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Black\u2019s breakaway stuff came at a crucial point in the game, too, with just over two minutes left in the game and scores tied. <\/p>\n
Off a turnover, Black received possession at half-court before taking it the rest of the way to slam on Vince Williams, Santi Aldama, Jaren Jackson Jr. and GG Jackson. <\/p>\n
\u201cTake that with you! … That is a dunk of the year candidate,\u201d play-by-play announcer Michael Grady said on the NBC broadcast. <\/p>\n
The Grizzlies did their best to spoil the return of Orlando\u2019s Wagner brothers, Franz and Moritz, to their home country in the showcase game in Berlin. <\/p>\n
Memphis led by as many as 20 points in the first half before the Magic stepped it up on the defensive end to turn the tide.<\/p>\n
Orlando surrendered 39 points in the first quarter, but allowed Memphis just 40 in the next two periods combined, Franz Wagner pointing to Orlando\u2019s 26-12 third quarter dominance as the difference-maker. <\/p>\n
Wagner called it \u201csuper-special\u201d to have a chance to show his Magic teammates around Berlin, the city where he grew up.<\/p>\n
He said it wasn\u2019t just the emotion of the trip that accounted for his slow start but also some rustiness as he returned from a 16-game absence with a high ankle sprain.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a lot coming into this week,\u201d Wagner said of the extra media demands surrounding the historic game.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously working back from an injury isn\u2019t ever easy, and then it being this game, a very emotional week. Also a taxing week because we did a lot of stuff because we want to maximize our time here.<\/p>\n
Celtics run down Heat in thriller | 02:38<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not making any excuses, though. Once you decide to play you\u2019ve got to be ready.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was happy to make some plays at the end,\u201d added Wagner, who scored 13 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Paolo Banchero led the Magic with 26 points and 13 rebounds. Anthony Black added 21 points, six rebounds and seven assists.<\/p>\n
Jaren Jackson Jr. led the Grizzlies with 30 points, but after a red-hot shooting start the Grizzlies connected on just 33.3% of their attempts from the field in the second half.<\/p>\n
Grizzlies star Ja Morant, recently the subject of trade rumors, was again sidelined with a calf injury but could take the floor when the two teams continue their European tour with a clash in London on Monday. <\/p>\n
Windhorst kicks off after Kuminga trade | 01:01<\/p>\n
AROUND THE ASSOCIATION<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Lakers guard Gabe Vincent was on the receiving end of boos as LA lost its fourth game in its past five to the Charlotte Hornets. <\/p>\n
Vincent, who\u2019s shot a respectable 39.1 per cent from three this season, went 0-7 from the field and 0-5 from three-point land in 15 minutes of action, with frustrated Lakers fans jeering the 29-year-old in brutal scenes. <\/p>\n
The Lakers, sitting fifth in the Western Conference, fell 135-117 to the 15-26 Hornets. <\/p>\n
In Portland, Dyson Daniels\u2019 Atlanta Hawks fell to the surging Portland Trail Blazers, 117-101. <\/p>\n
The Australian was quiet in 33 minutes of action, scoring 10 points on nine shots with five rebounds, one assist and one steal. <\/p>\n
Elsewhere, the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Rockets 111-91 in Houston to push their league-best record to 35-7. <\/p>\n
NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 points, and center Chet Holmgren added 18 for Oklahoma City, who out-scored the Rockets 34-16 in the fourth quarter to put the game away.<\/p>\n
Jalen Williams scored just six points, but he handed out 10 assists without a turnover to help keep the Thunder offence firing.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the San Antonio Spurs got a scare when Victor Wembanyama banged knees with Milwaukee\u2019s Giannis Antetokounmpo minutes into their clash and departed to the locker room.<\/p>\n
But the French star returned at the start of the second period and scored 22 points with 10 rebounds in a 119-101 Spurs victory.<\/p>\n
Stephon Castle added 19 points and 10 rebounds, and six Spurs players scored in double figures. <\/p>\n
Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 21 points, but he was the only Milwaukee starter to score in double figures and the Bucks lost their third straight. <\/p>\n
In Dallas, Klay Thompson moved into fourth place on the NBA\u2019s all-time three-pointer list, draining six from beyond the arc on the way to 26 points in the Mavericks\u2019 144-122 victory over Utah.<\/p>\n
With 2,809 career three-pointers Thompson has passed Damian Lillard (2,804) for fourth on the list topped by Thompson\u2019s former Golden State teammate Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n
Curry came into the night with 4,201 made three-pointers in his career. After going 0-for-4 from three-point range in a lacklustre first half he connected on four on the way to 27 points in a 128-113 victory over the New York Knicks.<\/p>\n
Jimmy Butler scored 32 points for Golden State, and Moses Moody added 21 with a sizzling seven three-pointers in nine attempts.<\/p>\n
OG Anunoby and Miles McBride scored 25 points apiece for the Knicks, who were without injured star Jalen Brunson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German forward Franz Wagner hit his stride late to help the Orlando Magic rally for a 118-111 victory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[219808,2095,45081,7218,64,63,79354,5340,219804,5670,3894,6167,7235,86176,219809,165030,800,2057,13599,2755,3738,19711,165019,60873,5717,219806,29973,5145,7902,14231,219805,11182,2022,7232,12284,219803,5851,219807,177382,590,1666,2041,2067,3583,219802,3371,5673,5548,2785,12985,219801,165027,7640,4621,32913,219502,10549,85,7903,3370,79618,3586,2614,1197,2062],"class_list":["post-416568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-all-time-three-pointer-list","tag-america","tag-ankle-sprain","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-berlin","tag-calf-injury","tag-career-three-pointers","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-chet-holmgren","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-defensive-end","tag-dj-spinna","tag-double-figures","tag-espn-inc","tag-europe","tag-european-tour","tag-florida","tag-fox-sports","tag-franz-wagner","tag-french-star","tag-gabe-vincent","tag-germany","tag-grizzlies-star","tag-home-country","tag-houston","tag-jimmy-butler","tag-klay-thompson","tag-league-best-record","tag-locker-room","tag-london","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-maine","tag-media-demands","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-michael-grady","tag-miles-mcbride","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-northern-europe","tag-offence-firing","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-magic","tag-pic-sums","tag-players-scored","tag-portland","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-receiving-end","tag-rookie-superstar","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-stephen-curry","tag-texas","tag-trade-rumors","tag-united-kingdom","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-utah","tag-western-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}