TORONTO — Franz Wagner scored 19 points, Paolo Banchero 17 and the Orlando Magic beat short-handed Toronto 113-103 Friday night, handing the Raptors their sixth straight loss, their worst of the season.
Jalen Suggs scored 16 points, Wendell Carter Jr. added 15 and Cole Anthony had 12 for the Magic, who led by as many as 19 and won seven of nine.
Banchero also had nine rebounds and eight assists.
Gary Trent Jr. scored a season-high 31 points for the Raptors, and Immanuel Quickley had 10 points and 10 assists. Quickley has a career-high eight games with 10 or more assists this season, all coming since he was traded to Toronto on Dec. 30.
Jordan Nwora scored 14 points for the Raptors and Bruce Brown scored 12.
The Raptors were without All-Star forward Scottie Barnes (left hand), center Jakob Poeltl (left pinky), forward Chris Boucher (right knee), guard DJ Carton (right ankle) and forward RJ Barrett (personnel).
Before the game, Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic said Barrett would have as much time as he needed following the death of his younger brother, Nathan Barrett. The Barrett family said in a statement released Thursday evening that Nathan died Tuesday at the age of 20. The statement did not reveal the cause of death.
The Raptors honored Nathan Barrett with a moment of silence before the game.
Toronto arrived having won 17 of its last 20 home meetings with the Magic, including eight of the previous nine. The Raptors led by nine points in the first half but were unable to maintain their lead.
The Raptors led 27-24 after one quarter, but Franz Wagner scored eight points in the second to give the Magic a 50-48 halftime lead.
Banchero, who made all six of his field goal attempts in Wednesday’s win over Brooklyn, shot 2 of 8 in the first half Friday. He finished 5 of 15 from the field and went 6 of 6 from the free throw line.
Toronto led 69-67 after Nwora’s 3-pointer with 4:26 left in the third, but Banchero scored seven points as the Magic responded with a 14-0 run. Orlando took an 84-73 lead into the fourth.
FOLLOWING
The teams play again in Orlando on Saturday night.
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