The Orlando Magic (16-13) defeat the Portland Trail Blazers (12-17), 110-106 behind 23 from Bane

110 - 106

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Moda Center

Officials: James Capers, Scott Twardoski, and Chelisa Painter

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Orlando Magic	25	38	26	21	110
Portland Trail Blazers	21	29	30	26	106

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Orlando Magic	110	37-85	43.5%	15-33	45.5%	21-23	91.3%	10	47	26	21	10	14	5
Portland Trail Blazers	106	41-87	47.1%	9-32	28.1%	15-19	78.9%	11	53	23	22	9	17	7

PLAYER STATS


Orlando Magic	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Desmond Bane^SF	35:36	23	6-15	4-7	7-7	0	4	4	5	3	3	4	4	4
Paolo Banchero^PF	36:25	12	4-8	0-0	4-4	1	5	6	3	0	0	1	3	7
Wendell Carter Jr.^C	30:47	14	5-11	1-4	3-3	2	5	7	1	1	1	0	3	7
Anthony Black^SG	32:32	22	8-21	4-8	2-3	3	4	7	6	2	0	3	2	10
Tyus Jones^PG	34:56	16	6-9	4-6	0-0	0	4	4	7	1	0	0	3	7
Jonathan Isaac	16:36	9	3-5	0-1	3-4	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	3	-1
Noah Penda	23:50	8	3-10	2-6	0-0	2	4	6	2	0	1	3	1	-3
Jase Richardson	11:37	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	-8
Jett Howard	04:50	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8
Jamal Cain	12:49	4	1-2	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5
Orlando Robinson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goga Bitadze	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colin Castleton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tristan da Silva	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Suggs	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Franz Wagner	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moritz Wagner	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portland Trail Blazers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kris Murray^SF	28:05	13	5-6	1-2	2-2	2	4	6	1	0	1	1	2	0
Toumani Camara^PF	39:37	10	4-12	0-6	2-3	3	3	6	4	2	0	2	0	-14
Donovan Clingan^C	33:59	8	4-8	0-0	0-0	3	11	14	1	1	2	2	5	0
Shaedon Sharpe^SG	26:36	22	8-18	2-7	4-6	1	2	3	2	2	0	3	2	-8
Deni Avdija^PG	36:32	25	10-25	2-6	3-4	0	6	6	8	2	0	4	3	-4
Caleb Love	33:30	17	7-13	3-8	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	3	0	3	2
Duop Reath	05:28	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	-2
Sidy Cissoko	15:21	5	1-2	1-2	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	1
Rayan Rupert	12:55	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	1	4
Yang Hansen	07:52	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	1
Javonte Cooke	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerami Grant	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damian Lillard	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matisse Thybulle	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Williams III	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scoot Henderson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jrue Holiday	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Wesley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

guideway4 | Magic

29 | 6 hours ago

Paolo a redditor confirmed.. only 8 shots

Kwilly462 | Nets

9 | 6 hours ago

I drafted him in Fantasy thinking he’d have a career year. I’m disgusted with him

Kevin_Finnerty407 | Magic

0 | 6 hours ago

Id rather him go ⁷⁄₂₁ than ⁴⁄₈. Shits sad. Dude has zero confidence

Aeronova20 | Magic

22 | 6 hours ago

completely disagree

i mean AB and tyus were cooking early on, so he deferred to his teammates. sure he coulda been more aggressive but other guys had it going all night and he didn’t wanna drag them down. he was a plus 7.

Kevin_Finnerty407 | Magic

-1 | 6 hours ago

AB had 22 points on 21 shots and Penda had 8 points on 10 shots. Just wrong

Aeronova20 | Magic

16 | 6 hours ago

But AB was scorching hot early on and he deferred to him and Tyus then. In the second half, it was Bane who was cooking.

People criticize Paolo when he takes a ton of shots for being a ball stopper. But when he’s being connective, passing well and helping run good offense, then he’s being too passive.

d12fsu | Magic

6 | 6 hours ago

There’s no point in arguing with a box score watcher.

