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Atlanta Hawks at Orlando Magic

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37-42, 17-23 Away
Final
112 - 119

39-40, 21-19 Home

Banchero has 33 points and 10 rebounds as Magic turn back Hawks 119-112

Franz Wagner gets up for the beautiful dunk

Franz Wagner scored 22 points for the Magic, while Wendell Carter Jr. added 17 points, nine rebounds and six steals and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 15 points.

Onyeka Okongwu matched his career high with 30 points for the Hawks and added 14 rebounds and three steals. Trae Young scored 28 points and had 10 assists for Atlanta, which has lost four of its last five games.

Takeaways Hawks: Locked into a play-in position with three games left in the regular season, the Hawks will probably have to win all three, including Sundays season finale against Orlando, to claim the No. 7 spot. They have lost two of three games to the Magic and six of their last eight overall.

Magic: Having won seven of their last nine, the Magic took a two-game lead over Atlanta and a 2 1/2-game lead over Chicago in the race for the seventh spot and homecourt advantage in the play-in tournament.

Key moment Easy layups by Wagner, Banchero and Cory Joseph, surrounding a technical foul on Okongwu, turned a six-point Magic lead into double figures late in the fourth quarter.

Key stats The Hawks had 18 turnovers and made just 14 of 41 3-point shots while the Magic were 14 of 34 from deep.

Up next Hawks: Play at Brooklyn on Thursday night.

Magic: Play Boston at home on Wednesday night.

Regular Season Series

ORL leads series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 112 - 119
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 112 - 119
4th 24.0 Trae Young makes driving layup 112 - 119
4th 27.1 Dyson Daniels defensive rebound 110 - 119
4th 30.0 Franz Wagner misses driving floating jump shot 110 - 119

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/atl.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originATL https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/orl.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originORL
40-88 FG 42-84
45.5 Field Goal % 50.0
14-41 3PT 14-34
34.1 Three Point % 41.2
18-22 FT 21-31
81.8 Free Throw % 67.7
41 Rebounds 43
14 Offensive Rebounds 13
27 Defensive Rebounds 30
25 Assists 23
7 Steals 13
6 Blocks 6
18 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 1
18 Total Turnovers 14
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 13
5 Fast Break Points 5
50 Points in Paint 48
26 Fouls 20
6 Largest Lead 14
Orlando Magic Orlando Magic Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Moritz Wagner, C Day-To-Day Jul 23
Jase Richardson, G Day-To-Day Jul 19
Noah Penda, F Day-To-Day Jul 19
Tristan da Silva, F Day-To-Day Jul 19
Jalen Suggs, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Atlanta Hawks Atlanta Hawks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Eli John N'Diaye, C Day-To-Day Jul 20
Jacob Toppin, F Day-To-Day Jul 20
Nikola Djurisic, F Day-To-Day Jul 20
Jalen Johnson, SF Day-To-Day Jul 3

Game Information

Kia Center

Location: Orlando, FL
Attendance: 18,846 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 41 41 .500 - L1
Atlanta 40 42 .488 1 W3
Miami 37 45 .451 4 L1
Charlotte 19 63 .232 22 L7
Washington 18 64 .220 23 W1
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