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Orlando faces Toronto on 3-game road skid

Orlando Magic (20-15, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (8-26, 13th in the Eastern Conference)

Toronto; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Orlando visits Toronto looking to end its three-game road slide.

The Raptors are 5-15 against Eastern Conference opponents. Toronto is 3-19 against opponents with a winning record.

The Magic are 16-10 in Eastern Conference play. Orlando is at the bottom of the league shooting 30.6% from 3-point range.

The Raptors are shooting 46.2% from the field this season, 0.2 percentage points lower than the 46.4% the Magic allow to opponents. The Magic’s 44.8% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.3 percentage points lower than the Raptors have given up to their opponents (47.1%).

TOP PERFORMERS: RJ Barrett is averaging 23.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 6.2 assists for the Raptors.

Goga Bitadze is scoring 9.9 points per game and averaging 8.3 rebounds for the Magic.

LAST 10 GAMES: Raptors: 1-9, averaging 109.6 points, 41.8 rebounds, 28.6 assists, 7.5 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 123.2 points per game.

Magic: 4-6, averaging 101.4 points, 40.2 rebounds, 21.7 assists, 9.6 steals and 6.1 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 105.0 points.

INJURIES: Raptors: Bruce Brown: day to day (knee), RJ Barrett: day to day (illness).

Magic: Paolo Banchero: out (oblique), Anthony Black: day to day (back), Franz Wagner: out (oblique), Moritz Wagner: out for season (knee), Trevelin Queen: day to day (illness).

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