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The London Lightning won their seventh straight game with a 112-101 win over the struggling Halifax Hurricanes (2-8) Tuesday night, but the Bolts didn’t fly out to the East Coast for just one win.

The Lightning have the best record in the National Basketball League Canada at 8-1 and they face their biggest test yet this season when they meet the Magic for the first time Thursday night in Moncton.

“It’s going to be a good challenge for sure,” Lightning coach Doug Plumb said. “They are a physical team and they have a core group of guys who have that championship pedigree.”

But the four-time NBLC champion Bolts have some of that winning swagger themselves in Garrett Williamson, Maurice Bolden and Marcus Capers.

“We’ll see what we are made of,” Plumb said of Thursday’s showdown between the two division leaders.

The Magic are led by veteran forward Billy White, who is averaging 18 points, but they have eight players scoring more than 10 points a game.