Raptors claw back with blowout of Magic

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Besides Howard, the Magic shot 3-for-15 in the opening quarter.

The Raptors pulled further away in the second, holding Howard to just two points and finishing the half with a flurry sparked by Ford.

“He’s a very, very good player and he played like it today,” Bosh said of Ford.

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The diminutive guard was on the court for just 3½ minutes in the second but made the most of them, scoring 11 points. Ford drained jumpers on three straight trips and Bargnani added a 3-pointer as the Raptors reeled off a 9-0 run, pushing their lead to 56-35.

Bosh didn’t make his first field goal until a breakaway dunk with 12 seconds left in the first half, putting Toronto up 61-38. Carlos Arroyo replied with a layup to make it 61-40 at the break.

“The game was pretty well decided at halftime,” Van Gundy said.

Lewis opened the third with back-to-back 3-pointers and had 12 points in the quarter as Orlando outscored Toronto 29-19, cutting the gap to 80-69 heading into the fourth.

Nelson picked up his fourth foul less than two minutes into the third and headed to the bench. Joining him there later was Howard, who was whistled for three fouls in the third, two of them offensive, and was replaced by Marcin Gortat with 1:39 remaining.

Notes: The Magic started 0-for-7 from beyond the 3-point line. Keith Bogans snapped the skid with a 3 with 2:45 left in the first quarter. ... Howard, who was 14-for-20 from the free throw line in the first two games of the series, went 3-for-8 Thursday. ... Toronto outrebounded Orlando 42-34. ... Turkoglu’s 26 points were a career playoff high.

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