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TORONTO - Having just given up a three-pointer and trailing by 11 points late in the first half Tuesday, Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey called a timeout. Custom Wales Jerseys . Kyle Lowry took the ball and spiked it hard to the ground in frustration. Lowry drew on that frustration to lift the Raptors to a 104-100 victory over the Orlando Magic, extending their Eastern Conference-leading record to 7-1. Theyre a perfect 5-0 at the Air Canada Centre. On a night that saw Toronto trail almost the entire game, Lowry grabbed two huge rebounds in the final 90 seconds, then drew a foul and drained a pair of free throws to give the Raptors a three-point lead in the victory. Lowry finished with 19 points while Terrence Ross poured in 17 more. DeMar DeRozan added 16, Lou Williams had 14, and Amir Johnson and Patrick Patterson chipped in with 12 points apiece. Evan Fournier led the Magic (2-6) with 24 points, while Tobias Harris added 23, and Channing Frye finished with 19. The Raptors, wearing their camouflage uniforms in honour of Remembrance Day, were coming off two solid defensive efforts in wins over Washington and Philadelphia. But their poor defensive habits were back with a vengeance as the Raptors fell behind by double digits early to the Magic, and trailed almost the entire game. Trailing Orlando 83-72 to begin the fourth quarter, the Raptors finally showed some life. Williams scored eight points in less than four minutes and then Pattersons three with 6:36 to go put the Raptors up 90-88 (Torontos first lead since 14-13). A basket by Harris pulled the Magic to within a point with 55 seconds to play, but a free throw by Patterson, followed by a miss by Harris, clinched Torontos victory. The Magic shot 48 per cent on the night to Torontos 46. Toronto had a narrow 40-39 advantage on the boards. The Raptors poor start on the defensive end showed in the Magics 58 per cent shooting in the first quarter. Frye hit all three of his three-point attempts in the frame, and Orlando took a 32-24 advantage into the second. A three by Fournier put the Magic up 60-49 with a minute to go in the second half, Orlandos biggest lead of the game to that point. The visitors went into the dressing room at halftime up 60-51. The Raptors pulled to within seven points midway through the third, but two possessions later the Magic was back up by 11, and took an 83-72 lead into the fourth. The Raptors host Chicago on Thursday and Utah on Saturday. NOTES: Torontos Landry Fields missed the game (flu). . . Canadian womens tennis star Eugenie Bouchard was at the game, and fired autographed tennis balls into the crowd during a timeout. . . The game began with a ceremony honouring Canadian military veterans and a moment of silence. . . The Raptors media pre-game notes included a section What are the red flowers? to explain the significance of poppies to travelling U.S. journalists. Joe Allen Jersey . PAUL, Minn. Ashley Williams Jersey . -- The court fight over NFL concussions should heat up soon as a judge in Philadelphia weighs the fairness of the proposed $765 million settlement. MAYNOOTH, Ireland -- Saying hes "feeling a bit lost" in a difficult year, Rory McIlroy shot a 2-over 74 on Thursday in the Irish Open to fall eight strokes behind first-round leader Oscar Floren. The second-ranked McIlroy, from Northern Ireland, had four bogeys and two birdies in wet and overcast conditions at Carton House on the outskirts of Dublin. McIlroy hit only five of 14 fairways and took 34 putts. "At the moment, no aspects of my game are strong and Im just feeling a bit lost at the moment," he said. "It feels good on the range and I can hit all the shots, but when I get out on the course it really does not seem to be there. "Off the tee, I am missing one right and then missing one left and its just not going where I want it. It gets you in two minds every time you are playing a tee shot. The game is just not coming easy to me at the moment and while I was struggling at this point last year, I was able to turn the corner in the middle of the summer and have a great end to my season. I dont know whether its a matter of trying to play my way out of it or just keeep grinding away on the range or whatever. Joe Ledley Jersey. " Floren, from Sweden, had a 6-under 66. He drove the green on the par-4 13th and holed a 20-foot eagle putt. "I just came out and hit everything really, really pure," Floren said. American Peter Uihlein was a stroke back along with Dutchman Joost Luiten, , Frances Jean-Baptiste Gonnet, Northern Irelands Michael Hoey and Irelands Shane Lowry. Uihlein, the Madeira Islands Open winner last month, is making his 10th European Tour start of the year. The former Oklahoma State star won the 2010 U.S. Amateur. Lowry, the 2009 winner at County Louth as an amateur, had six birdies and a bogey played alongside McIlroy. "I was just chomping at the bit to get out there this morning and I was just trying to play me way into the tournament nicely so Im really pleased with a 67," he said. Hoey said wife Barbara had their first child induced last week so he could compete in the event. "Its great being a father and already its added a new perspective to my life," said Hoey, a four-time European Tour winner. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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