You just knew the Magic were going to come out and put together a full effort. No need to drag it out, the Magic win big over the Raptors 129-108.
Steve Francis set the tempo of this game early, getting the team running in the first half. Francis finished with 23 points and 9 assists. Grant Hill @ESPN" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=2626" target="_blank">Grant Hill had another solid night with 17 points. Both players only played about half of the game.
Dwight Howard @ESPN" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3818" target="_blank">Dwight Howard played extremely hard tonight. In most games, Howards' numbers don't always show the little things that he does so well, but tonight he put up 15 points and grabbed 20 rebounds. Kelvin Cato adds 12 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks. Both Magic starting big men tally their second consecutive double-double.
Cuttino Mobley made his return to the court tonight. In limited minutes off the bench, Mobley picked up 16 points on 6 of 10 shooting.
In all, eight Magic players scored in double figures and the Magic out-rebounded the Raptors 61-32. The stats are a little misleading as this game was over midway through the 3rd quarter. The Magic enjoyed the largest lead of 38 in the fourth.
2 Comments on "Raptor game notes"
Defense wins championships... I am seeing little in the way of defensive efforts lately
The stat that shocks me the most is the rebounding 61-32 we never seen this kind of rebounding by the Magic the past couple of years. Way to go!!!