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Lethargic Raptors routed by Magic


Lethargic Raptors routed by Magic
The look of complete and utter frustration on Chris Bosh's face yesterday summed up a horrible afternoon for the Toronto Raptors .

Dwight Howard poured in 29 points and added 14 rebounds as the Orlando Magic routed Toronto 113-90, handing the Raptors their second straight loss.

"It's frustrating obviously, it just wasn't a good day for us any way you look at it," Anthony Parker said. "We didn't shoot the ball well, we didn't seem like we executed well offensively, even when we got shots that we worked the offence to get, they just didn't fall in."

Jose Calderon scored 16 points to top Toronto (19-30), Joey Graham added 14, Andrea Bargnani finished with 12 and Bosh added 11, plus nine rebounds, in one of his worst games of the season.

"I just didn't make shots," said Bosh, who shot 4-for-11 from the field. "Dwight played very far off me a couple of times, usually I have the patience to knock those shots down but for some reason I was really in a hurry. I shouldn't have been like that."

Jameer Nelson added 18 points and 10 assists, while Rashard Lewis finished with 15 points for the Magic (36-10), in their third straight win.

The lethargic Raptors never led against the Southeast Division leading-Magic -- who boast a league-leading 18-6 record on the road -- and trailed by as much as 24 points late in the third quarter. The Magic took an 87-65 lead into the final 12 minutes.

The Raptors made up no ground on their visitors in the fourth, the closest they would come was within 16 points on a basket by Will Solomon with 5:05 left to play. Then with all the starters on the bench for the final three minutes, the Magic cruised to an easy victory. What fans of the capacity crowd of 19,800 were still left at the Air Canada Centre booed the Raptors off the floor at the final buzzer.

"I don't think the energy is good. The energy in the building isn't good," Bosh said. "We can't pay attention to what's in the stands.

"I don't boo. If you have a bad fiscal year, how about I boo you?"


Author: Fox Sports
Author's Website: http://www.foxsports.com
Added: February 3, 2009

 

 
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