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ORLANDO, Fla. – Chris Bosh scored 28 points, including five free throws down the stretch, to lift the Toronto Raptors to a 111-108 win over the Orlando Magic.

Hedo Turkoglu shook off a recent shooting slump to score a career-high 37 points, but missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer from the wing. Turkoglu had gone a combined 6-for-25 the previous two games.

Anthony Parker added 20 points for the Raptors, Joey Graham scored 19 and T.J. Ford had 16 points and eight assists.

Turkoglu tied the game at 106 on a 3-pointer with 3:18 left, but the Magic didn’t score for the next two minutes. Bosh hit three free throws, but was called for goaltending on Turkoglu’s layup with 47 seconds left.

Trailing 109-108, Turkoglu missed a jumper. Dwight Howard got the rebound, but Bosh drew an offensive foul on Grant Hill.

With 9.4 seconds let, Bosh drained two foul shots to seal the win.

It was the Magic’s second loss in a row, cutting their small cushion on the last two remaining Eastern Conference playoff spots. Toronto has already clinched a place in the postseason.

Both Howard and Bosh scored career highs (32 and 41 points, respectively) when these teams met in February, and both were on track for even better nights after 11-point first quarters.

But Howard didn’t score in the second or third quarters, finishing with 18 points and 15 rebounds, and Bosh slowed down in the third.

The Magic didn’t miss much in the first quarter, getting season bests in points (37) and field goal percentage (83 percent). From that point until the fourth, they couldn’t do much right.

Orlando, which had a 15-point lead in the first quarter, trailed by eight points in the third and nine in the fourth.

Toronto outscored Orlando 8-2 in the last minute of the first half, drawing to 57-52 at the break. Graham scored five of them, including a 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds left.

The Raptors were playing the second of a three-game road trip, coming off a three-point loss to Miami on Tuesday.

Notes: Darko Milicic was thrown out after arguing a holding call on Bosh with 3:39 left in the third quarter. Gesturing adamantly, he had to be held back by teammates. The forward had two rebounds and no points in seven minutes. Magic F Trevor Ariza fouled out with three minutes left in the fourth quarter. The Raptors swept the season series 4-0. … Toronto was without Andrea Bargnani, who continues to rest after a March 21 appendectomy, and Jorge Garbajosa, out for the season after left ankle surgery.

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