The Toronto Raptors notched a season-high fourth-straight win Wednesday, courtesy of a career-high 41 points from Chris Bosh.

Bosh was one of six Raptors to reach double digits in scoring in a convincing 113-103 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic before a raucous crowd of 15,157 at the Air Canada Centre.

Chris Bosh whoops it up after scoring 41 points in a 113-103 Raptors win.
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"We played pretty well today," said Bosh, who scored 15 points on free throws alone.

Bosh eclipsed his season high of 35 points in spectacular fashion, slamming down a two-handed dunk on a fast break with Jorge Garbajosa and T.J. Ford midway through the fourth quarter.

The fans began chanting "MVP! MVP!" when Bosh dropped in two free throws to surpass his career best of 37 and put the Raptors ahead 97-90 with 5:30 left.

"It made me feel good, it made me smile," he said. "I hope they keep it up."

"If we continue to do what we're doing [and] continue to play well, I don't any reason why his name shouldn't be mentioned up there with the MVP," Raptors forward Morris Peterson said. "I know they were yelling for him, but I was feeling really good — so I can only imagine how good he was feeling."

Ford scored the next four points on a jump shot and a driving layup to make it 101-90 with 4:09 remaining.

Dwight Howard drained two free throws to slash the deficit to nine points, but Bosh completed a three-point play to reach the 40-point plateau for the first time as a pro — and put the game out of reach.

"We have been real confident in our game, we've been sharing the ball a lot," Bosh said. "We want to close out the first half of the season the right way."

Bosh has firmly established himself among the NBA's elite this season, leading Toronto in scoring and rebounds and even being voted a starter in fan balloting for the upcoming NBA all-star game.

So being named league MVP isn't out of the question.

"That's the plan," Bosh said. "That's one of my goals that I want to attain in my career.

"I know I have a long way to go. But I think, today, is one of the things that's going to help prepare me for that goal."

"He is our MVP and if other people start recognizing it, giving him some consideration, that's great," Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell claimed. "But I think Chris is focused on trying to help this team continue to win and give ourselves a chance to do something good this year."

Garbajosa excelled in all aspects for the Raptors (26-23), posting 15 points, five rebounds, two blocked shots and two steals without committing a single foul in 33 minutes.

Anthony Parker scored 14 points followed by rookie Andrea Bargnani with 11.

Ford and Jose Calderon both had 10 points and 11 assists as Toronto chalked up its seventh win in its past eight outings.

"Chris carried us tonight," Peterson said. "We rode his coat-tail and he took us to the promised land.

"He did a lot of great things for us and we fed off that energy."

Career high for Howard

Howard registered a career-high 32 points on 13-of-14 shooting with nine rebounds for the Magic (25-25), still reeling from a 116-111 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks the night before.

"I didn't even know how many points I had," Howard said.

"I know Dwight is competitive, he's a good friend of mine," Bosh said. "I know he's going to come out there and play hard, so I have to try and match it."

Keith Bogans scored 15 points, rookie J.J. Redick had 14 points and Hedo Turkoglu, 12.

Carlos Arroyo came off the bench to net 11 points, while Darko Milicic chipped in with 10 points.

Orlando has lost in each of its last five visits to Toronto, where the Raptors are 18-7 this season.

"We just got to keep our heads up," Howard said. "Nobody in the league is going to say, 'Well, the Magic are playing bad, let's just give them a win.'"

"We'll get it back right."

With the win, Toronto remained 3½ games ahead of New Jersey atop the Atlantic Division.

The Nets nipped the Atlanta Hawks 87-85.

With files from Sports Network