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TORONTO \u2014 After watching his team give up a historic run in a historic loss, Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley pointed the finger squarely at himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to be able to do a better job of preparing them for what they were going to see tonight,\u201d Mosley said after the Magic lost 139-87 to the Toronto Raptors, the most lopsided loss in franchise history. Bridging the first and second quarters, the Magic gave up a 31-0 run, covering 7 minutes, 47 seconds, the longest unanswered scoring surge in the NBA\u2019s play-by-play era dating back to the 1990s, surpassing a Dallas Mavericks 30-0 run against the Oklahoma City Thunder in December 2023, according to the NBA.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe talked a little bit about it, but probably not enough. We\u2019ve got to have them prepared for the physicality of the game, prepared for how much they were going to grab, hold and get them off their spots. That\u2019s on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Magic (39-35) have now lost seven of eight games, including a loss at home to the league-worst Indiana Pacers and a blowout defeat\u00a0against another team they are competing against for seeding in the middle of the Eastern Conference: the Charlotte Hornets. Still, despite the loss in a meaningful game for his team, Mosley said he still felt his message was getting through to his players.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes. Yes. You get hit in the mouth by (52) points, you understand exactly what you need to do,\u201d said Mosley, who has been under fire recently for the Magic\u2019s disappointing season. \u201cYou\u2019re not as bad as you think you are in your losses, and you\u2019re not as great as you think you are in your wins. We\u2019re somewhere in between. We\u2019ve got to make sure we get on the right mentality coming down to these last eight games.\u201d<\/p>\n

The eighth-place Magic\u00a0entered the game just two games behind the Raptors (42-32), who are in fifth in the jumbled Eastern Conference. It seemed like a huge opportunity for the Magic to gain ground in their attempt to avoid the Play-In Tournament. The Raptors were without starting guard Immanuel Quickley, leading scorer Brandon Ingram and rotation reserves Collin Murray-Boyles and Jamison Battle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to do a better job there with this group to make sure they\u2019re prepared in the right way and to know exactly the sense of urgency that Toronto was going to play with having guys out, a sense of urgency that they were going to play with knowing (about) the playoff positioning,\u201d Mosley said. \u201cI\u2019ve got to do a better job for this group there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if it was fair that Mosley take the blame for the defeat, Magic star Paolo Banchero said, \u201cIt\u2019s all a collective.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cGotta find ways to stop runs like that. We didn\u2019t,\u201d Banchero said. \u201cIf you want to be a good team, you can\u2019t give up runs like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Raptors ran the ball down the Magic\u2019s throat, with Orlando contributing 10 turnovers to the cause during the run. The Magic finished with 28 miscues, leading to 37 Raptors points. The Raptors\u2019 half-court offense is their biggest weakness. Nearly every coach speaks about the importance of taking care of the ball before playing the Raptors, trying to keep their offensive pace down. Mosley was no exception.<\/p>\n

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However, the Magic were doing a lot of it to themselves: There were single-minded drives into traffic, targets for passes not looking at the ball and weak takes in transition. The Magic turned the ball over 12 times in the first quarter, tying a team record for most in any period. They turned the ball over 19 times in the first half, after which they trailed 70-43. Since March 16th, the Magic ranked 26th in defensive rating and 21st in net rating entering Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI called three timeouts in that moment to try to stop that bleeding,\u201d Mosley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to explain,\u201d Orlando guard Desmond Bane said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to swallow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Raptors made them pay, with Sandro Mamukelashvili scoring 11 points, including two of the Raptors\u2019 four 3s during the spurt. The Raptors went 9 of 13 from the field and 7 of 7 from the free-throw line. They also outscored the Magic 39-7 in fast-break points as the latter finished with 28 turnovers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was so fun playing like you just don\u2019t realize anything like that,\u201d\u00a0 Mamukelashvili said of being on the run. \u201cYou just keep going. I feel like everybody enjoyed it. And we were so physical. We were trying to \u2026 trap and hit and just to do some stuff we usually do during practices.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Magic, meanwhile, have eight games left. They are guaranteed a spot in the Play-In at least, but are in danger of falling out of the eighth seed that would give them two chances to win one game to make the playoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had it in stretches,\u201d Bane said, talking about the confidence necessary to withstand a long regular season. \u201cBut we definitely don\u2019t have it right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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