NBA 2018-19, Orlando Magic routed Toronto Raptors: 3 Talking points

#1 Nikola Vucevic had a massive game with 30 points and 20 rebounds

Nikola Vecevic

Nikola Vucevic is All-Star material, and he proved it tonight. He finished with 30 points, grabbed 20 rebounds and dished eight assists.

Magic had a 21-6 run in the late first half which turned the game around. Vucevic scored 12 of those 21 points in the sequence. Not only this, he dominated the paint and scored over everybody who came in his way.

Vecevic became the ninth player in the history to post at least 30 points, 20 rebounds and eight assists in a game. He joined the elite company of Charles Barkley, Cousins, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, George McGinnis, Tim Duncan, David Lee, Dirk Nowitzki and Alex English.

Nikola Vucevic becomes the ninth #NBA player since 1975-76 to record 30+ points, 20+ rebounds and 8+ assists in a single game (Cousins, Lee, Duncan, Nowtizki, Barkley, English, Abdul-Jabbar, McGinnis).(credit @bball_ref)#PureMagic pic.twitter.com/SSxLeBuw1X

— Orlando Magic PR (@Magic_PR) December 29, 2018

Below is what he said after the match:

"I think guys understood that it was time for us to turn things around. Tonight everything clicked for us on both ends, but defence is probably the main reason we won."