An unforced turnover to begin the night was followed by an uncontested dunk as the first early signs were immediately gleaned.
In many ways, the Magic’s arrival to Scotiabank Arena for a Saturday night tip provided the ideal elixir for a Raptors team that looked disjointed in a loss to the host New Orleans Pelicans followed by a second road loss in Brooklyn to the Nets.
Other than proving that they’re a better team than Orlando, not many talking points should be extracted from Toronto’s 121-108 pasting of the Magic.They moved the ball, shared the ball, defended and generally executed at a decent level, but everything the Raptors achieved must be kept in perspective given the lack of quality by the opposition.
“It obviously created a lot better shots, a lot more cuts to the basket,’’ said Nurse, who then took a glance at the box score and noticed the 31 assists on 47 makes.Toronto trotted out the same starting five that began the night in Brooklyn. One defensive breakdown did arrive three minutes into the final quarter when a draw and kick action freed up Canadian Caleb Houstan in theAgain, this was the Orlando Magic, losers of eight in a row as the club’s NBA-low record dropped to 5-19.Fred VanVleet didn’t shoot well and had as many fouls than makes.Article contentBarnes finished with a season-high 14 rebounds.
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