Orlando Magic complete the comeback in Washington | Paolo Banchero’s evolution

Orlando Magic complete the comeback in Washington | Paolo Banchero’s evolution

Guys I I think the Orlando Magic might be good a comeback for the season I don’t know if it’s for the ages but a comeback for the ages and how the magic did it on today’s episode of Locked on Magic you are locked on Magic your daily Orlando Magic

Podcast part of the locked on Network your team every Day and you are indeed locked on Magic today is March 7th 2024 my name is Philip rossik I’m the expert and site editor over at orlandomagic.com follow me on Twitter Philip rror OMD on today’s episode of lockon Magic the Orlando Magic put together a comeback for n age

I don’t know if it’s for the ages we’ll talk about that a little bit too but a huge comeback for the orlandoo magic a gut check victory that they had to have will break down how the magic did it and how this team and especially their young

Star keeps evolving we’re gon get to that coming up here in just a moment but first we want to thank you again for making lock on Magic part of your day every day no matter when you listen to us whether it’s first in the morning whether it’s right when we upload we

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You by Gametime download the game time app create an account and use code locked on for $20 off your first purchase so the Orlando Magic had a game that I think frustrated a lot of people for a half and then became one of the most glorious moments of the season for

The second half it’s a game so big and frankly a little unexpected how big it became as the magic defeat the Washington Wizards w 19109 we had to get our guy on the ground in here to tell us more about what happened joining us uh from DC uh from Orlando or Pal from

Orlando Magic daily Harrison Brown Harrison uh how you doing like like like what H what what what ecstatic St static uh what a game um great game to be in DC to cover um obviously sluggish start it’s hard on on a you know second night of a backtack had a couple guys out

Obviously we’re g to talk about that um but gutsy wi gutsy win gutsy would be kind of the statement uh that I would make because it is a statement win like we were talking about um love it Apollo and France did their thing and uh you know it’s exciting stuff and excited to

Talk about it I think I think that’s kind of how a lot of magic fans are feeling after a game like this because look you know it’s the NBA you know there are no safe leads it always you know felt like if things went right you

You can come back and I know I’ve said this a lot over the last week when the magic were playing like the Detroit Pistons or the Utah Jazz or the Charlotte Hornets those teams give you a pretty wide margin for error you can make a lot of mistakes and still have

Your chance to win but for this team to be down 21 in the second quarter look as lethargic as they did and we’re going to talk about that we’re not going to gloss over that the magic run a 21o hole to the what is now the worst team in the

NBA they are now officially worse than the the Pistons a team that is now on a 16 game losing streak we’re not going to gloss over that because this team is playing to a standard but it’s still you still have to get the job done and no

Matter how it gets done it’s impressive a 21o deficit is really hard to overcome watching what the magic did and they did a lot of that work you know down 21 in the third in the in the second quarter they cut it down to nine

They Trail by I believe 11 at the half they they take a they Trail by one or take a onepoint lead I forget heading into the fourth quarter they did a lot of work very very quickly to erase this deficit what was the key factor in this

Comeback in your opinion yeah I think that the first half uh the magic were beating themselves uh didn’t think that it was a defensive you know St statement um by the Wizards didn’t really have any defensive minded guys besides kulali the rookie I think he’s pretty solid but

Other than that I think that the magic were just a little lack deal getting into sets uh setting up the offense um a lot of one-on-one trying to create for yourself into a crowded paint area and I I think that they started focusing on sharing the basketball um and really

Playing through each other but most importantly playing through France and Paulo that has been the key to success it feels like most of the season um you know so I I think that you know just starting to have more structure on offense but then also uh I think that

There was a little bit of a lack of effort on defense uh the Wizards can get hot uh you know they’re a fast-paced team um and obviously shots were Fallen uh to start the game uh to where they were in the magic were in a bit of a

Deficit um and I think that you could see a switch a little I’d say halfway through the second quarter where guys started to you know play their opposing Defenders a little bit closer on the three-point line um and make guys drive to the Lane you know I think that was a

Key yeah yeah I mean obviously chasing Washington off the line is so critical I mean this they’re like look the Wizards are not a great offensive team by the Numbers this year they are a worse offensive team than the Orlando Magic if you believe if you can believe it but

The Wizards are a kind of team that can give them magic trouble because they’re about volume they’re going to play at a really fast pace and and what I noticed early on in that game with what I was able to watch um the Wizards were doing

