{"id":211118,"date":"2026-03-30T00:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211118\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T00:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:37:11","slug":"struggling-magic-allow-31-0-run-to-raptors-en-route-to-team-record-52-point-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211118\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggling Magic allow 31-0 run to Raptors en route to team-record 52-point loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 The Toronto Raptors could hardly miss. The Orlando Magic seemed desperate to give them open chance after open chance.<\/p>\n<p>In a key game Sunday among two teams that are in the morass of Eastern Conference teams seeded between fifth and eighth, the Raptors hung a 31-0 run on the Magic, covering 7 minutes, 47 seconds. It was the longest unanswered scoring surge by any team in the Play-by-Play era dating back to the 1990s, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/keerthikau.bsky.social\/post\/3miab3xqfcc2m\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">surpassing a Dallas Mavericks 30-0 run<\/a> against the Oklahoma City Thunder in December 2023, according to the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>To make matters more embarrassing for the Magic, the Raptors were without starting guard Immanuel Quickley, leading scorer Brandon Ingram and rotation reserves Collin Murray-Boyles and Jamison Battle.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the Raptors ran the ball down the Magic\u2019s throat, with Orlando contributing 10 turnovers to the cause during the run. The Raptors\u2019 half-court offense is their biggest weakness. Nearly every coach speaks about the importance of taking care of the ball before playing the Raptors, trying to keep their offensive pace down. Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley, who has been under fire recently for the Magic\u2019s disappointing season, was no exception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t give you one set way of (forcing turnovers),\u201d Mosley said before the game. \u201cYou can bring the ball up the floor and think you\u2019re by yourself, and all of a sudden Scottie (Barnes) is flying in from the baseline to (trap) the ball. The next time you\u2019re in the post, you think you\u2019re alone, and RJ (Barrett) comes with the double team. \u2026 They play off each other very well and fly around and cover for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the Magic were doing a lot of this to themselves: There were single-minded drives into traffic, targets for passes not looking at the ball and weak takes in transition. The Magic turned the ball over 12 times in the first quarter, tying a team record for most in any quarter. They turned the ball over 19 times in the first half, after which they trailed 70-43. Since March 16th, the Magic ranked 26th in defensive rating and 21st in net rating entering Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>The Raptors made them pay, with Sandro Mamukelashvili scoring 11 points, including two of the Raptors\u2019 four 3s during the spurt. The Raptors went 9 of 13 from the field and 7 of 7 from the free-throw line. They also outscored the Magic 39-7 in fast-break points as the latter finished with 28 turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>The Raptors are now 42-32 and remain in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, three games ahead of eighth-place Orlando (39-35). Toronto\u2019s 139-87 win handed Orlando its worst regular-season loss in franchise history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 The Toronto Raptors could hardly miss. 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