#Orlando Magic at Houston Rockets
Toyota Center- Houston, TX
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401468627)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/OrlandoMagic/comments/zs5yo6/game_thread_orlando_magic_1121_at_houston_rockets/j16bxyi/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|ORL |25|29|31|31|116|
|HOU |31|33|23|23|110|
###Player Stats
**Orlando Magic**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|P. Banchero|32:07|23|9-20|1-4|4-8|0|13|13|3|2|0|5|2|-3
|B. Bol|25:22|8|3-6|0-2|2-2|2|5|7|0|0|2|1|4|-9
|M. Wagner|27:49|12|3-8|1-3|5-5|2|5|7|3|2|0|1|2|2
|F. Wagner|31:52|25|9-15|4-8|3-5|1|1|2|0|2|0|2|0|10
|M. Fultz|28:55|11|4-10|0-1|3-7|1|0|1|3|0|0|1|3|-11
|T. Ross|19:14|2|1-6|0-4|0-0|0|1|1|1|1|0|0|1|10
|M. Bamba|20:11|7|3-6|0-3|1-1|3|2|5|0|0|3|0|3|4
|C. Anthony|22:38|15|5-13|3-8|2-2|0|4|4|6|1|0|0|1|15
|A. Schofield|15:53|7|2-4|0-2|3-3|2|1|3|2|1|0|0|2|9
|K. Harris|15:59|6|2-3|2-2|0-0|0|2|2|1|2|1|1|0|3
**Houston Rockets**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|E. Gordon|32:17|8|3-11|2-6|0-0|1|4|5|4|1|0|1|2|2
|J. Smith Jr.|27:44|10|4-11|2-5|0-0|0|5|5|0|1|3|2|4|9
|A. Sengun|31:42|13|5-8|0-1|3-6|1|11|12|6|0|0|2|3|0
|J. Green|35:28|21|8-17|4-11|1-2|1|7|8|1|0|0|2|4|0
|K. Porter Jr.|35:28|31|12-19|5-9|2-3|1|5|6|5|3|1|5|1|0
|K. Martin Jr.|28:14|18|7-11|2-4|2-2|2|3|5|4|0|0|0|2|-14
|U. Garuba|12:36|0|0-2|0-1|0-0|2|2|4|0|1|0|1|0|-13
|T. Eason|20:33|9|2-4|2-3|3-4|0|3|3|1|0|0|2|4|-15
|D. Nix|12:31|0|0-4|0-3|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|1|1|-6
|B. Fernando|3:24|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|2|7
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|ORL|41-91|11-37|23-33|19|18|11|11|6|11|34|54|
|HOU|41-88|17-43|11-17|22|23|6|16|4|9|40|59|
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Shoutout to the bench for carrying this game! Especially Schofield and Kevon both played great!!
A win is a win is a win. Ugly, but take it.
FOURTH SEED ON THE MENU BOIS
Paolo owns that franchise unfortunately tbh
They were very luck to win this one. š¤š
Shoutout coach Mosley for the 2-3 zone that completely changed the game in the 3rd. Shoutout our bench, especially the guys that will be out of the rotation when we’re healthy. And goddam Sengun is GOOD.
This win makes me more excited than any of our win streak. I know it’s just the Rockets, but coming off a loss AND a bad start to the game, this is a game young teams lose. We FOUGHT. We are learning how to win games and I’m so so excited for Friday because WCJ (and maybe Suggs) will return. We’ll be so close to healthy!
FOURTH. SEED.
Sore loser kpj
Wasn’t pretty, but great comeback and closeout.
6 game winning streak incoming lol š
Only caught the end of the game but we looked great minus the free throws. Was Paolo talking shit at the end? Did something happen earlier? Either way I am a huge fan.
Ugly duckling game. Good shit boys 7-1
The magic are 12-21 on 12/21
Paolo kept us in it early, Franz clutched it late. Gotta love the young stars playing well.
How bad are the Rockets?
We literally were imploding down the stretch, and they still couldnāt make it a game.
Lollll
We made that difficult…
The zone actually worked for the first time this season, Coach must be loving this š
Most importantly, back on the win streak!
How amazing was our bench tonight??? Only 37 points but it feels like they was +100 with nothing but pure effort. I love winning š
Mo got bullied to the basket by Sengun, who missed some bunnies against him. He had some bright spots, but lets be real about that part.
The zone finally paid off! Credit to Mose for the adjustment.
No TOs in the 4th quarter. Good game by the young bloods.
Houston honestly kinda just handed us this game, but Iāll take it! WCJ being back on Friday should do wonders for our defense. Letās get another streak going!
love a win but those Ft and threes were slooopy
Around the 8 minute mark of the 3rd quarter this game changed completely.
Great win! Bol needs to be relegated to the bench until he can play D and rebound.
Paolo
FOURTH SEED!!! Great total team effort. These guys confidence is high!
Cole postgame interview
Fultz
Franz
Great W. Fuck tanking. We got something special here already. We build!!!
Back on track! Franz shows he is the best sophomore, and Banchero shows he is the best rookie. Let’s go!
Nice victory peeps
W
I gotta be honest y’all I really wanna go streaking again.
Cole really doesnāt like coming off the bench lol kind of a shame he would be a great 6th man
Team came out of that halftime locked in. Iām surprised that switch to zone worked so well, credit to Mose. Weāre bout to look real spooky with WCJ š®āšØ
These guys had me fooled in the first with their shit effort but they totally redeemed themselves.
Nice W.
Good win, took care of business tonight. No reason we canāt win 4 of our next 5 with our easy schedule coming up
We completely outplayed them in the second half, we have a really good team. Alot of you shouldnāt be so quick to give up, This isnāt the buddy bros Magic, this team is different š„.
Paolo needs to make his free throws. I did love seeing him talk some shit to Jabari after that TUFF move. Franz showed tonight he’s the best player from last year’s draft. Schofield is becoming a legitimate contributor off the bench. Ugly win, but I’ll take it. On to the next one.
Finally a game where our bench is the one who brought us back in the game. Huge shoutout to Cole for hitting those big shots, and to think there are Magic fans who wanted to trade that man smh
4th seed
I wanted to rip Jamahlāa head off that first half, but Iāll credit him with the halftime adjustments. Defense was much better, that zone actually worked for once. Still donāt think it was smart to sit Paolo for so long in the 2nd and 4th. Iām not sure that lineup featuring Admiral and Keyvon at the same time is sustainable, or if we just got lucky playing against a bad team. Anyways.. a win is a win. Great road trip.
Relieved to see Franz actually all right to play. I was watching the scores on a google pin initially because work, I thought I would have to say CJ’s line from GTA, since Magic gets beaten by weaker teams. Very nice turnaround. Probably 2nd battle of these two rebuilding teams and recent draft picks and the Magic came out victorious. Very nice out come, what else can I say.
Amazing game from Franz. Especially since he started out like 0-5 or 6. Just decided to never miss again. Lol
Even though we were down until the 4th, I felt like we had this win the whole way. The Magic just have the level of poise of a playoff team, and turned the throttle up late to put this one away; how about that big boy Kelle and-1 on Green, he just Bodied that man for a bucket
Handled business. Started flat but got back in it. Missed 100848402 freethrows and still won. Win streak: 1.
What grit in the second half. Our bench had no ego and plays very solid team basketball.
Finally out of that brutal losing streak
WCJ back next game