Orlando Magic gets reinforcing from his bench in NBA’s victory over Atlanta Hawks

Orlando Magic Stars Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner entered the Tuesday of the NBA game to play on an average of a combined 60-point against Atlanta Hawks This season. But while the two fought to find their insults, the magic bench enhanced and took them to a 120-95 victory.

Cole Anthony came down from a bench to run Orlando with 26 points and six assists, while Anthony Black He scored 16 points in 6 -d-7 shooting and was a high plus-34 in 28 minutes. With a victory, Magic Progress will play in the first round of playoffs against Boston Celtics Starting on Sunday in Boston.

After jumping into the early two -digit leadership, it seemed as if magic would cruise in that 7 seeds, but then Hawks left the break at halftime. They reduced Marz to 71-68, and three minutes remained in the third quarter because Orlando’s offense became cold. It is common for magic to have poorly offensive moves during the games, and this will be a problem to progress. They almost demolished them on Tuesday, but they inserted themselves into the equipment and did not let Atlanta catch the lead before blowing hawks from the water in the fourth quarter.

The spell usually compensates for their lack of insult with one of the best defenses in the NBA. This was exposed on Tuesday because they held Hawks up to 38.1% of the shooting from the field and 19% from the range of 3 points. While Search Young He finished with 28 points, was inefficient 8-21, and his magic was under his skin to the point when he hit the ball in anger and earned a technical offense in the fourth quarter.

Banchero finished with 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, but he would need more orland from him if he wants any opportunity against Boston.

Associated Press contributed to this report.

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