Poor Shooting, Curry's Dominance Buries Magic Against Warriors
Nov 8, 2026 5:07 AM

The Orlando Magic's offense had another poor showing, and Stephen Curry could not be stopped as the Golden State Warriors handed Orlando its fourth straight loss.

The Orlando Magic's road trip out west continued to go poorly on Saturday with a 126-119 overtime loss to the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.

The loss marked the Magic's fourth in a row as they fell to 2-7 for the season. What went wrong this time?

Can’t Stop Steph

There are no moral victories in sports, and that was especially true for Orlando on Saturday.

The Magic did multiple things right, such as securing 26 points off 19 turnovers committed by Golden State, winning the rebounding battle (57-42) and securing 33 second-chance points to the Warriors' two points. However, none of that mattered as Stephen Curry put on a show. 

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Curry scored 41 points while hitting 13 of his 19 shots from the field and five of his 10 shots from 3-point range. Curry also hit all 10 of his free throws and was responsible for two teardrop layups in the overtime period that helped doom the Magic to another loss. 

Curry has made it a habit of having big games against Orlando in recent seasons, and Saturday night was no exception.

An ugly night on offense

The Magic had five players score 18 or more points in the loss, and Franz Wagner led the way with 30. But when looking beyond what appeared to be widespread contributions on the surface, it is clear that this was another ugly shooting performance by Orlando.

The Magic took 113 shots and only made 43 of them, which translates to a 38.1 field goal percentage. The Warriors made the same number of shots, but did it in just 80 tries. 

Once again, Orlando was too reliant on perimeter shooting, and only 18 of 54 attempts found the bottom of the net. Moreover, the Magic missed six free throws, two of which were missed by Wendell Carter Jr. in the waning moments of overtime.

It is fair to recognize that the Magic are banged up right now, but the same could be said for Golden State. Neither Jimmy Butler nor Kristaps Porzingis was on the floor, and the Warriors were the significantly better team.

Given the Magic's struggles so far, it is not fair to assume that the eventual return of Paolo Banchero and Jalen Suggs from injury and the more immediate return of Desmond Bane from an illness will move the needle on offense much. There are deep flaws that need to be addressed, and they have not been so far.

The game against Golden State was the most difficult one the Magic would have on this road trip. They will finish up against the 1-8 Sacramento Kings and the 1-8 Utah Jazz, and those are games that feel like must-win scenarios for this group to get some of their confidence back.

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