Saturday, January 22, 2011

Raptors Coverage: Jan 21, @ Orlando

 Game 43 - @ Orlando (L 112 – 72 / 13-29 / streak L6) Friday January 21, 2011
Watched ten minutes
The Raptors go into Orlando searching for an end to a five game losing streak while the Magic are trying to keep their home win streak alive. Dwight Howard always plays monstrous games against the Toronto Raptors especially with Bargnani and Amir trying to guard him. Dwight threw down a dunk or two and the Magic played their game, getting the ball inside to Dwight who would simply take it up for the easy lay-in or dish it back out for one of the many Magic three-point specialists. In any case, the Raptors hung around with good ball movement, unselfish team play, tenacity and always attacking on offense and the fast break.
Ultimately, Dwight finished with 31 and 19 and the Magic blew out the Raptors by forty points. There would be no revenge on Turkoglu this night as he finished with a casual six points, six rebounds in Orlando's decisive victory. The Magic demolished the Raptors in the fourth quarter 39-15, and sealed the win at home. The Raptors move on the face the other Florida fun factory when they take their talents to South Beach on Saturday and play the Chris Bosh-less Miami Heat.
Ps. DeMar DeRozan has been inserted into the lineup for the 2011 NBA all-star dunk contest in LA. Be sure to check out his dunk portfolio on YouTube if you don’t already know about last year’s dunk contest runner-up.

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