The Orlando Magic haven't beaten the Toronto Raptors in more than three years. They missed another chance Friday night.
Toronto's Lou Williams drained a 3-pointer from the corner with 9.9 seconds left and the Raptors successfully forced a last-second miss by the Magic, claiming a 101-99 road win. The game featured three lead changes and two ties in the final 50 seconds.
It was Toronto's 11th straight win over Orlando.
Williams scored eight of his 13 points in the fourth quarter. DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors with 29 points. Tyler Hansbrough had 16 points and Kyle Lowry finished with 10 points and seven assists.
"The things we wanted to work on, we executed," Toronto coach Dwane Casey said. "Our offence down the stretch was fine, but this year, it's defence that is our whole mantra. "
Williams hit the winner, but DeRozan served it up, after twice putting the Raptors ahead by himself in the final minute. DeRozan capped a 6-0 run with a jumper from the free throw line to give Toronto a 96-94 lead with 50 seconds to play. His driving, reverse layup pushed the Raptors ahead 98-96 with 18.9 seconds to go.
With Toronto down 99-98, he drove into traffic and threaded a pass between defenders to a wide-open Williams for the winning basket. The Raptors shot 30 3-pointers in the game and hit only nine, but made the one that counted.
"You can't make every shot, but we kept shooting," DeRozan said. "Whenever I draw that much attention, I try to get my teammates going. I saw Lou in the corner and that was the thing to do."
Williams agreed, naturally.
"We shoot shots we're comfortable with," Williams said. "We have always been a high-volume 3-point shooting team and we have confidence in the shots we take."
Orlando was hoping for its first four-game winning streak in more than three years. Oladipo led Orlando with 19 points and Evan Fournier added 18 points. Tobias Harris and Nik Vucevic had 16 apiece, while rookie Aaron Gordon had 13 points and six rebounds.
The Magic led 99-98 after Oladipo hit a 3-pointer from two steps behind the line with 13.8 seconds left in the game. Oladipo could have tied in the final second, but missed a contested jumper from the free throw line.
"This is a fantastic group of players," Magic interim head coach James Borrego said of his team. "The way they're fighting, the way they're competing against three high-calibre teams. We won the boards, we won in the paint, we missed one shot down the stretch and they made one."
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