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WASHINGTON -- With the NBA regular season in the final stretch, Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragic are pushing the Phoenix Suns in the right direction, with a five-game winning streak keeping them in the Western Conference playoff chase. John Walls Washington Wizards, meanwhile, are headed the opposite way, losing four of their last five games to let teams behind them in the East inch closer. After letting a 25-point lead dwindle to three Wednesday night, Bledsoe and Dragic got back to business and combined to finish with 48 points, 13 assists and 13 rebounds in Phoenixs 99-93 victory over Washington. "Im glad," Dragic said, "that we didnt panic." The surprising Suns moved into a tie with the Dallas Mavericks for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Both clubs are 43-29 with 10 games remaining. "We dont care what other people think," Dragic said. "Before the season, they were saying were going to win 15 games." The Suns have won seven of their last eight, coinciding with Bledsoes return to the starting lineup after missing 33 games because of knee surgery. He had 23 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and Dragic wound up with 25 points, six assists and seven rebounds. "We were missing him those two months," Dragic said about his backcourt mate. "Now hes back and he looks good. Its much easier for me to play with him. He can handle the ball, I can handle the ball." Wizards centre Marcin Gortat, who used to play for the Suns, offered high praise for their pair of guards. "These guys are hungry. They bring it every night. They compete every night. They know what theyre playing for," Gortat said. "They have character, a lot of will to win the game." Gortat was not nearly as complimentary about his current teammates, who are sixth in the Eastern Conference but now are only 1 1/2 games ahead of No. 7 Charlotte, which beat Brooklyn 116-111 in overtime Wednesday. Gortat called Washingtons showing "embarrassing" and added: "Sometimes we show that mentally we are weak and just not competing. Thats it." Wall, who led Washington with 29 points and six assists, and coach Randy Wittman preferred to put the blame on poor defence that allowed Phoenix to shoot 50 per cent on 3-pointers for the game (14 of 28). Phoenix made 7 of 9 field-goal tries during a 17-4 run to open the second half. The Suns led by as much as 75-50 in the third quarter, but Washington kept chipping away at that, getting as close as 83-79 on Walls three-point play with a little more than 8 minutes remaining. But an 8-0 run by Phoenix that closed with Dragics 3-pointer followed by his reverse layup gave the Suns some breathing room. Washington again cut into the lead, though, and when Wall made consecutive driving layups, it was 93-90 with 1 1/2 minutes left. Sure enough, Dragic and Bledsoe again responded. Bledsoe hit a 3 off Dragics assist, and then Dragic fed Gerald Green, who was fouled and made two free throws. And that was pretty much that. Bledsoe called it "a sloppy win," but knows that his team is going to fare well when six players each make at least one 3-pointer, as happened Wednesday. "We live by the 3, die by the 3, most likely. Thats how it is," Bledsoe said. "When were making 3, its tough to beat us." Notes: Wizards G Bradley Beal missed the end of the first half and beginning of the second because he went to the locker room for treatment of a right hip pointer after a Suns player landed on him. Beal said he hopes to play Friday against visiting Indiana. ... The Suns had lost their previous three games against the Wizards, including at Phoenix in January. ... Wall reached 100 3-pointers for the season for the first time in his NBA career, and he joins Beal, Trevor Ariza and Martell Webster to give Washington a franchise-high four players with at least that many. 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"We took a lot of pleasure," Mladenovic told Sport Plus television. "Its extremely difficult to play in such conditions, but our doubles team showed a lot of quality.ORLANDO, Fla. - Two games into their season, the Toronto Raptors like what they see.The Raptors put all five starters in double figures for the second straight game and overcame a shaky start to the fourth quarter to run away from the Orlando Magic 108-95 on Saturday night.DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors to their eighth straight win over Orlando with 26 points and eight rebounds. Kyle Lowry had 21 points, Amir Johnson scored 14 and Jonas Valanciunas became the fourth Raptor with a double-double this season, getting 10 points and 11 rebounds.Its not easy trying to get everyone involved, but weve got a good group of guys and no one is being selfish so far, Lowry said.The Raptors shot only 39.8 per cent for the game, but outscored Orlando 38-12 at the free throw line.Its not just me being aggressive at getting to the free throw line, its all of us, said DeRozan, who was 8 of 10 from the line. If we get teams in the penalty situation early and take advantage of it, that plays a big part of us being successful.Evan Fournier scored 18 points for the Magic, who have lost three straight. Rookie point guard had Elfrid Payton had 16 points and nine assists.The Magic wasted an opportunity to make it a game in the fourth quarter. Orlando held Toronto to just 2-of-14 shooting in the first seven minutes of the final period, but couldnt gain much ground.Orlando cut it to 93-89 with 5:03 left before Toronto responded with seven straight points and a 13-2 run that settled the issue.I think were going to continue to build on the good things and reinforce that guys have been focused at the defensive end and that will give you a chance to win games, Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said.Fournier had 11 points and Payton added 10 points and five assists as the Magic took a 52-49 halftime lead. It was the first time in three games this season that Orlando has led at the half and much of that was attributed to 52.4 per cent shooting.Lowryy kept his team close, scoring 12 points in a matchup against Payton, but the Raptors were only 1 for 8 from behind the 3-point line and 4 of 21 for the game.ddddddddddddOrlando stretched the lead to 64-57 before DeRozan heated up, scoring eight straight during a 12-2 Raptors run that put Toronto in front 69-66. He and Lowry combined for 22 points in the quarter as Toronto stretched the lead to 87-78.___TIP-INSRaptors: Toronto has no injuries yet this season. . Lowry had the Raptors first four-point play of the season.Magic: PF Kyle OQuinn missed his second straight game with an ankle injury. . Orlando is 34-34 all-time against Toronto. . SF Maurice Harkless, who started 41 games last season but didnt play in the first two, saw his first action this season. He had seven points and five rebounds in 22 minutes.THIRD-QUARTER BLUESThe Magic have been outscored 96-64 in the third quarter of their first three games. Toronto outscored them 38-26. I really give the other teams credit for coming out aggressive, Vaughn said.BIG O VISITS ORLANDOHall of Famer Oscar Robertson, who was treated successfully for prostate cancer at an Orlando hospital, was part of an in-game presentation to bring awareness to prostate cancer. Robertson, who averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists during the 1961-62 season, spoke to the Raptors at the team hotel on Friday night. I was nervous introducing (Oscar) just giving him props for what he accomplished, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. It was great for our players, an education for them. Hes the reason, like it or not, that some of them are in the position they are today.THEYRE FOR FREEThe Raptors shot 48 free throws in the game, twice as many as Orlando and outscored the Magic 38-12 from the line. Toronto was 38 of 48 (79.2 per cent) while the Magic were just 12 of 24 (50 per cent).UP NEXTRaptors: Visits Miami on Saturday.Magic: Visits Chicago on Tuesday. ' ' '