A really good job pushing the pace and doing a really good job you know kind of attacking the magic before they could get set and Orlando missing shots turning the ball over making all these mistakes the kind of mistakes the magic make are the kind of mistakes that feed

Directly into what Washington is good at um they are a team that is more talented than their record um they are just very reliant on three-point shooting and and not really structured offensively and so they’re going to make mistakes but they made so many threes and some of them

Were uncontested some of them were the magic getting ripped apart defensively they weren’t particularly engaged defensively early on in the game but they made a lot of contested threes and a lot of kind of those momentum deflating threes even the three even the shot that they made um at the end of the

Second quarter that made an 11-point game was was a little bit deflating um they are a dangerous team in in that sense but you know as they say you live by the three you die by the three but Orlando is not a team that typically can

Make up a big three-point deficit so you know I think they made what 10 three-pointers in the first half yeah um that’s that’s a hard thing for this magic team to overcome you said they started chasing them off the three-point line a little better bit better was was

It really just a case of ratcheting up the intensity and and physicality a little bit to to to take Washington out of their game and I also think that coach Mo made a little bit of an adjustment in the second half of playing Mo Vagner more at the center position uh

They started the game the Wizards with avdia 69 guy who can shoot a little bit um and that was you know goa’s assignment as a seven footer um I think that we were trying to switch a lot on the three-point line and he was kind of

Getting caught in no man’s land um where you know he can’t slide his feet against that’s where you miss wend Carter I’m sorry that’s where you miss Wendel Carter yeah exactly exactly so I I thought that was a great adjustment on coach’s part uh because Mo can definitely you know laterally move a

Little bit better uh than goo and uh you know we reap the benefits tonight we’re we’re gonna get more into Paulo and probably a little bit of fron coming up here in the second segment but I I also think we got to give a lot of credit to

Some of the others as as Shaq would put it because yes Paulo and frons were kind of the driving force of the comeback but going up by 10 and just completely completely I would say completely dominating but dominating that fourth quarter to the point where they’re

Zooming ahead at the end a lot of that was Mo vogner Cole Anthony Jaylen Suggs hit that humongous shot that that tough shot how much how how did every how did they kind of find that energy or or how did their energy lift this team in the

Fourth quarter um to make sure that the match came out with a win because yeah they made the comeback and they made it a one-point game but it was a back and forth Affair for a good chunk of that fourth quarter yeah I think that Jaylen

Suggs gets a lot of credit uh on the defensive side of the ball and also he made a bunch of tough Shots tonight you know he’s become quite quite a solid shooter for the team um but he really was the head of the spear for the

Defense uh and and he took on the assignment of switching onto the ball handler guarding tus Jones guarding J Jordan P um and he’s just great at defending the pick and roll and staying over top of the screener uh to kind of again get them off the three-point line

And I thought that was really a key um of sugs just just attacking on the defensive side of the basketball then he’s been letting the game come to him we’ve seen so so much growth from him this season and uh he he’s a certified knockdown shooter at this point if I do

Say so myself I mean he was hitting tough shots uh you know he plays with his heart you can see um you know he plays with effort and and he truly cares um he’s a competitor yeah uh 19 points for Jaylen sug six for 12 shooting five

Of 10 from three a that the magic have a guy that took 10 threes fron took seven we’ll get to him in a minute here um but five of 10 from three Orlando finishes 12 for 26 from three 54.3% from the floor uh Mo uh Mo voger with 16 points

Off the Bench Cole Anthony with 11 and seven rebounds on top of that um not the cleanest game from Orlando in a lot of Senses 15 turnover 16 points obviously Washington ended up with 12 threes they they took made 10 again in the first half Orlando again everything starts

With their defense you could see that pick up their energy pick up kind of the pace for them offensively and they started to really aert control um a lot of this game though is about the magic stars and so I want to chat with you a little bit about how poo banero evolved

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Magic daily at Capital One arena for the Magic’s 119 109 victory over the Washington Wizards and whenever you have a big game like this you know yes you get great contributions from a lot of different players you you find a way and that that’s something that’s been really

Special about this team um especially later in the season as we’re getting into playoff time they’re finding ways to win but so much of it starts with your star players and and I will note just looking at the box score here one of the first times I think I’ve seen

Paulo and fron play playoff level minutes 3849 for pao 3859 for fron it was a really special game for both of them um but I know you want to focus a little bit more on Palo banero 25 points 10 for 19 shooting four for five from the foul line six rebounds 10 assists

