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Barnes scores 28 as Raptors rout Magic 129-99
Original article ↗What we measured
Outlets covering
4
Lean bands spanned
2
Widest spread
Center-Left → Center
Verdict
None yet
Key figures
RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., flirted with a double-double, scoring 25 points and adding nine rebounds and six assists.
Ja’Kobe Walter had 14 points and five rebounds starting in place of Leonard.
Franz Wagner had 15 points, five assists and four rebounds.
Takeaways Magic: Wagner, Orlando’s leading scorer with Paolo Banchero out due to a sprained right ankle, had a strong start to the game, scoring 11 points in the first half.
Barrett had 21 points in the first half — 12 in the first quarter and then nine more in the second — but Barnes had the best quarter of the game, dropping 16 in the third.
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B.I.A.S. ANALYSIS
CENTER
Where the 4 outlets covering this sit
Center
75%
Center-Left
25%
Sports framing
Center majority
4-outlet cluster
Broad pickup
Signal breakdown
Heuristic (v1/v3)
-0.20 · CENTER
ML v2 (DistilBERT)
0.000 · CENTER
Ensemble
0.000 · CENTER
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Rolling outlet bias
CENTER
avg -0.189
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Barnes scores 28 as Raptors rout Magic 129-99
By John Chidley-Hill The Canadian Press
Posted October 28, 2026 10:08 pm
Updated October 28, 2026 10:18 pm
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TORONTO – Scottie Barnes led all scorers with 28 points as the Toronto Raptors routed the Orlando Magic 129-99 on Wednesday without superstar Kawhi Leonard in the lineup.
Barnes added six rebounds and four assists for Toronto (3-1). RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., flirted with a double-double, scoring 25 points and adding nine rebounds and six assists.…
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