How the Magic Snapped Their Losing Streak With Win Over Kings
Nov 11, 2026 12:00 PM

The Orlando Magic put a halt to a four-game skid by beating the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night. Here's how they did it.

The Orlando Magic snapped their four-game losing streak with a 107-100 win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

With the win, the Magic are now 3-7 this season and 3-3 on the road. How did they get it done?

Star of the show: Franz Wagner

With key players such as Paolo Banchero and Jalen Suggs continuing to watch from the sidelines as they recover from injuries, Orlando has needed Franz Wagner to step up to the plate, and he did so once again on Tuesday. 

This time, he was awarded a win. 

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Wagner had scored 30 points in Saturday's loss to the Golden State Warriors, and he proceeded to follow it up with a 33-point performance against the Kings, in which he went 11-of-23 from the field and hit all 10 of his free-throw attempts while dishing out seven assists. Wagner's 33 points were a season high, and he scored 17 of them in the second half.

The Magic needed every bit of Wagner's performance, especially since Desmond Bane struggled, going 5-of-19 from the field and 4-of-13 from 3-point range. Anthony Black supported Wagner's effort with 26 points of his own in an efficient shooting display (10-17 FG). 

Forcing turnovers

Orlando kicked off its trip west with an egregious display of careless basketball, losing to the Phoenix Suns and giving up 25 turnovers that the Suns converted into 36 points; since then, the Magic have done better to protect the ball while making things difficult for their opponent. 

Orlando forced the Kings into 21 turnovers and scored 33 points off them. The Magic were far from perfect when it came to taking care of the ball themselves, as they gave up 14 turnovers that the Kings turned into 20 points, but it is much better than where they were less than a week ago.

After Monday's practice concluded, coach Sean Sweeney talked about how happy he was with Orlando's effort to take care of the ball while forcing turnovers against the Warriors, even though the end result was a loss. 

He believed that if the team could continue to do the right things in terms of taking care of the basketball and giving itself opportunities resulting from the defensive end, then it would be beneficial, and it was. 

Who's up next? 

Orlando's win on Tuesday was a step in the right direction, but only a step. The Magic will have to do it again on Wednesday as they face the Utah Jazz to conclude a back-to-back and this West Coast slate of games. 

Much like the Kings, the Jazz are a struggling team that, after falling to the Miami Heat on Tuesday, are now 1-10. The best thing for Orlando to do is to take care of business in Salt Lake City and return home with a pair of wins to create some momentum moving forward.

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