Magic GAME DAY NOW

Aaron Gordon made his return to Orlando, but it was Cole Anthony that led his team to victory Wednesday night inside the Amway Center.

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DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points, Zach LaVine added 21 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Orlando Magic 123-88 on a Friday night that belonged to Nikola Vucevic.

Playing in Orlando for the first time after nine seasons with the Magic, the Chicago center added 16 points and eight rebounds to a game that turned into a rout.

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Terry Rozier scored 27 points and Kelly Oubre Jr. came off the bench with 21 points and six rebounds Wednesday night to help the Charlotte Hornets overcome poor shooting in a 106-99 victory over the Orlando Magic.

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Jrue Holiday scored 18 points and the Milwaukee Bucks opened the biggest halftime lead in franchise history on their way to a 123-92 blowout of the Orlando Magic on Monday night.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 20 rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks held off the Orlando Magic 117-108 on Saturday night to open a two-game set.

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Good, but not quite good enough. That was the story for the Orlando Magic Friday night in Brooklyn. Despite a 41 point first quarter that saw the magic hold the Nets to just 25 first quarter points, Orlando posted just 74 points the rest of the way in a vexing 115-113 loss Friday night.

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 Spencer Dinwiddie scored 23 points, Montrezl Harrell added 20 and the Washington Wizards used a 20-0 first-half run to defeat the Orlando Magic 104-92 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

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On Friday night the Magic began the front-end of a back-to-back against Toronto’s Dinosaur’s and after a hard-fought game that saw all five members of the Magic starting five post double figures, but despite a scoring drought by the Raptors over the game’s final two minutes and four seconds was unfortunately just too much to overcome, as the Magic fell 110-109 Friday night in Toronto. For the Raps, the win meant the club won back-to-back games for the first time this season

Trailing by as many as twelve with 2:04 seconds remaining after Fred VanVleet drilled a three-pointer, marking one of his 16 points in the game’s final frame, and the Magic responded with an 11-0 run to close the game. Jalen Suggs added six points over the game’s final 2 minutes to help close the gap and fellow rookie lottery pick Franz Wagner added a late three to close the game to within one, but with .2 seconds left on the clock a driving jump shot by Cole Anthony refused to fall and with it the Magic fell to just 1-5 on the young NBA season, and 1-3 away from their home gym.

For Suggs, Friday night marked his best output of the season. After slugging through their first five games, Suggs connected on 4 of his 8 three-pointers, en route to a 21 point game. Not to be outdone, 2nd-year man Cole Anthony led all Magic scorers, as the North Carolina product poured in 24. Anthony is averaging 17 points per game so far this season.

For the Magic, a theme early on this season has been their inability to play four quarters. That was not the case Friday night as for much of the evening they exchanged blows with Toronto’s roster.

For the Raps, rookie Scottie Barnes was sensational. The Florida State product led all Dinos with 21 points, including shooting 9-14 from the floor, and had one of the game’s more impressive plays, needing just three dribbles to go coast to coast against the Magic.

For Orlando, Friday marked a missed opportunity, but the one great thing about living in the NBA is there is always another opportunity right around the bend. Up next, a Saturday night tilt against Cade Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons, a squad that is still in search of their first win of the campaign. Game time is set for 7 pm 

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On Wednesday night the Magic returned home after a two-game road swing that took them through New York City for a win against the Knicks, and a trip to South Beach where they got reacquainted with Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat.

The hope was, returning home, to an arena, they know so well, would be the perfect remedy for a campaign that’s slowly getting away from them...It wasn’t, as the Charlotte Hornets ran roughshod over the Magic 120-111 Wednesday night.

Mikal Bridges scored 31, Gordon Heyward added 24, five different charlotte players posted double figures with the lower-water man being young sensation Lemelo Ball. The difference in this one, the Magic were simply outmanned, out-hustled and outrebounding, losing the battle of the board 40-33.

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Terrence Ross scored all 22 of his points in the fourth quarter, and the Orlando Magic beat the New York Knicks 110-104 on Sunday night.

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