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Toronto Raptors v Orlando Magic
2021-22 NBA Regular Season
Saturday 30 October 2021
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Tip-off at 01:00
The Toronto Raptors will be on the hunt for an NBA Regular Season victory when they welcome the Orlando Magic to the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario on the morning of Saturday 30 October 2021. Tip-off is at 01:00.
The Raptors have uncovered a rising star in rookie Scottie Barnes, who racked up 25 points in their early season win over the Boston Celtic this past weekend. The number four overall pick in the last draft earned praise from his coach, Nick Nurse.
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"I did talk to him a couple of times in between the games. But I just said ‘You did fine, man. Just keep doing what you're doing,'" Nurse said. "He looked like he had a much better tempo today. He played with more composure coming up the floor. He waited for his moment and took it to the rim, or if they played off him he took some jump shots. He played at his speed tonight maybe.”
The Magic are very much in a rebuilding phase, as their early season results have shown. This included a blowout 121-96 loss to the New York Knicks, but the game did see the rise of their own promising rookie, Franz Wagner, who led Orlando with 16 points, making 4 of 5 from 3-point range.
Magic coach Jamahl Mosely will be working hard on his team’s spacial organisation in defence, having been picked apart by the Knicks’ attackers – something they cannot afford against the Raptors.
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"We got spread out too much tonight and I'll have to go back and look at the film to see where we got spaced because [New York] spread the floor really well," Mosely explained. "Early on, they were making the extra pass and knocking down shots."
In head-to-head stats, the Raptors and the Magic have met in 92 Regular Season games since 1995-96, with Toronto claiming 53 wins compared to 39 for Orlando. The teams’ last Regular Season meeting was in April 2021, with the Raptors winning 113-102 at home for an eighth successive victory over the Magic.
Toronto Raptors v Orlando Magic – Head-to-head, Regular Season
Games played: 92
Raptors wins: 53
Magic wins: 39
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