#Orlando Magic at New Orleans Pelicans
Smoothie King Center- New Orleans, LA
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401469077)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|ORL |36|14|29|22|101|
|NOP |25|24|25|19|93|
###Player Stats
**Orlando Magic**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|F. Wagner|36:28|11|4-10|3-7|0-0|1|4|5|3|2|1|1|4|-2
|P. Banchero|34:16|29|10-18|0-3|9-11|1|7|8|4|1|0|2|1|12
|W. Carter Jr.|25:23|11|4-8|0-4|3-4|3|8|11|1|1|0|4|3|9
|G. Harris|27:48|6|2-5|2-5|0-0|0|0|0|1|1|0|1|1|12
|M. Fultz|29:53|14|6-9|1-3|1-1|2|3|5|5|2|0|1|1|19
|M. Wagner|22:36|14|4-9|2-4|4-6|1|2|3|2|0|0|3|2|-1
|C. Anthony|26:39|2|1-6|0-3|0-0|0|3|3|2|1|0|2|4|3
|J. Suggs|23:12|9|3-11|1-4|2-2|3|2|5|3|0|0|1|4|-8
|B. Bol|13:44|5|2-3|0-1|1-2|0|3|3|0|1|0|0|0|-4
**New Orleans Pelicans**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|H. Jones|32:38|10|3-9|1-3|3-4|2|4|6|2|1|1|1|3|1
|B. Ingram|37:35|25|8-19|2-7|7-8|1|5|6|5|0|0|3|5|-13
|J. Valanciunas|23:14|8|2-4|0-0|4-4|0|5|5|2|0|1|3|2|3
|J. Richardson|26:56|8|3-4|0-1|2-2|0|2|2|2|2|0|1|5|-7
|C. McCollum|36:06|18|8-18|1-8|1-2|2|0|2|6|1|0|3|5|-2
|J. Hayes|24:45|6|3-4|0-0|0-0|0|5|5|0|2|0|1|4|-11
|N. Marshall|22:59|4|2-3|0-1|0-0|1|5|6|3|1|0|2|1|-1
|J. Alvarado|15:06|7|3-7|1-3|0-0|2|1|3|0|1|0|1|0|-10
|T. Murphy III|20:38|7|2-8|1-4|2-3|1|2|3|3|1|0|2|1|0
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|ORL|36-79|9-34|20-26|21|20|9|15|1|11|32|50|
|NOP|34-76|6-27|19-23|23|26|9|17|2|9|29|45|
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Gritty win almost felt like I was watching the last drive of a football game thanks to the fouls
Paolo has had great shot selection since after the ASB. Great to see his confidence back.
This was Paolo at his best. Getting to the rim, hitting midranges, passing well, and solid defense. Love to see it.
Paolo’s balls finally dropped tonight
Havent seen so many iso’s from him the 4th all season
Take over young’n!!!
All around amazing game from Paolo. Arguably the best game of his career. This dude is just meant for stardom. This game should do wonders for getting his confidence and hopefully his 3pt shot back too
EFFICIENT FULTZ BACK AT IT AGAIN!!!! PAOLO BACK!!! WE’RE HERE!!
You’re welcome Lakers.
Obviously Paolo’s best game since like December. Felt so proud watching him just take over, I can’t remember a time he was that assertive and successful at the same time. Could truly be his “I can do this” moment.
Im gonna be courtside behind the Magic bench for the bucks game. Will report anything interesting I hear from the players or coaches 🫡
Paolo was money at the mid range. You guys got a great future superstar in the making with him. Once he gets a 3 point shot, he’s unstoppable. Dude could very well be another Lebron and I don’t say that lightly.
Our two future guys really won us the game with that amazing sequence in the last two minutes.
Paolo with the Iso bucket, Franz with the forced turnover, Paolo with the Spin move middy, good defense and an easy two by Franz. That was fucking sexy man.
Hopefully this is a turning point for Paolo and he closes the season just like he started.
💪 Strong. Show em who’s got that BDE! Paolo certainly got boatloads of it that last few minutes.
I especially like when Fultz just kept handing Paolo the ball every possession in the end like “it’s all you!”.
Dude I can’t remember the last time Orlando won without it being mad close going into the 4th 💀💀
Like it’s fun and all but I rather not have a heart attack every game. I already have the Mets for that lmaoo
LAST MINUTE HAD MY HEART AT 100000 BEATS PER MINUTE
Never forget that Coach K pretty much said that Paolo was the best player he ever coached. The guy was all on the Paolo hype train, and went on and on with praise for Paolo. Paolo performances vs Tatum, the Pels who have Zion and BI, the Nets (Kyrie and Seth) all pretty much backed it up with Paolo being an absolute force those games. Paolo goes nuclear vs Duke alumni. Coach K knows ball I think we can all agree on that.
What material do we make the Paolo statue out of?
PB just can’t be F’d wit’
A couple things Franz looked like he couldn’t do anything to stop BI.
Suggs is continuing to be our X factor.
Wendell is a foul liability now???
Gary Harris is the shooter we’ve been waiting for.
Paolo is him himothy Duncan lehimron James Hime Bryant.
BI is the SG we’ve been looking for.
Fultz/BI/Franz/Paolo/WCJ is the biggest small ball lineup ever.
Another 25 reb night from our starting frontcourt, feels like they’ve picked up the effort on the boards lately
Imagine when Paolo gets that 3 ball back glad to see him go off and take that game and carry us to the win
An ugly game that we repeatedly tried to throw away to the Pels until Paolo closed it for us at the end, despite our best efforts to forfeit the season we’re only 3 games out from the play-in
This was personal for Paolo. He’s about to dominate in March.
How many games out of a playoff spot now?
I really don’t know why Fultz is consistently playing less than 30 minutes a night when we lose control of the game for periods of time while he’s on the bench. He easily could have come back in 2-3 minutes earlier in the 4th
1-0 since the return of MCW
Paolo was great, nice to see him breakout with a big scoring game. Still need shooters and consistency out of the bench.
Fuck yeah motherfucker! 😂😂
Undefeated in the MCW era 😂
Who is the plump guy who sits next to the bench every home game? I saw him sitting on the sideline today in NO. He must be a hardcore fan of he follows the team around the country to attend away games.
Suggs really brought the energy tonight. Didn’t light up the stat line but his defensive energy gave the team a big boost in the 4th
Good team offensive showing, but I think we should stop attempting 3s altogether lol. Suggs brought great energy and Paolo got to the paint! 2nd quarter had me upset all halftime lol. Good on the boys for the win
Did Markelle mean 4th seed in the Play-In?
It’s impressive that we won while shooting 26% from 3. We desperately need a knock down shooter. I think we are one lights out shooter away from contending. We need Brandon Miller or Gradey Dick in the draft. Both are big wings shooting 42% from 3 on high volume. If we pass on either of those guys I’m gonna be pissed. We also need to let Harris shoot more, and play Houstan more. Bol playing over Houstan has me questioning Mosley’s intelligence.
I don’t know what happened to the Bol Bol at the start of the season, but he has been playing poorly for some time now
keyonte george/Grady dick/ jett howard/nick smith jr are gonna make this team massive man im so ready