The Toronto Raptors, desperate for a win, will have to keep waiting, ever more desperate. The Orlando Magic won their second of three starts against their National Basketball Association Eastern Conference rivals, 90-85, and extended the Raptors' losing string to nine games Wednesday night.

Trailing by a point with 42.3 seconds left and the ball, Toronto failed to convert on three good chances on the possession. The Magic's Darrell Armstrong made two foul shots with 15 seconds left to put the Magic up 88-85.

The best the Raptors could do was a desperation three-point attempt by Morris Peterson, who was pointless in the game, that drew only air.

The Raptors had a six-point lead with less than five minutes to play, but were held pointless the rest of the way.

Horace Grant made an uncontested lay-up to give the Magic an 86-85 lead with just more than two minutes left.