Kevin_Finnerty407 | Magic

-7 | 6 hours ago

I watched every game. Hes passive and scared to shoot. You’re delusional

d12fsu | Magic

2 | 6 hours ago

Then you would know that he would’ve had a lot more assists if his teammates made their open 3s off his passes. That instead of forcing his shot to hey himself into a rhythm, he deferred to the guards, while still attracting a ton of the defenses attention. I’d rather him play like he did tonight than he did against GS where he just kept missing shot after shot in the paint

Kevin_Finnerty407 | Magic

-5 | 6 hours ago

He didnt have a FGA until 3 min left in the second. He was deferring to anthony black and noah penda. Any other “star” would get lampooned for that performance. He hasnt made a jumper since coming back. Everything is front of the rim. Hes been awful and im tired of the excuses. This is embarrassing for a max player

d12fsu | Magic

4 | 5 hours ago

It’s disingenuous to say he didn’t attempt a shot until that late when he drew shooting fouls and got to the line. It’s not even halfway thru the season. Need to have some kind of patience. But I’m assuming that’s not your style with your 3 week old account constantly bashing your own players.

Kevin_Finnerty407 | Magic

-2 | 6 hours ago

He had 3 assists. He was non existent. He looked scared. Stop with the excuses.

Aeronova20 | Magic

5 | 6 hours ago

He had several hockey assists but it’s fine that we just see the game differently. I don’t think he played scared, just passive.

I’m also in the camp that’s not really worried about him, so we’ll see.

Unlucky_Two_7214

3 | 5 hours ago

And they would have lost the game. They were doubling him all night and rather than forcing bad shots or forcing him the ball they were getting the ball to the open man. He played exactly how you should want him to play if you really know basketball.

somewhatcompetint

1 | 23 minutes ago

He shot 0 threes and we won. He did exactly what he needed to do. He gets the other teams best defender on him. Him facilitating is what we need.

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

19 | 6 hours ago

I love the blazers casters, top 5 in the league for me

kindofjustalurker | Trail Blazers

8 | 6 hours ago

Ofc im biased but I love our guys so much. They are the most entertaining part of games where the blazers are losing by like 30 the whole game

kindofjustalurker | Trail Blazers

15 | 6 hours ago

All I want for Christmas is a point guard

ShamanicEye

5 | 5 hours ago

Merry Scootmas

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

14 | 6 hours ago

Pretty low quality shot for Deni to take to tie there

Aeronova20 | Magic

12 | 6 hours ago

trying to avoid getting intentionally fouled down three

Ok_Possible_5702

0 | 6 hours ago

why though? With their size and athleticism, I’d rather take my chances at the FT line

AceMcStace | Trail Blazers

1 | 6 hours ago

Bro’s brain exited his body

Ok_Possible_5702

0 | 6 hours ago

He’s not even a particularly good 3P shooter. Really odd choice of ATO play.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

14 | 6 hours ago

Bane has been so good for the Magic

Kevin_Finnerty407 | Magic

8 | 6 hours ago

You dont even know the half of it

Aeronova20 | Magic

5 | 6 hours ago

FTP

Aeronova20 | Magic

11 | 6 hours ago

if anyone gets picked to represent us in the all star game, it should be Bane

he’s been awesome

frostysbox | Magic

9 | 6 hours ago

Franz too if he’s healthy enough cause of international

Aeronova20 | Magic

5 | 6 hours ago

inshallah brother

hopefully franz comes back soon and reminds the league why he’s an all star lock

Leroy--Brown

1 | 6 hours ago

I wanna see him try to play a ukulele with those short t rex arms

TheGookieMonster | Trail Blazers

11 | 7 hours ago

WHAT was that bullshit Deni threw up when we had 11 seconds left? Bro threw a Hail Mary when we had plenty of time to run a play lol

kalebglover | Trail Blazers

16 | 6 hours ago

They just foul if you don’t get into a shot right away

Kevin_Finnerty407 | Magic

15 | 6 hours ago

We dont do that here lmao

kalebglover | Trail Blazers

7 | 6 hours ago

Prolly wouldn’t have matter tbh we can’t shoot for shit

axnjxn00 | Magic

8 | 6 hours ago

Magic dont ever foul

Carcrusher3 | Trail Blazers

5 | 6 hours ago

Magic could’ve gone for the foul. Don’t hate the idea there, an off balance running 3 ain’t deni’s shot tho

DeathsIntent96 | Magic

4 | 6 hours ago

Magic never foul up three (except when it’s unintentional and Keyonte George still makes the shot).

