Orlando Magic rookie Paolo Banchero was added to the group’s Tuesday night damage report for his or her Wednesday house sport vs. the Dallas Mavericks.
Banchero was listed as questionable due to a sprained left ankle.
He rolled the ankle on a drive to the basket with 2:51 remaining in Monday’s 134-127 loss to the Houston Rockets at Amway Center.
Banchero, the No. 1 choose in June’s draft, completed the sport, recording 30 factors on 8-of-16 taking pictures and 12 of 14 on free throws to go together with 6 rebounds and 4 assists in 35 minutes.
He’s one in every of 5 Magic gamers who has performed in all 11 video games getting into Wednesday and one in every of three, together with Wendell Carter Jr. and Franz Wagner, to start out in each sport.
Banchero is averaging a team-high 23.5 factors, which is also essentially the most amongst rookies and twenty first amongst all gamers, to go together with 8.3 rebounds and three.6 assists in 34.6 minutes.
Two-way guard Kevon Harris additionally was added to the damage report and was listed as questionable due to a left rib contusion.
Cole Anthony (torn proper inner indirect), Markelle Fultz (fractured left huge toe), Gary Harris (left knee damage restoration), Jonathan Isaac (left knee damage restoration) and Moe Wagner (sprained proper midfoot) stay sidelined.
Tonight’s sport will tip off at 5:30 p.m, 1 1/2 hours sooner than initially scheduled, due to Tropical Storm Nicole.
Amway Center’s doorways will open at 4:30 p.m.
This would be the Magic’s fourth of a seven-game homestand that kicked off with a win towards the Golden State Warriors on Thursday.
The Magic (2-9) have dropped their final two, blowing a 20-point lead in a loss to the Sacramento Kings on Saturday and permitting the Rockets to knock down 24 of 48 3-point makes an attempt (50%).
“They were just comfortable,” Terrence Ross mentioned in regards to the Rockets’ prolific taking pictures efficiency. “We didn’t do a great job of taking them out of their comfort zone. They might not be the best 3-point shooters but they’re still NBA players and they’re capable. They just got really comfortable really early.”
The Magic, who trailed by as many as 17 within the fourth, introduced their deficit right down to 4 late within the quarter however didn’t do sufficient to completely shut the hole.
Monday’s loss adopted the group’s sample of not constantly nailing the main points that matter for profitable.
“We talk about dominating the simple, and we were still in that game because of our fight,” coach Jamahl Mosley mentioned. “But there’s the other side of it where we have to continue to understand the simple plays — taking care of the basketball, defending without fouling early and understanding who you’re closing out to on the 3-point line. Understanding those little pieces will continue to help us grow and get better.”
The Mavericks (6-3) are on a four-game profitable streak that began with a victory over the Magic on Oct. 30 in Dallas. They’re coming off a 96-94 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday.
As a part of the league’s help for civic engagement, no video games have been performed on Election Day.
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