Paolo Banchero scored 25 points and the Orlando Magic defeated the visiting Toronto Raptors 126-107 on Tuesday night in an NBA in-season tournament game.
Jalen Suggs added 18 points for the Magic, who have won four in a row.
The Magic have won two of their three in-season tournament games. The Raptors, who have dropped four of their past six contests overall, have lost both of their tournament games.
Franz Wagner scored 17 points and Cole Anthony contributed 15 points and 10 assists for the Magic. Moritz Wagner and Gary Harris each scored 10 points.
Dennis Schroder had 24 points for the Raptors. Pascal Siakam added 16 points and eight assists, Scottie Barnes had 14 points, OG Anunoby put up 11 points and Jakob Poeltl logged 10 points and 10 rebounds.
The Magic were up by 11 at halftime and took an 18-point lead into the fourth quarter.
Orlando scored the first four points of the fourth, and the lead reached 112-86 with 6:29 to play when Cole made two free throws. Harris sank a 3-pointer to bump the margin to 27.
Orlando led 30-23 after one quarter.
The Magic were up by 19 points with 7:39 to play in the second quarter after a 3-pointer by Harris. Anunoby’s dunk cut the gap to 15 with 2:45 left in the first half. Barnes beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer to end the first half with Orlando leading 67-56.
Banchero had 13 points in the first half for Orlando, and Suggs had 11.
Anunoby had 11 first-half points for Toronto, with Barnes and Schroder adding 10 points each.
The Magic scored the first six points of the third quarter. Toronto responded with the next five points. The Magic took an 18-point lead with 7:08 left in the third after Suggs scored five successive points.
Orlando was up by 20 after Anthony Black’s tip-in with 4:27 to play in the third. The lead reached 22 points before Barnes dunked and Siakam made two free throws to trim the deficit to 100-82 entering the fourth.
–Field Level Media
