For most of Monday, the Orlando Magic didn’t deliver “it” vs. the Charlotte Hornets.
“It” being the main target or execution that was displayed of their back-to-back wins over the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday and Phoenix Suns Friday.
It wasn’t till early within the third quarter, when coach Jamahl Mosley did a full lineup change to place an all-bench unit on the ground to exchange the starters after falling behind 66-47, that the Magic began to play with requisite power.
The starters carried that power into the fourth however by then it was too late to appropriate their earlier errors, with the Magic falling to the Hornets 112-105 at Amway Center.
The loss ended the Magic’s first win streak at two video games.
Orlando struggled with a number of areas within the first half, ending the opening two quarters with 13 turnovers for 15 Charlotte factors and permitting 8 offensive rebounds for 12 Hornets’ second-chance factors. The important causes they solely trailed 58-45 at halftime was due to the Hornets’ poor 3-point capturing and strong play from the bench.
But the starters got here out flat once more to begin the third, resulting in Mosley subbing in R.J. Hampton, Terrence Ross, Caleb Houstan, Kevon Harris and Mo Bamba for the starters with 9:07 remaining within the quarter.
The all-bench unit made an preliminary 9-2 run to make the sport extra aggressive, with the Magic trailing 84-69 on the finish of the third.
The beginning unit of Jalen Suggs, Franz Wagner, Chuma Okeke Bol Bol and Wendell Carter Jr. got here again in to begin the fourth with higher power, bringing the deficit right down to 7 a number of occasions, however the late push got here too late, with the Magic falling to 3-3 on the homestand.
They completed with 22 turnovers for 21 Hornets factors and allowed 14 offensive rebounds for 18 second-chance factors however gained the rebounding battle 48-37 due to their very own 22 offensive rebounds for 34 second-chance factors.
Wagner led the Magic with 23 factors (9-of-17 capturing), 6 rebounds and three assists whereas Carter had 20 factors, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.
Bamba led the bench with 14 factors and 11 rebounds and R.J Hampton scored 10 factors.
Rookie ahead Paolo Banchero missed his third consecutive recreation due to a sprained left ankle.
Banchero practiced Saturday, with coach Jamahl Mosley saying, “he went through all the drills we put forth for him” and that he’d be a game-time choice.
He was listed as questionable on the crew’s harm report earlier than being dominated out two hours earlier than tipoff.
Banchero’s standing stays day-to-day.
“Obviously he wants to play,” Mosley mentioned. “It’s one of the first times he’s really hurt that ankle. He’s responded to [being out] well. He’s doing the treatment he needs to do. He’s in the training room working with them, doing everything that’s necessary to get back on the court.”
When requested by the Orlando Sentinel pregame if the ankle was nonetheless sore, Banchero nodded his head up and right down to affirm it did.
Banchero, the No. 1 decide in June’s draft, was initially added to the crew’s night harm report final Tuesday after rolling the ankle on a drive to the basket with 2:51 remaining within the house loss to the Houston Rockets on Nov. 7.
He is averaging a team-high 23.5 factors, which is also essentially the most amongst rookies, to go along with 8.3 rebounds and three.6 assists in 34.6 minutes.
Cole Anthony (torn proper inner indirect), Markelle Fultz (fractured left massive toe), Gary Harris (left knee harm restoration), Jonathan Isaac (left knee harm restoration) and Moe Wagner (sprained proper midfoot) stay sidelined.
The Magic wore their all-black City Edition uniforms, which additionally characteristic a metallic grey accent, for the primary time Monday and unveiled the City Edition courtroom that’ll be used once they put on the jerseys at house.
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at [email protected] or observe him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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