Poeltl, Siakam power Raptors past Magic heading into all-star break

Jakob Poeltl's 30 points were one shy of a career high as he led the Toronto Raptors past the Orlando Magic 123-113 on Tuesday.

Poeltl also had nine rebounds in his best performance since being traded to Toronto (28-31) last Thursday.

He had a career-best 31 points for the San Antonio Spurs in a 117-110 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Nov. 15.

The win means that Toronto and Orlando, who are jockeying for the final play-in berth in the NBA's Eastern Conference, will finish their season series 2-2.

Wendell Carter Jr. led Orlando (24-35) with 26 points and Jalen Suggs came off the bench to score 24.

Chris Boucher, from Montreal, fell to the ground as he went for a two-handed drunk with 1.5 seconds left in the first quarter. He sat on the ground and egged on the sellout crowd of 19,800 at Scotiabank Arena to cheer before getting up and hitting a free throw to make it 35-27 for the Raptors.

The Magic took the lead with 6:55 left in the half when Franz Wagner nailed a three-pointer to make it 47-46. The two teams traded the lead back and forth before Orlando went on an 8-2 run to end the half with a 70-65 lead.

Be great 4 <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottBarnes561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottBarnes561</a> <br><br>Congrats on achieving 2000 career points and becoming the youngest Raptor to record 2000 points &amp; 500 assists