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The Magic went on a late 16-0 run, led by the shooting of Ryan Anderson — who finished with 24 points — to erase a double-digit deficit and defeat the Raptors 102-96. Orlando shot 4 for 5 from 3-point range during the burst, with Anderson making two of them, as the Magic took a 94-89 lead with 3:05 left after trailing by as many as 16 points. “We sort of could’ve just given up, but we kept pushing through it,” Anderson said.

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)—The Orlando Magic struggled during much of their game against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night, playing sloppily on offense and failing to contain Andrea Bargnani at the rim.

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(Sports Network) – The Toronto Raptors will try to shake off back-to-back losses tonight when they travel to Central Florida to play Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic. You can see all the action on TSN2 beginning at 6pm et/3pm pt

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Written by The Sports Network (Sports Network) – Dwight Howard hopes to build on his best game of the young season when he and the Magic entertain the Toronto Raptors in Central Florida. Howard finished with 24 rebounds and 20 points on Friday in Charlotte, powering Orlando to an easy 100-79 win over the Bobcats

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Sat, 31 Dec 09:11:00 2011 The defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks beat the Toronto Raptors 99-86 on Friday for their first win of the season boosted by 56 points from their reserves. The Mavs were the first champions to open their title defense with three consecutive losses since the Boston Celtics started the 1969 season losing four in a row. Reserve center Ian Mahinmi sparked the Mavs with 19 points in 28 minutes of action as the bench players carried the team to victory.

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DALLAS (AP)—The Dallas Mavericks expect offense from top scorer Dirk Nowitzki. Reserve center Ian Mahinmi provided a surprising bonus

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The Dallas Mavericks expect offense from top scorer Dirk Nowitzki. Reserve center Ian Mahinmi provided a surprising bonus.

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TORONTO — For the past few weeks, Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey has been popping throat lozenges with abandon. His already quiet voice has not been silenced, but it is not booming, either. At this stage, he cannot answer more than a few questions without having to offer his voice some relief by way of a throat-clearing cough.

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TORONTO — For the past few weeks, Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey has been popping throat lozenges with abandon. His already quiet voice has not been silenced, but it is not booming, either.

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Toronto Raptors head Coach Dwane Casey took an unusual tack motivating players to improve their performance. Teams often employ certain themes across a season to harness long-term motivation, and “pound the rock” is the Raptors theme for their current series of games

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CLEVELAND — It took but two games — pre-season games at that — to change the concerns of the Toronto Raptors coaching staff. Sure, they were still primarily concerned about defending and changing the culture that led to two abhorrent defensive teams in the previous seasons. But following two awful shooting nights against Boston, there were legitimate worries that the offence wouldn’t be fine just because it has been adequate over the past few years

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CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers finally take the court at The Q Monday night against the Toronto Raptors. Head Coach Byron Scott will begin his second season as the Cavs’ head coach. There will be some familiar faces and some new ones, like Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson.

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It is true that, due to a pair of stupid at-home accidents, we have recently been under the sleepy influence of over-the-counter pain remedies. This meant that just about all of our preseason NBA viewing from over the weekend was worked over in a goofy state. And that our short attempt at viewing the Boston Celtics’ visit to Toronto on Sunday was marred by a halfhearted shout of “look out!” as it appeared that Raptor guard Jose Calderon was walking into a baseline sandwich board featuring his own team’s name underneath the hoop

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