Turnovers piled up throughout the night as the Trail Blazers upset the Magic on the night Franz Wagner returned to the Kia Center court.
Orlando looks to end its four-game skid when the Orlando Magic take on Portland. The teams play Thursday for the first time this season.
Winners of two straight, the Portland Trail Blazers look to extend the recent slump of the host Orlando Magic when the two teams meet on Thursday. Portland comes into Orlando for the second of a three-game,
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The Portland Trail Blazers won their third consecutive game for only the second time this season by winning 101-79 at the Orlando Magic on Thursday night. The Blazers put forth their most dominant defensive effort of the season.
Portland Trail Blazers starting center Deandre Ayton, considered a key trade chip for Portland this season (or, at least, hoped to be one by Trail Blazers brass
The Trail Blazers posted their second straight win on Tuesday with a 116-107 victory over the Miami Heat. They led by as many as 27 points in the second half and held on to win af
Jalen Green scored 26 points and the Houston Rockets beat Portland 125-103, the Trail Blazers’ fifth straight loss.
The home tilt with Detroit is game 47 of 82, meaning the Magic are 10 games from the All-Star break and 36 from the conclusion of the regular season. Now sitting at 23-23 and seventh in the East, Orlando has work to do in catching back up to the home-court advantage-paying spots in the conference.
Although Franz Wagner and Paolo Banchero are back, the Magic are still without Jalen Suggs and Goga Bitadze, two keys to defensive success.
The Magic went 7-13 without Franz Wagner, who played the expected 24 minutes on Thursday. Orlando also lost center Moritz Wagner, Franz’s older brother, to a season-ending knee injury, and Suggs, who missed his 10th game with a lower back strain.