TORONTO RAPTORS vs. ORLANDO MAGIC

April 22, 7:30 PM | Amway Arena
NBA PLAYOFFS

507 - Toronto Raptors +5½

508- Orlando Magic -5½

The Magic had no trouble winning the Southeast Division this season, but would the upstart club also be able to make any sort of run in the playoffs? Getting a first-round matchup with the fading Raptors seems to have helped that cause, as Orlando cruised to a 114-100 home win in the first game of the best-of-seven series Sunday afternoon.

Orlando was up 43-23 at the end of the first quarter in Game 1, and Toronto never got back into the game. Dwight Howard scored 25 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in a dominating performance for the Magic, while Jameer Nelson scored 24 points and Hedo Turkoglu added 21 points. Anthony Parker had a team-high 24 points in a losing cause for the Raptors, while Chris Bosh had 21 points and Jason Kapono tossed in 18 points.

The Raptors will now try to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole with a win on Tuesday, but the oddsmakers opened them as 5.5-point road underdogs. The total opened at 199 points.

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