TORONTO (Ticker) -- Anthony Parker helped the Toronto Raptors
overcome two injured starters and one outstanding effort from
Dwight Howard.

Parker scored a season-best 26 points, one shy of his career
high, as the shorthanded Raptors held on for a 108-102 victory
Sunday over the Magic.

Chris Bosh added 23 points and 11 rebounds for Toronto, which
was without center Jermaine O'Neal and point guard Jose
Calderon.

"We are a good team," Bosh said. "We have to play like it and
make sure we bring it every night. We have to bring the same
intensity, the same focus."

O'Neal missed his third straight game with a sore right knee
while Calderon, who leads the Eastern Conference in assists, was
sidelined by a strained right hamstring.

But despite not having O'Neal and Calderon, who have combined to
average over 27 points per game this season, the Raptors still
managed to hand the Southeast Conference-leading Magic their
second loss in the last 11 games.

"They are a good team without those guys," Howard said. "(Bosh)
came out strong at the end, but they have a solid team without
two of their best players."

Toronto's effort was especially impressive considering the
exploits of Howard, who matched a career high with 39 points.
The All-Star center shot 14-of-19 from the floor and made
11-of-18 free throws, eclipsing the 30-point mark for the first
time since November 29.

But Howard's offensive outburst was offset by Parker, who
delivered his highest single-game point total since a 27-point
outing vs. Chicago on April 8, 2007.

"I've been struggling shooting, so the law of percentages say
that eventually it's going to even out," Parker said. "I've
missed so much, so one of these days was due. But I'm really
happy that it happened."

The Raptors also received boosts from center Andrea Bargnani (18
points) and guard Will Solomon (11 points), who started in place
of O'Neal and Calderon. Seldom-used reserve Roko Ukic chipped
in 12 points and made a key shot that gave the Raptors some late
breathing room.

"I think Andrea's performance was a little underrated when you
look at the stats," Raptors interim head coach Jay Triano said.
"A lot of the time, we used him to take (Howard) away from the
inside.

"Will was doing a great job, and Roko just had it going. He was
distributing the basketball very well."

Rashard Lewis drilled a 3-pointer to give Orlando a 101-99 lead
with 3:15 left.

But Bosh was fouled on the next two possessions, sinking four
straight free throws to give Toronto the lead for good at
103-101. Howard was fouled on the next possession but made only
one free throw, trimming the deficit to 103-102 with 2:13
remaining.

After Orlando's Hedo Turkoglu missed a jumper with 38 seconds
left, Ukic sank a short runner to make it 105-102.

J.J. Redick and Turkoglu both missed 3-pointers for Orlando, and
Bosh made three free throws in the final 31 seconds to provide
the final margin.

"We knew it was going to go right down to the wire, and it was
going to be one of those games," Triano said. "It was a little
bit of a character builder for us. I just think the last two
games at home, we have been playing with a lot of confidence."

Lewis scored 20 points and Jameer Nelson added 15 for the Magic,
who shot 17-of-24 from the free-throw line.

All seven of those misses came from Howard, who entered shooting
just 56.7 percent from the charity stripe this season.

"It's not good enough," Orlando head coach Stan Van Gundy said.
"Sixty percent from the free-throw line makes it tough. We have
a tremendous advantage down there, they couldn't guard him at
all.

"But they get to the fourth quarter they just fouled. We get
1-of-2, and they'd come back and make 2-of-2."