PROBABLE STARTERS
TORONTO RAPTORS
VS
ORLANDO MAGIC
GAME NOTES
• The Toronto Raptors continue play in Orlando on Wednesday night against the Magic. The Raptors have won the first three meetings with Orlando and have an opportunity to sweep the season-series for the fifth time in the last eight seasons (2012-20). Toronto is 23-5 vs. the Magic during this span. Fred VanVleet is averaging 20.0 points, 5.7 assists and 3.7 steals in three games against Orlando this season.
• Fred VanVleet tallied a career-high 36 points (8-16 FG, 7-12 3PT, 13-13 FT) in Monday’s victory over Miami - his fourth career 30-point performance and third this season. VanVleet made a career-high 13 free throws and tied a career best with seven three-pointers against the Heat. He is the first player in franchise history with at least seven threes and 13 made free throws in the same game.
• The Raptors have won their last six regular season games (Mar. 3 - Aug. 3). Toronto is shooting .451 (219- 486) from the floor and .396 (89-225) from beyond the arc, while Kyle Lowry is averaging a team-high 25.3 points, during the streak.
• OG Anunoby has been credited with at least one steal in each of his last 17 games (Feb. 2 - Aug. 3). This is the longest single-season streak of its kind for the Raptors since Kyle Lowry had at least one steal in 21 consecutive games during the 2015–16 season. Anunoby (91) ranks second on the team in total steals, behind Fred VanVleet (93). The last time Toronto had two players record 100+ steals in the same season was 2002-03; Jerome Williams (116) and Alvin Williams (111).
• The Heat shot .425 (37-87) from the field and .311 (14-45) from three-point range Monday afternoon. The Raptors have held their opponent to fewer than 100 points in 20 games this season - most in the NBA. Toronto is 16-4 in those contests. The Raptors currently lead the NBA in points allowed per game (106.3) and opponent three-point percentage (.336), and rank second in opponent field goal percentage (.428).
• Toronto needs two victories in its final six games to reach 50 wins for the fifth straight season. The Raptors never won 50 games in their first 20 NBA seasons. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Toronto’s .690 (272W-122L) winning percentage during the regular season is tops in the NBA.
• The Raptors lead Boston by 4.0 games for second in the Eastern Conference. Toronto is looking to capture its sixth Atlantic Division title in the last seven seasons. The Raptors face Boston in Orlando on Friday night in the fourth and final meeting between the two teams. The Celtics lead the season-series (2-1).
• Kyle Lowry (19.9 ppg, 7.6 apg, 5.1 rpg) has a chance to become the first player in franchise history to average 20.0 points, 5.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds in the same season. Lowry has produced at least 20 points, five assists and five rebounds in the same game 16 times this year. Lowry is averaging 23.5 points, a team-high 11.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists through two games in the Orlando bubble.
INTERESTING FACTS
• This season when Marc Gasol is in the line up Raptors have 30-8 record
• In games that Fred Van Vleet has started, Toronto Raptors have 60-18 record
according to Ringer podcast
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