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Don Strouble of Roundtable Sports talks the Orlando Magic's latest win and previews their matchup with the Toronto Raptors

Magic Snap Losing Streak With Win Over Sacramento Kings:

"Alright folks, let's get right into it. So the Orlando Magic finally snapped their six-game losing streak in a close win over the Sacramento Kings, 121-117. In a game that shouldn't have been this close. You know, as part of this losing streak, we saw the Magic suffer an ugly loss at home to the Indiana Pacers, and Orlando almost found a way to blow this game as well.

Up nine points, two and a half minutes remaining, allow the Kings to go on an 8-0 run, bailed out by a Jalen Suggs three, and they get out of there with a win.

But again, like, not gonna be able to play that way against Toronto, so what's the good news here, beyond the fact that the Magic are finally back in the win column? Well, Paolo Banchero is coming off his third straight game of 30-plus points, been playing really well.

Desmond Bane has been playing really well, [Jalen] Suggs is back in the lineup, as I just mentioned, was a critical part to bailing the Magic out of near collapse the other night."

Looking Ahead to the Toronto Raptors:

"Still missing Anthony Black and Franz Wagner, but the Raptors have injuries too. Immanuel Quickley is out; Brendan Ingram is questionable, so we'll see what happens there. This is a series that's tied 1-1. The Magic lost the first meeting by just one point a few days after Christmas, 107-106 in Toronto, turned around on January 30th in Orlando and beat the Raptors by 10 points.

This is the final meeting of the regular season between these two teams, and last I checked, the Raptors currently occupy the position in the Eastern Conference in which the Magic held not too long ago in the fifth seed. You know, the Magic are still trying to keep themselves out of play-in territory, but this team is not the Kings, and the next two games, a back-to-back against the Phoenix Suns and the Atlanta Hawks early in the week coming up here, those aren't going to be easy games either.

In fact, the Magic have plenty of tests against formidable opponents down the stretch, and they're going to need to make the most of these games because there is no room for error, folks, none at all. So those are just my quick post-game thoughts."

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