What did you see from poo banero tonight he can score in all three levels uh I think that he he can square up on the three-point line and beat his Defender off the dribble he can catch it on the Bas line make moves into a fadeaway jump

Shot mid-range jump shot or he can just strictly be a bully and he can get it on the low block and take three power dribbles and get right up into a contested shot and he’s so strong you see countless and ones that he’s been making from within eight feet you know

That’s his bread and butter and tonight just seeing how strong his first power dribble is with using his shoulder to get into the defense it’s almost impossible to guard um and I I think that he really took it upon himself and the whole roster knew how important this

Game was so trying to build uh momentum going into the playoffs and you could tell there was accountability uh that he was holding to himself and to his teammates um he said in uh the postgame press conference that he’s been a little bit sloppy with the

Ball um but again like you said 10 assists tonight uh he was finding his teammates on that low block kicking it out if they’re double teaming him um you know if they want to play him one-on-one he can take advantage of essentially any matchup on the floor I mean I really

Don’t think that there’s a player on the Wizards who can guard poo banero and he showcased that tonight there I mean it’s it’s getting to the point where there are not many players period who can guard Pao banero he gets doubled as much as any player in the league I think he’s

In the top five and in D and players who are double teamed or how often they’re double teamed and Washington was sending pretty aggressive doubles to him throughout the course of the night uh you know he scores 13 points in the third quarter that that critical third

Quarter when the magic did finally get over the hump a and tie this game uh he was essential you know 13 of 25 that’s half his points coming in one quarter he was essential to giving the magic this opportunity to win and like you said there’s there’s just a variety of ways

That he can attack and it it’s you know it’s been fun to watch him evolve and and and become a a three-level scorer which which he wasn’t this year it wasn’t last year like he he has that comfortable fadeaway jumper you know at at this point honestly like it feels

Like the biggest thing with Pao banero is he’s got to figure out which tool in his tool chest he’s gonna use um sometimes I sometimes I feel like he settles for a jumper when he need should bull his way to the basket um sometimes he Bulls his way to the basket when it’s

Probably smarter to kind of stop pivot and take a fadeaway jumper because he’s so good at those um he’s figuring out what where his spot are on the floor like he loves that Baseline jumper he loves working working around the elbows like he’s he’s figuring out where he

Gets to his spots and obviously teams are trying to stop him and he just continually proves how unselfish he is um I think early in game like so many of the other players and I think this has been Pal’s biggest issue is he’s trying to do a little too much sometimes yeah

Um just keeping things really simple you know there’s I think he trusts his teammates but there’s got got to be kind of a building trust with his teammates that hey if I don’t get the pass across the court they’ll get it to him they’ll get they’ll get it there um but he

Continues to really step up as as a leader and I think that’s that’s such a big thing from him as well yeah I think that he was terribly resilient tonight uh he had a couple Ticky teack fouls in the third quarter and he was showing clear frustration uh from those whistles

Uh talking to the ref and uh you know in instead of kind of you know pouting or or getting frustrated um you know he had his best quarter so um I really think that he’s taking the next level at 21 years old um everyone needs to be

Excited for for his growth uh because you know a game like tonight um again he took it upon himself uh to make sure that hey we’re g to catch up to them we’re g to get to the foul line and I’m gonna assert my will in the painted area

Uh and finish at The Rim that’s what he did yeah and and that’s obviously that’s obviously what he does and then you can kind of see when he gets the glint in his eye like like he could kind of tell when he’s like okay I’m I’m I’m taking

Over and like I’ve said this a million times to everyone like part of this season is is Paulo trying to understand when the right time is for him to do all these things like is it is this the time that I should be a passer is this the

Time that I should be a scorer and you know the playoffs are going to be really really helpful for him I would be remiss if we didn’t talk a little bit about fron Vagner as well because poo had 25 fron Vagner has 28 points nine for 15

Shooting three for seven from Beyond The Arc seven of eight from the F got the line more than Pao which I know is a thing which isn’t a thing but it is a thing um because frond sometimes gets frustrated with the with the officials

He had 16 points in the first half so 16 of his 26 in the first half including seven in the second quarter was a big part of the magic pulling uh pulling back into this game uh in the second quarter um what did you make of Fran’s

Game and and and where does he where does he where did how did he fit into what the magic were doing tonight yeah I think he got up to a strong start uh six quick points um and he can just attack the top foot of a Defender at will uh

He’s so good at at just getting a little bit of a half step around his guy and then he’s got one of the best Euro steps in the game rip through dribbles where he uses you know pretty strong rip through move to get through contact to

