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Portland Trail Blazers at Orlando Magic

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16-28, 7-16 Away
Final
101 - 79

23-23, 14-9 Home

Trail Blazers win third straight, beat Magic 100-79 to spoil Franz Wagner's return for Orlando

Deni Avdija finishes with a slam

Toumani Canara added 16 points and six rebounds for Portland. Deni Avdija finished with 13 points, five rebounds and five assists, while Jabari Walker had six steals in 19 minutes.

Wagner, who missed 20 games after tearing his oblique in early December, led Orlando with 20 points. Tristan Da Silva came off the bench with 16 points. Paolo Banchero had eight points and nine rebounds, but shot 1 for 14 with five turnovers.

Blazers guard Scoot Henderson fouled out with 6:12 left, having played 14 minutes.

Takeaways Blazers: Playing center in place of the injured DeAndre Ayton (knee) and rookie Donovan Clingan (ankle), Robert Williams had a game-high 12 rebounds and four of Portland's 12 blocks.

Magic: Shooting 34.2%, the Magic lost their fifth straight and seventh of eight games. They were 16-9, a solid third in the East, when Wagner was injured. Thursday night's loss dropped them to 23-23, eighth in the conference. They are 2-8 since Jalen Suggs injured his back.

Key moment Shaedon Sharpe finished the third quarter with a baseline drive to a dunk, completing a 10-1 run that left the Blazers with a 74-59 lead.

Key stat In the middle of the third quarter the Magic were 3 for 18 from 3-point range with 22 turnovers. They were down by 18 points.

Up next The Blazers play at Charlotte on Friday night. The Magic host Detroit on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

POR leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 101 - 79
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 101 - 79
4th 24.0 Jett Howard makes 25-foot three pointer (Tristan da Silva assists) 101 - 79
4th 34.1 Kris Murray makes free throw 1 of 1 101 - 76
4th 34.1 Cory Joseph shooting foul 100 - 76

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/por.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPOR https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/orl.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originORL
40-82 FG 26-76
49 Field Goal % 34
9-28 3PT 6-25
32 Three Point % 24
12-19 FT 21-31
63 Free Throw % 68
42 Rebounds 44
8 Offensive Rebounds 14
34 Defensive Rebounds 30
23 Assists 17
14 Steals 9
12 Blocks 6
13 Turnovers 19
2 Team Turnovers 3
15 Total Turnovers 22
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 22
12 Fast Break Points 9
58 Points in Paint 30
21 Fouls 18
25 Largest Lead 5
Orlando Magic Orlando Magic Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tristan da Silva, F Out Nov 11
Jamal Cain, F Out Nov 11
Jalen Suggs, G Out Nov 9
Jonathan Isaac, F Out Nov 9
Paolo Banchero, F Out Oct 24
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Chris Youngblood, G Out Nov 11
Vit Krejci, G Out Nov 11
Ja Morant, G Out Nov 7
Shaedon Sharpe, G Out Aug 24

Game Information

Kia Center

Location: Orlando, FL
Attendance: 19,422 · Capacity:

2026-27 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
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Oklahoma City 8 3 .727 - L1
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Utah 1 10 .091 7 L9

2026-27 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 5 L1 0.5833333 7
Miami 1.5 6 W2 0.45454547 5
Charlotte 2.5 7 W1 0.36363637 4
Washington 3 8 L5 0.33333334 4
Orlando 3 7 W1 0.3 3
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