The Orlando Magic play against the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday at Barclays Center
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Barclays Center, Brooklyn
TV: FanDuel Sports Network
Betting line: Magic -2
LAST GAME: CJ McCullom scored 27 points, while Alex Sarr tallied 23 points and five blocked shots, as Washington defeated Orlando, 120-112, at Capital One Arena. It snapped Orlando’s 11-game winning streak against the Wizards. Six Wizards scored in double figures. Justin Champagnie had 17 points off the bench, including 4-of-5 from three-point range. Jase Richardson led the Magic with a career-high 20 points, while Desmond Bane added 15 points. Washington was 31-of-33 from the free throw line and forced Orlando to commit 19 turnovers, which led to 29 points. The Wizards led 62-50 at halftime and extended their lead to as many as 26 points. Orlando pulled its starters and watched their reserves claw back, closing the third quarter with a 14-4 run, then opening the final stanza with an 18-6 spurt, to get within 107-105 with 5:03 remaining. However, it would be as close as they would get. Washington responded with a 7-0 run, capped off by a McCullom three-pointer with 3:35 left.
PROJECTED STARTERS
MAGIC
G Anthony Black
G Desmond Bane
C Wendell Carter Jr
F Tristan da Silva
F Paolo Banchero
NETS
F Michael Porter Jr
F Noah Clowney
C Day'Ron Sharpe
G Terrence Mann
G Egor Demin
INJUY REPORT
MAGIC
Colin Castelton: Out ( G League)
Jalen Suggs: Doubtful (knee)
Franz Wagner: Out (ankle)
Moritz Wagner: Out (knee)
NETS
Tyson Etienne: Out (G League)
Haywood Highsmith: Out (Knee)
Chaney Johnson: Out (G League)
E.J. Liddell: Out (G League)
Ben Saraf: Out (Knee)
QUOTABLE
Magic coach Jamahl Mosley after the loss to the Washington Wizards: "Yeah, the things that we talked about prior to the game. We turned it over 19 times for 29 points. You're not giving yourself a chance there. And then you put them on the free throw line 33 times, that's tough to come back from. But more than anything, it's just that, you know, our energy to start the game. I think that's where, you know, we have to turn the page and obviously got to get another game tomorrow night in Brooklyn.”
Magic forward Jase Richardson on his last performance: “Just don't matter what the score is. We're going to come out there and play hard. A lot of those guys; Jett, me, [we] know we're all just waiting for our number to get called. And we know when our number gets called, we got to make plays, and that's kind of what it was.”
Shandel Richardson is the publisher of MagicRoundtable. He can be reached at shandelrich@gmail.com