Finish at at The Rim uh he’s just so long it’s really hard to defend him especially for for smaller guards and wings who try to stay in front of him um you know and I think that he’s just so efficient he doesn’t take bad shots any

Any three ball that he takes he’s he’s certified going to be open he’s not taking any contested shots and that’s the beauty of f is he’s going to play the right way or at least the way he thinks is going to be the best way for

Himself and his teammates to win and uh I think that when poo was off the court um he kind of took it upon himself um to be the ball handler and the facilitator of the offense which he’s done you know time time time again this season and uh

It was exciting to watch because you know he he was the one who started to build a lot of momentum um there in the third quarter but also to finish the second half with 16 yeah and and it it it honestly feels like to me like fron

Was the one that really started to change the energy of the game a little bit like his ability to get downhill his ability to kind of force action in the paint that was something that was missing early in the game like I like he

Had it early in the game but but in the second quarter when the magic got down big that’s what felt like was missing it just everyone just felt like very lethargic I would say and we’re going to talk more about that here in a minute

But fron was the one that I think just started to get the wheel moving a little bit get the team get the team kind of like do playing Magic Basketball for lack of a better way to phrase it because because essentially like the only way Orlando was going to make a

Comeback like this was to play their style of basketball defend at a high level use that to create some some transition opportunities seek out mismatches get downhill get to the foul line Orlando finishes with 21 free throws 19 for 21 from the line so they made their free throws tonight which is

Which is a rarity um they didn’t pass the ball a ton 21 assists poo had 10 of them um but they were able to kind of begin to control the pace and and and set the tone and I think fron plays such a big role in that yeah yeah no I think

That uh like I was saying earlier it’s a really big change to get go out of the paint towards the second half when they made looked like they were definitely trying to pass the ball interior um and just give finishes at The Rim but it was hard

Because it was such a crowded painted area he was trying to get positioning on ABIA he was having a hard time he had he had a three second call which I think he was pretty frustrated with when he actually tried to initiate offense for himself and make a post move um so I

Think they clearing out and spreading everyone out five wide um letting fron and Paulo create for themselves and get into the paint take advantage of their matchups with their length um I thought that that was truly the key to the comeback yeah yeah and and that’s that’s

A really good point because you know like this is you know how Washington played how Charlotte played last on Tuesday night that’s kind of how teams are going to play the Magic in the playoffs like they’re they you know the magic have to force the defense to

Spread out um and some of that is they got to make some shots and and force them to spread and Orlando did that in this game like part of the comeback is they actually made threes you know you look at the the second quarter they made

Two they were two for seven in the second quarter when they went down 21 won they made five of eight threes in the third quarter uh they were four for nine in the fourth quarter so as much as like the magic aren’t a three-point shooting team they do not come back in

This game if they don’t make threes and and some of that is they spread the ball a lot better they were able to get downhill get in the paint um you know my favorite stat that I always look at points in the paint Orlando end ended up

With 56 points in the paint that’s that’s usually a pretty good sign that they’re going to win a game if they can get to the paint that much and so declogging the lane making it making get harder for teams to put a foot in the paint that’s like that’s going to be

That’s going to have to be the key in the playoffs that’s going to have to be where they start and that’s why like frankly Goa bad is a bit player for this magic team that’s why wendo Carter and mo vager are still so so valuable we’re hinting and talking about the playoffs

We got to ask the question then is there concern that the magic had to do this against the worst team in the league we’re going to break that down coming up here in just a moment but first it’s time for a quick word from our friends over at game time look

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Successful the side you talk about is the gloriousness of the comeback because the bigger the deficit the more glorious The Comeback that’s that that is the truth and you know as much as much as I think the opponent played a role it doesn’t matter who the opponent is

Coming back from 21 having the faith that you’re going to come back and win that game and not only doing that but doing a 31-point turnaround on the second night of a back-to-back with a lot of key players down that is really impressive so we don’t want to take away

Anything from what the magic did on Wednesday night however being down 21 to the Washington Wizards a team on a 15 now 16 game losing streak now with nine wins the worst record in the NBA regardless of the back toback regardless of the guys that are out we

Are playing to a playoff standard we are playing we’re we’re we’re focusing on what it’s going to be like a little bit more than a month from now when the magic are playing in a playoff series um the magic are fighting for the four seed

They get to hold on to it for another day half game ahead of the Knicks um what is should we be concerned about the fact that the magic had to come back again against the Wizards I I think there is a level of concern I I think that you know we have

