It was on that second-quarter block of Deni Avdija’s driving layup that Isaac sprained his ankle. In seven minutes of action, Isaac grabbed 5 rebounds and added 3 points with a block. He left the game at the 7:55 mark of the second quarter and the Magic later ruled him out of the remainder of the night. Isaac Leaves in ReturnĪfter missing two games in a row due to a sore right ankle, Isaac sprained the same ankle again against Washington. Harris had a poor night on offense (shooting 1 of 6 from 3) but still helped space the floor when on the court. The veteran forward shot 3-of-7 from 3-point range to finish with 14 points. The older Wagner brother scored all 18 of his points in the paint while Ingles racked up 7 assists. Similar to Wednesday’s win over Washington, the Magic had success when Ingles initiated the offense, especially passing the ball to a rolling Moe Wagner. Relying on his usual 10-man rotation, Mosley turned to Joe Ingles, Moe Wagner, Cole Anthony, Jonathan Isaac and Gary Harris off the bench. He was everywhere on defense, recording 3 steals and 2 blocks to go with 4 assists. It marked the sixth time this season that Banchero and Wagner each had 20-plus points.Īlthough Suggs went 2 of 6 from 3-point range, his pair of long-distance shots boosted him to 15 points. He added 13 rebounds and 7 assists in 38 minutes. Detroit never got the margin under 13 in the second half.Wagner became the first Magic player to score 30 or more points in three straight games since Dwight Howard (4) did so in February 2011.īanchero bounced back from a six-point performance on Wednesday with nearly 30 on Friday. Wagner scored his first six points in a 10-0 spurt midway through the second quarter to help push Orlando's lead to 15. I thought Goga played with great energy and we need that.'īitadze made six of seven shots and had a plus-minus of plus-26. “Everybody stepped up and helped fill that void because Jalen is a big part of what we're doing. “I think that's what makes us a good team, that if somebody's out, the other guys can step up,” Wagner said.

Gary Harris, starting for the injured Jalen Suggs, started the run with a steal and layup, and Joe Ingles finished it with a 3-pointer. The Magic had a 14-0 run to take a 28-21 lead late in the first quarter. They shot 55.1% in winning for the 10th time in 12 games. We just had a hard time putting the ball in the basket tonight.”Ĭole Anthony added 16 points and six assists for the Magic. We generated only 30 threes and just didn't hit a good percentage (6 or 30). “They take away the paint, force you to play outside.

“They're a good defensive team but we missed a lot of open shots,” Pistons coach Monty Williams said. The Philadelphia 76ers hold both NBA records, setting the single-season mark at 26 in a row in 2013-14 and the overall mark at 28 at the end of 2014-15 and start of 2015-16.Ĭade Cunningham led Detroit with 21 points, and Killian Hayes had 16 points and seven rebounds.Īfter making eight of their first 12 shots, the Pistons shot 26 for 69 (37.7%) for the rest of the game, failing to score 100 points for the first time this season. The streak is the longest in the NBA since Houston lost 20 straight in 2020-21. “I think we did a good job of that tonight and we got the win.” “We lost back to back games and it didn't feel good, so coming into this game we knew we had to take them seriously,” said Magic center Goga Bitadze, who had 13 points, eight rebounds and four blocks.

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