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Fred VanVleet scored 21 points to lead the Toronto Raptors to their seventh consecutive win, a 109-99 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday.The Raptors (49-18) improved to 3-0 in the NBA restart at the Walt Disney World bubble, moved closer to clinching second in the Eastern Conference, and swept the season series (4-0) against Orlando.Six Raptors scored in double figures. Get breaking news, weather and traffic stories in your inbox 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.Send me alerts, event notifications and special deals or information from our carefully screened partners that may be of interest to me.Send me promotions, surveys and info from 680 NEWS and other Rogers brands.Daily updates for Weather, Traffic, News, and EntertainmentNotify me when there is a 680 NEWS Weather Guarantee Jackpot potential winner announcementWeekly updates on weekend events, tips, contests/offersBe the first to know! . Toronto Star articles, please go to:The Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star A Siakam free throw made it a 24-point lead, and the Raptors went into the halftime break up 55-35.Looking more like a team fighting for a playoff spot, the Magic came out of the break with a 12-2 run capped by a Terrence Ross three-pointer that pulled Orlando to within 10. Republication or distribution of this content is Pascal Siakam had 15 points, Norm Powell finished with 14, Marc Gasol had 13, OG Anunoby chipped in with 12 and Serge Ibaka added 11.Kyle Lowry had a rough 2-for-9 shooting night, but narrowly missed a triple double with eight points, nine rebounds and 10 assists.Two nights after his career-high 36 points against Miami, VanVleet added 10 assists.Evan Fournier and former Raptor Terrence Ross had 15 points apiece to lead the Magic (32-37), who lost Jonathan Isaac for the rest of the season when he tore his ACL against Sacramento.The Raptors led by 24 points in the first half but the Magic came out far more aggressive from the halftime break, and sliced the difference to just seven points early in the fourth quarter.Orlando’s burst was short-lived and by the time Siakam connected from long distance with 3:54 to play, the Raptors were back up by 15.Some sloppy play down the stretch by Toronto allowed Orlando back within nine, but that was as close as the Magic would come.The Raptors knocked off Orlando in the first round of the playoffs last year, losing the series opener and rebounding to win four straight in what coach Nick Nurse has credited as perhaps the defining games of their historic championship run.The Raptors could face the Magic in the playoffs again in Orlando’s backyard. To order copies of Your gua…333 Bloor Street East Toronto, Ontario M4W 1G9 © 2002-2020 Rogers Media. The Toronto Raptors had their franchise-record winning streak stopped at 15 games with a 101-91 loss to the Brooklyn Nets.
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There’s crowd noise, you can see family members and coaches’ family members and players’ family members (on the giant video screen), there is a sense of personal touch to it. The Toronto Raptors are the present toast of the NBA, winners of 15 straight games. Temps near 19 this morning. So I don’t want to discount the home court thing quite yet,” Nurse said before tipoff.“It felt very quiet during the scrimmages. {* backButton *} To order Toronto would technically be the home team, and while a fanless arena in the NBA’s bubble might not seem like much of a home-court advantage, Nurse isn’t so sure.Nurse said the NBA has been tweaking the in-game experience, and he likes the results.“They’re learning things about how to put the game on in this setting ... and who knows what it’ll evolve to here two months from now.
Wes Iwundu’s three sliced the difference to just seven late in the quarter, and Toronto led 78-68 with one quarter to play.The Raptors play the Boston Celtics on Friday in their fourth of eight seeding-round games.Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. Toronto would technically be the home team, and while a fanless arena in the NBA’s bubble might not seem like much of a home-court advantage, Nurse isn’t so sure.Nurse said the NBA has been tweaking the in-game experience, and he likes the results.“They’re learning things about how to put the game on in this setting. It will be a beautiful sunrise in the GTA. You may have created a profile with another It was one of the longest win streaks of the season in the league, as Nick Nurse's squad ran through each opponent they faced during the streak. Fred VanVleet scored 21 points to lead the Toronto Raptors to their seventh consecutive win, a 109-99 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday. . rights reserved. Get breaking news, weather and traffic stories in your inbox 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.Send me alerts, event notifications and special deals or information from our carefully screened partners that may be of interest to me.Send me promotions, surveys and info from 680 NEWS and other Rogers brands.Daily updates for Weather, Traffic, News, and EntertainmentNotify me when there is a 680 NEWS Weather Guarantee Jackpot potential winner announcementWeekly updates on weekend events, tips, contests/offersBe the first to know! Mostly sunny and dry today! Pascal Siakam had 15 points, Norm Powell finished with 14, Marc Gasol had 13, OG Anunoby chipped in with 12 and Serge Ibaka added 11.Kyle Lowry had a rough 2-for-9 shooting night, but narrowly missed a triple double with eight points, nine rebounds and 10 assists.Two nights after his career-high 36 points against Miami, VanVleet added 10 assists.Evan Fournier and former Raptor Terrence Ross had 15 points apiece to lead the Magic (32-37), who lost Jonathan Isaac for the rest of the season when he tore his ACL against Sacramento.The Raptors led by 24 points in the first half but the Magic came out far more aggressive from the halftime break, and sliced the difference to just seven points early in the fourth quarter.Orlando’s burst was short-lived and by the time Siakam connected from long distance with 3:54 to play, the Raptors were back up by 15.Some sloppy play down the stretch by Toronto allowed Orlando back within nine, but that was as close as the Magic would come.The Raptors knocked off Orlando in the first round of the playoffs last year, losing the series opener and rebounding to win four straight in what coach Nick Nurse has credited as perhaps the defining games of their historic championship run.The Raptors could face the Magic in the playoffs again in Orlando’s backyard.