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The Toronto Raptors tinkered with their starting lineup and tried a few new plays early in their first-round playoff opener against the Orlando Magic.
The third-seeded Orlando Magic attempt to take a 2-0 lead over the sixth-seeded Toronto Raptors, as the teams meet tonight at Amway Arena for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. This is a best-of-seven series. Game 3 is scheduled for Thursday at Air Canada Centre.
In Game 1, Dwight Howard scored 25 points, pulled down 22 rebounds and swatted five shots as Orlando jumped out to a big lead and held on from there to defeat Toronto, 114-100, at Amway Arena. Jameer Nelson added 24 points and seven assists for the Magic, who won their first playoff game since 2002-03. Hedo Turkoglu chipped in 21 points and six assists, while Maurice Evans had 14 points in the victory.
Anthony Parker ended with 24 points and seven rebounds in the loss for the Raptors. Chris Bosh scored 21 points and Jason Kapono finished with 18 points off the bench for Toronto. Toronto is 2-3 all-time in Game 2s in the postseason, while Orlando has dropped two straight Game 2s.
This is the first time the Magic and Raptors have met in the postseason. Both teams were eliminated in round one last year, as Orlando was swept by the Pistons, 4-0, and Toronto was knocked out by New Jersey, 4-2. During the regular season, Orlando was 2-1 against Toronto. The Magic defeated the Raptors, 102-87, on March 4 at Amway Arena, while the teams split a pair of contests at Air Canada Centre.
The Magic were 25-16 at home this season, while Toronto was 16-25 on the road.
Our Point: We are going to use the same background write up for this game as we expect the same thing to happen again. Once again. 3 very important things favor Orlando one more in this matchup.
1) Momentum: Toronto finished the last two months of the regular season 9-17. Further, they were a terrible bet going 2-6 ATS their last 8 games. Orlando finished strong on the back of a Van Gundy tongue lashing that embarrassed his young team in front of the media who already has no respect for the Magic. Orlando closed the season out with a 4-1 SU run, going 4-1 ATS during that time span. The Magic have been a solid bet lately and continued to prove that point in game 1 against the Raptors covering the spread easily.
2) Something to Prove: The Magic also have a bit of a chip on their shoulders - the No. 3 seeded team is rarely mentioned as an Eastern Conference contender. Further, as mentioned above, they were doing a bit of costing up until about 4 games ago when their coach challenged them publicly, since then this is a whole new team. As you saw by game 1, they are not here to mess around with the Raptors. They will continue to dominate the Raptors at home and look to make this out of reach for the Raptors.
3) Home Court Advantage: The Magic have been a pleasure to bet on at home this season going 24-16 ATS. Further, they are a whopping 18-7 ATS against the east on their home floor. Toronto has been a sub-par away team going 12-14 ATS on the road against the east, 18-23 ATS overall on the road, and 16-25 SU for all road games. In other words, the Raptors have not been a smart road play this season.
In game 1 the Magic dominated the Raptors, start to finish. They took control early and built a tough lead, where a young team like the Raptors could not rebound from. Remember this , "The Raptors will get off to a slow start here being shell shocked from all the glitz that comes with playing in the playoffs"? Their shell shock should be behind them, but not enough to get them a road win at Orlando. While this game promises to be much closer, the Magic will pull away down the stretch and do the right things as this club has done at home all season long. Look for another solid home win and another Howard stand out. This will be somewhat of a repeat of game 1 and the Magic will go ahead 2-0. We look for the Magic to win this game by 8-12 points.