A bit of an asteris because Wendell Carter Gary Harris and Jonathan Isaac didn’t suit up those are those are big parts of of the group um but I think that you know playing the worst team in the NBA uh you should be able to just

You know kind of put your foot on the gas and not look back uh the magic were wor it you know uh definitely second quarter uh things got a little bit out of hand I mean down 21 points uh definitely did not seem at that moment

Uh like this is going to end up in in the victory column um I I think that it was just a lack of effort and that has to do with having a back toback and they’ve played three out of the last four nights um that that’s never easy you know

So I I I think that there’s level of concern when there is stagnation on offense how they’re going to keep up with these playoff caliber stars who can score the basketball um can they defend at that level especially in a playoff game um that’s to be seen right um but I

Do think that any given night you know the magic can beat essentially anyone in the NBA you know it just depends on what which magic team shows up yeah and and you know I think if one night isn’t a concern like look look look these are

All NBA teams everybody can get hot the Wizards got hot in that first half they looked really good they were making contested shots the magic weren’t playing great I’m not going to give the magic a pass but they were making shots and sometimes that happens it’s an 82

Game season everyone’s going to have their night you know even the 21-61 Magic in 2004 that lost 19 in a row had good nights and you know they they actually that team swept the Wizards as bad as they were they swept the Wizards that year um sometimes it’s just not

Sometimes it’s your night and every team’s gonna have that um I will also note that back-to-backs are a thing for the Magic The Magic are now I believe 4-9 on the second night of backto backs entering tonight this is one of my favorite stats that I hate um entering

Tonight the magic had I think a 112 defensive rating on the second night of back-to-backs they have a 118 defensive rating so they it’s it’s not just you know you expect to be worse on the second night of a back-to-back you’re not expecting to to be better defensively or better offensively but to

Have a six-point difference it’s it’s not just there without Jonathan Isaac or without Gary Harris or wend Carter those are really important defensive pieces but those guys aren’t six you know Jonathan Isaac who doesn’t play back toback is not six points different yeah difference um their offense drops from 112 to

109 a drop off but not like dramatic for you know it’s bad it’s 109’s bad um so the backtack is a thing I would say however and I know I brought this point up yesterday and I brought this point up periodically during the stretch of seven games against teams with losing records

Which the magic went six in one they cleaned up they took care of their business exactly what they’re supposed to do here um we saw this kind of phenomenon of the magic I don’t want to say playing with their food but taking full advantage of the margin for error

Um coming out of the All-Star break they have the the second worst turnover rate in the league they come into this game they have another 15 turnovers leading to 16 points um and that’s better than what they’ve done lately um but it’s not good you know Washington only had nine

Turnovers um you know magicar team that usually likes to force a lot of turnovers uh to to feed their offense um this has been a and the magic have been a bad turnover team I think they’re 27th or 28th in the league in turnover rate for the year um they are alone

Among playoff teams at the bottom of the league in terms of turnovers this has been an issue throughout the year and so I would say yes the manic took care of their business they proved how strong their defense is I would say I’m a little bit concerned because now we’re

Facing probably the two most important games for the rest of the season um there’s three Philadelphia at the end of the season but this New York Indiana series that’s coming up this weekend that’s going to be a major test for the magic and tell us whether they can

Sharpen up and be ready for the playoff because I’ll tell you this if the magic play the way they played Tuesday against Charlotte they play the way they played Wednesday against Washington they’re going to lose into playoffs they’re going to lose a playoff game and some of

The mistakes they’re making are the kind of mistakes to take a game that you should win comfortably and make it close and the you know the margins between a 2-2 series and a 3-1 series are very very small and and and that’s the lesson

That this team has to learn and to me it feels like they’re getting away with it a little bit yeah and I definitely think that uh coach Mo’s expected you know other players besides poo and France to carry the weight tonight um I didn’t think he was expecting them to play the

Minutes that they played um and after the game you could definitely see um just in their mannerisms that that P and fron were tired you know they they really had to play till you know the last minutes of you know playing against Washington the

Worst team in the league so um I I I think that there there is some concern that you had to rely so heavily on your two stars um to get out of Washington with a win um but luckily they get a rest day uh and then in the garden on

Friday that’s going to be a big one going to be a lot of fun yeah yeah and look and I will say I will say this repeated I’ll say this too they better get used to playing this kind of minute load because you know I think one of the

