Magic at Raptors
THE STORY: The Orlando Magic rebounded from one of their worst efforts with back-to-back victories and will look to run their winning streak to three games when they visit the Toronto Raptors on Monday. The Magic are sitting comfortably in third place in the Eastern Conference, but coach Stan Van Gundy is not thrilled with his team's high turnover rate. "There's some where we're just literally giving the ball away. ... That stuff's got to stop," Van Gundy said.
TV: 7 p.m. ET, SunSports (Magic), TSN (Raptors)
ABOUT THE MAGIC (31-18): All five starters scored in double figures in Friday’s 93-80 victory over Cleveland. Guard J.J. Redick said approach is the key to the team’s success. "Democracy and capitalism is good for America. Socialism is good for the Orlando Magic," he said. The Raptors haven't been good at stopping center Dwight Howard, who scored more than 30 points in three of the last four meetings, including 36 and 13 rebounds in a 92-88 victory at Toronto earlier this month.
ABOUT THE RAPTORS (16-33): Toronto was one second away from enjoying its best weekend of the season. After halting the New York Knicks’ six-game winning streak Friday, the Raptors absorbed a one-point overtime loss Saturday at Chicago on a buzzer-beater by Luol Deng. Jose Calderon and James Johnson each scored 20 points for the Raptors, who were playing without second-leading scorer DeMar DeRozan (ankle) and Jerryd Bayless (hip). The status of both will be re-evaluated Monday.
BUZZER BEATERS:
1. Orlando has committed at least 19 turnovers in four of its last five games.
2. DeRozan’s streak of consecutive starts ended at 130 games, one short of tying Alvin Williams for the franchise record.
3. The Magic have launched 58 3-point attempts in the past two games, connecting on 23.