The Orlando Magic suffered a shocking 128-126 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Monday to extend their losing streak to five games. Below are the keys to the loss: 

48 hours after suffering a difficult loss in the final seconds of Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers, the Magic found themselves in a similar situation on Monday night.

Orlando was able to mount a 12-point comeback with 03:36 remaining in the fourth quarter to cut their deficit to two points. With five seconds remaining, Paolo Banchero ended up in a jump ball situation with Indiana’s Aaron Nesmith. 

Banchero won the tip and got it to Tristan da Silva, who immediately called timeout. Banchero ended up getting the ball on the inbound pass and had Pacers forward Pascal Siakam guarding him closely.

With a chance to tie the game on the line, Banchero turned and drove toward the baseline to attempt a layup. He was met at the rim by center Jay Huff, and Siakam was able to block Banchero from behind.

Magic guard Desmond Bane secured the rebound, but did not have enough time to get up a decent shot attempt. The final buzzer rang out and left the crowd in the Kia Center stunned as the Pacers, who had lost a franchise-record 16 games in a row, handed the Magic their fifth-straight loss.

"I think, you know, trying to get the ball in P's hands to get a quick attack," Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said after the game. "If he didn't have it then he'd hand off to Desmond to get downhill. They blew it up, you know, they had two on the ball going back and he did a great job of getting to the rim attacking downhill putting pressure on the rim."

The Magic were able to soundly win the battle in the paint (54-40) and in second chance points (23-8), but when it came to fastbreak points, they fell well short to the Pacers.

Indiana outscored Orlando in that category, 26-14, and Mosley pointed to it as another reason for the loss.

"​​We talked about transition baskets," he said. "They had 16 in that first quarter, then they had two in the second quarter and you see the difference in the numbers, you know, and then that third quarter that's when they turned it up again."

After outscoring the Pacers 40-25 in the second quarter, the Magic allowed Indiana to score 44 points in the third quarter. Meanwhile, Orlando scored 31.

"44 points is way too many for a team to have," Mosley said. "Especially a team that we talked about being able to get out and run, and that's what they did."

In the third, the Pacers hit 59.1% of their shots and 69.2% of their 3-point attempts.

The Magic will now travel to Cleveland to face the Cavaliers for the second game of their back-to-back on Tuesday.

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