Other concerns was you know Marquel the the line the bench lineup they were the ones that gave up the lead they were the ones that put the Magic in that 21 Point hole if you look at the plus minus versus whatever their value is every magic starter was plus 10 was more was

Plus 10 or more uh goab baz was plus 13 everyone else was plus 18 or more um the bench Cole Anthony and mo Vagner recovered a lot because they were part of the comeback and part of pulling away in the fourth quarter Joe Engles was minus 19 markl folz was minus 20 um

Theyve played a little bit longer than maybe they would have in the playoffs they’re gonna have a quick hook in the playoffs you know especially you know frankly especially Marquel and Joe because they have shortcomings that if they can’t you know defend uh Marquel usually defends but Marquel can’t shoot

And Joe struggles with defense you got to have a quick quick pull quick cook on those guys and Washington is not the game to test your playoff rotations on um if you need you know is New York on Friday such a must-win game that the magic need to play a playoff

Rotation probably not but that’s the kind of game I’d rather say okay let’s let’s PR let’s prepare and plan to play Pao and fron 38 minutes if we need it we’ll run our regular rotation but if we’re struggling if we’re down I’m going to bring I’m going to put poo back in in

Real quick or I’m G put fron back in real quick that’s the kind of game you want to do that for not doing it for Washington because the playoffs are different and this this team doesn’t probably understand that yet yeah yeah no that and they’re gonna come it’s

Going to come with time when they have playoff experience U it’s going to be really exciting to see how they look um in a playoff battle um yeah it definitely was concerning seeing the box score in the plus minus for the bench uh especially Marquel he typically plays

Really well when he comes home uh looked like he was trying to force things you know Fade Away contested mid-range jump shots which know at times he can get hot and make those but um there were clearly more efficient shots out there um Engles just wasn’t looking for a shot um all

Night he didn’t even take a shot tonight so in 13 minutes so um I I think that you know there there’s got to be a little bit more cohesion on that front um in that unit especially trying to pick up the slack against a Wizard’s rotation playing Johnny Davis uh you I

Wouldn’t say he made a couple shots tonight which was weird yeah yeah uh he’s got a bit of a hitch in a shot that he’s his time in Wisconsin yeah it’s it’s there but like Johnny Davis making two of four three-pointers that’s that’s the kind of

Weird stuff that makes you think oh it’s it’s Washington’s night tonight like yeah whatever yeah agreed yeah um obviously a real you know at the end of the day the magic do get the win 119 9 you learn your lessons while winning that’s a good

Thing this is a very this is you know honestly this is a very good team they’re learning they’re growing they’re they’re developing they’re picking up wins that’s all you can ask for at this stage of the season and we’re going to learn a lot here Friday night in the

Garden against the next Sunday night at Kia Center pack the Kia Center make it a playoff atmosphere let’s let’s let’s honestly guys like I’m going to make this plea over the next three episodes um Sunday let’s prove let let’s show the magic forget about the Pacers let’s show

The magic what homec court advantage is going to feel like when when they have game one at Kia Center Saturday at noon because that’s what it’s gonna be um when they have when they when they have game one at the Kia Center like Sunday needs to be that kind of intensity I I

Am not joking let’s let’s put the Pacers so far in our rearview mirror that that you know we’re not even thinking about seven or eight anymore that’s that’s that’s got to be the goal um but those two games the magic have had it easy here like you know they’ve obviously

Struggled they’ve obviously you know had to figure things out they’ve come out with wins they’ve had it easy competition is about to get a little bit tougher um and it’s going to go back to being easy again um but these two games are going to tell us where this team’s

Really at and I don’t want to say how real this win streak is but it’s gonna put some meat on this on this win streak that the magic magic have had and so we we’re going to learn a lot here in the coming days um Harrison I want to thank

You for for hopping on and helping us recap this game against the Wizards uh tell everyone where where they could find you yeah hey appreciate you H hopping me on um yep so I’m on Twitter at futur Magic GM um and then also I write for the for the Orlando Magic

Daily uh weekly so take a look at my articles uh ask me questions more than happy to have a conversation and go magic yeah absolutely man thank you thank you so much for for covering the game for us and and tell giving us the lowdown on on what happened over at

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The Orlando Magic trailed by 21 points in the second quarter and looked dead in the water on the second night of a back-to-back. They found their energy and tore through the league-worst Washington Wizards and ended up winning by 10. Comebacks like this are not normal, regardless of the opponent. Paolo Banchero played a big role in that as he continues to evolve as a player and leader.

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