TORONTO _ The Orlando Magic knew they faced a tall task in beating the Toronto Raptors in Game 5 to extend their best-of-7 playoff series.
The Raptors never gave them a chance.
Kawhi Leonard scored a game-high 27 points, helping the Raptors jump on the Magic early and deliver the knockout blow in the series with a 115-96 victory Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena.
The Raptors advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals, where they will face the winner of the 76ers-Nets series.
Orlando, meanwhile, closes the franchise's best season since 2012 on a painful note.
Pascal Siakam finished with 24 points while Kyle Lowry had 14 points and nine assists for the Raptors, who won four straight games in a playoff series for the first time. The win also marked the first time Toronto closed out a seven-game series with a Game 5 victory.
D.J. Augustin scored 15 points while Terrence Ross had 12, Aaron Gordon 11 and Evan Fournier 10 for the Magic, who never got on track offensively.
Nikola Vucevic, the Magic's leading scorer all season, wound up with just six points _ all in the second half _ on 3-for-10 shooting. He missed his first four shots before picking up his third foul at the 6:36 mark of the first quarter and he didn't play the rest of the first half.
It was part of a worse-case scenario start for the Magic.
Lowry scored the first nine points for Toronto as the hosts raced out to a 22-3 lead. It was a 31-7 margin at one point before the Magic closed within 16 by the end of the quarter.
Every time Orlando tried to mount a run, however, Toronto delivered energetic answers to keep the game well out of reach.
The Magic front office will now be left to decide how to build on the franchise's success during coach Steve Clifford's first season leading the team and make a deeper postseason run.
