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Turkoglu, Magic Triumph

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The Associated Press

Published: November 8, 2007

TORONTO - Thanks to a newfound focus on toughness and togetherness, the Orlando Magic are off to a perfect start away from home.
Hedo Turkoglu had 24 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and Rashard Lewis scored 24 points as the Orlando Magic beat the Toronto Raptors 105-96.
Keith Bogans had 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Dwight Howard added 17 points.

"Any time you can get road wins is good," Orlando guard Jameer Nelson said. "You're always going to be able to protect your homecourt because you've got your fans around you. When you come up to a hostile environment like Toronto, New York or Minnesota, you've got to stick together. Everybody who's on that bench and everybody on the court has got to stick together."

One night after he failed to make a field goal for just the second time in his NBA career, Toronto's Chris Bosh scored 26 points, going 6-for-15 from the floor and making all 14 of his free-throw attempts. Bosh also had 10 rebounds.
Andrea Bargnani had 16 points for Toronto, while T.J. Ford had 12 points and eight assists.

A 3-pointer by Bargnani with 3:56 left in the fourth quarter gave Toronto its first lead of the game at 92-91. But Orlando responded with eight straight points, including back-to-back 3-pointers by Lewis and Jameer Nelson, and a driving layup by Nelson to take a 99-92 edge with 2:23 remaining.

Nelson finished with 10 points and six assists for the Magic, who had all five starters reach double figures.

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