There is no 時刻表／予定表 for VanVleet´s return. ... Flynn matched his season-high with eight 補助装置s.
UP NEXT
Pistons: At Memphis on Saturday night.
Raptors: At Cleveland on Sunday night.
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Orlando 魔法 今後 Franz Wagner (22) 運動s around Toronto Raptors 今後 Pascal Siakam (43) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 4, 2022, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Orlando 魔法 今後 Chuma Okeke (3) dunks next to Toronto Raptors 今後 Precious Achiuwa (5) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 4, 2022, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Orlando 魔法 今後 Franz Wagner (22) 運動s to the basket between Toronto Raptors 中心 Khem Birch (24) and 今後 Pascal Siakam during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 4, 2022, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Toronto Raptors 今後 Scottie Barnes (4) shoots over Orlando 魔法 今後 Ignas Brazdeikis (17) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 4, 2022, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Toronto Raptors 今後 Pascal Siakam (43) is defended by Orlando 魔法 中心 Mo Bamba (5) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 4, 2022, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Toronto Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. (33) shoots against Orlando 魔法 guard Jalen Suggs (4) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 4, 2022, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Toronto Raptors guard Malachi Flynn (22) is defended by Orlando 魔法 guard Cole Anthony (50) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 4, 2022, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
