Paolo Banchero scored a team-high 23 factors and Wendell Carter Jr. completed with 21 factors and 11 rebounds to steer the Orlando Magic to a 113-98 house victory over the short-handed Boston Celtics on Monday night time.
Boston was inside two factors, 97-95, following a Jayson Tatum 3-pointer with 6:20 to play, however the Magic went on a 10-0 run within the subsequent 3:24 to drag away.
It was Orlando’s third victory over Boston in 4 tries this season. It additionally ended Boston’s nine-game successful streak.
Cole Anthony got here off the bench to attain 18 factors for Orlando, which acquired a 15-point efficiency from Franz Wagner.
Tatum, who missed Boston’s 106-104 victory at Toronto on Saturday with a sore left wrist, and Jaylen Brown every scored 26 factors for the Celtics, who dedicated 18 turnovers. The Celtics tried 46 3-pointers and made 18 (39.1 p.c).
Boston performed with out heart Robert Williams III (knee), guard Marcus Smart (ankle) and guard Malcolm Brogdon (private causes).
Orlando’s Jonathan Isaac, the No. 6 choose within the 2017 NBA Draft, returned to motion after lacking the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons attributable to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The harm occurred in 2020 towards the Sacramento Kings in the course of the NBA restart.
Isaac had 10 factors, three rebounds, two steals and one help in 10 minutes.
Orlando closed the primary quarter on an 11-4 run and led 30-23 coming into the second. Boston trailed 43-29 with 8:13 left within the first half however used a 16-1 spurt to take a 45-44 lead. The Magic had a 55-54 benefit on the finish of the primary half.
The Celtics led 68-66 with 6:47 remaining within the third quarter when Tatum left the sport and went to the locker room holding his ribs. The Magic scored the subsequent 10 factors to go up 76-68 with 5:11 left within the quarter.
Tatum returned to the sport late within the third, however Orlando carried an 88-79 lead coming into the fourth.
The victory improved Orlando’s house document to 12-12.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