DeathsIntent96 | Magic

3 | 6 hours ago

Probably worried about a foul, but I’m sure teams do their research and know that the Magic don’t foul up three.

Aeronova20 | Magic

5 | 6 hours ago

yeah it’s this

we don’t do it, but many teams foul up three. i hate it but i get why they do it.

DeathsIntent96 | Magic

2 | 6 hours ago

Magic gotta start doing it. It’s terrible to watch, but it’s the NBA front office’s job to figure that out. As the rules stand every team should be taking advantage of it.

SOLlce | Magic

3 | 6 hours ago

To be fair, Ab has fouled a 3 point shooter in that exact scenario a couple games ago and he was the one guarding Deni.

DeathsIntent96 | Magic

3 | 6 hours ago

That wasn’t an intentional foul, which is what I’m talking about. George got that foul specifically by taking his time and not shooting right as he got it.

SOLlce | Magic

2 | 6 hours ago

AB has been very aggressive in late game 3pt contests all season, it’s probably a good risk to take but only if you actually take a normal 3 like you said. Deni fading away like that was kind of dumb and unnecessary, even if he was thinking that the Magic would foul because they had a good chance of Clingan(by far the biggest guy on the floor) getting the rebound on missing the second FT. Maybe he wanted to be like Bane in our first matchup 😂

Kevin_Finnerty407 | Magic

-1 | 6 hours ago

Mosely doesnt even like to foul up 3. He assumed mose would be smart

butterflyhole | Trail Blazers

8 | 6 hours ago

We’ve got to be one of the least clutch teams of all time.

_BALL-DONT-LIE_ | Trail Blazers

9 | 6 hours ago

How many times this year have we erased a huge deficit in the second half only to come up short in the last few minutes? Better than just getting blown out but damn.

kalebglover | Trail Blazers

6 | 6 hours ago

Feels like the only time we didn’t blow it after getting the lead back was against OKC

toadtruck | Trail Blazers

8 | 6 hours ago

never wanna see Bane play against my team again

DrBlueMarvel | Magic

5 | 6 hours ago

Another game where we looked terrible and were outscored in the 2nd half. At least this time it ended in a win

throw_away6453 | Trail Blazers

6 | 6 hours ago

After timeout plays need improved upon badly

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

2 | 6 hours ago

Magic needed this win

Classic_Relative9962

2 | 6 hours ago

They going crazy

AceMcStace | Trail Blazers

2 | 6 hours ago

Being a blazer fan this season is just being a masochist

childishjokes

1 | 6 hours ago

Can someone familiar tell me why Jonathan Isaac comes off the bench?

guideway4 | Magic

4 | 6 hours ago

he generally sucks, tonight was huge outlier

childishjokes

1 | 5 hours ago

Haven’t followed dude in a long time, what happened to his defensive prowess?

guideway4 | Magic

2 | 5 hours ago

He was never the same after missing 2 seasons with the knee injury. He’s still a good defender but he has very few other basketball skills. Tonight’s 9 points was his season high

frostysbox | Magic

-1 | 6 hours ago

Fire Mosley. I said what I said.

Edit: A stat I would love to see is how many times we give up double digit runs and end the game with time outs in our pocket. I bet we lead the league in that.

Kevin_Finnerty407 | Magic

-4 | 6 hours ago

Paolo is cooked man

axnjxn00 | Magic

-8 | 6 hours ago

Paula is awful