Eventually, the Raptors showed the gulf in quality between themselves and the playoff-chasing Magic. (via DaveZarum)
On Monday, the Raptors shot that narrative dead thanks in large part to another big night from Green, who scored 29 points on a white-hot 7-of-9 from beyond the arc, securing a convincing 118-109 victory.
After a typically disappointing start to the season, Orlando finds themselves sliding in and out of the East’s eighth seed. The Magic entered Monday’s game just a half game back of the cross-state rival Miami Heat and one game back of the seventh-place Brooklyn Nets. The stunted start wasn’t a huge surprise for Raptors head coach Nick Nurse. “We’ve been playing some teams that haven’t been playing with a lot of intensity and been guarding us very tough or very well,” he said following the game, “that it was such a big adjustment to make to get the juices up.”
The Raptors quickly showed why one team is eying a deep playoff run and the other is still fighting to get in.
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