For most of Monday, the Orlando Magic didn’t deliver “it” vs. the Charlotte Hornets.
“It” was the main target or execution that was displayed of their back-to-back wins over the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday and Phoenix Suns Friday.
Not 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 switch the starters after falling behind by 19 factors, did the Magic begin to play with requisite power.
The starters carried that power into the fourth however by then it was too late to right their earlier errors, with the Magic (4-10) falling to the Hornets (4-11) 112-105 at Amway Center.
The loss ended the Magic’s first win streak at two video games.
“That was the game right there,” coach Jamahl Mosley stated. “Turning the basketball over, losing possessions and giving wide-open layups on the other end.”
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 primary causes they trailed simply 58-45 at halftime was due to the Hornets’ poor 3-point capturing and stable 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 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 all the way down to 7 a number of instances, 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.
All of the starters had a person plus/minus of at the least minus-11 and each bench participant had a plus/minus of at the least plus-3.
“If you’re asking if we should play hard every night, absolutely,” Mosley stated. “We came out a little bit flat. Part of that is execution, taking care of the basketball, having energy with the ball moving [and] having energy with sharing the basketball. Without looking at the film, that was a big portion of it: Our execution on offense because of the carelessness of the basketball.”
Wagner led the Magic with 23 factors (9-of-17 capturing), 6 rebounds and three assists whereas Carter had 20 factors, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Bamba led the bench with 14 factors and 11 rebounds and Hampton scored 10 factors.
Mason Plumlee led the Hornets with an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double.
Rookie ahead Paolo Banchero missed his third consecutive sport due to a sprained left ankle.
Banchero practiced Saturday, with 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 group’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 stated. “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 all the way down to affirm it did.
Banchero, the No. 1 decide in June’s draft, was initially added to the group’s night harm report final Tuesday after rolling the ankle on a drive to the basket with 2:51 remaining within the dwelling loss to the Houston Rockets on Nov. 7.
He is averaging a team-high 23.5 factors, which is also probably 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 huge 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 function a metallic grey accent, for the primary time Monday and unveiled the City Edition court docket that’ll be used once they put on the jerseys at dwelling.
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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