{"id":450375,"date":"2026-01-31T22:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/450375\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T22:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:07:09","slug":"orlando-magic-continue-to-build-with-trip-to-spurs-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/450375\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic continue to build with trip to Spurs next"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jalen Suggs<\/a> doesn\u2019t like losing to the Raptors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So when Magic<\/a> coach Jamahl Mosley<\/a> checked in with the All-Defensive guard to make sure he was good to go in the fourth quarter Friday night at Kia Center<\/a> as he played under a minutes restriction, Suggs didn\u2019t hesitate at the opportunity to help Orlando<\/a> capture a key victory over Toronto<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him just in that fourth I was straight,\u201d Suggs said in the locker room after the Magic defeated the Raptors 130-120 in front of a national TV audience on ESPN.<\/p>\n

It was during that final frame when Orlando took control of the contest by outscoring Toronto 44-21 for its second win in a row. The 44 points the Magic scored in the fourth was one shy of a franchise record (45 fourth-quarter points twice \u2014 once on Dec. 30, 1990, vs. Denver and on Jan. 26, 1994, at Charlotte).<\/p>\n

Suggs played nearly 11 of the final 12 minutes and he hit his third 3-pointer of the evening to pull the Magic within one point at the 7:39 mark of the fourth. He dished out five of his 10 assists in that stretch as well, including three that led to dunks for Wendell Carter Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 33 minutes by Suggs marked the most since he returned from an eight-game absence due to a right knee MCL bruise. He played 24 minutes last Saturday vs. Cleveland, 27 at Cleveland two days later and 29 at Miami on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really do understand the minutes restriction stuff and all that, but I just thought [Friday night] was really important for us to come out, get a win and go secure one,\u201d said Suggs, who ended with 14 points and six rebounds in addition to his assists. \u201cThat fourth quarter, we just kind of came out \u2026 and changed the tide and mentality of the whole building, especially off that end of the third quarter and just how rough it was.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I was the only one because all five of us in that fourth quarter came out and played with so much more purpose,\u201d Suggs added. \u201cWe were flying around. We were really imposing our will.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the Magic guard wasn\u2019t wrong.<\/p>\n

Desmond Bane<\/a> shot 4-for-4 from beyond the arc to post 16 of his 32 total points in the fourth quarter alone. Anthony Black<\/a>, who made eight of his 14 free throws in the final frame, notched 13 of his 25 points as well. Carter (23 points) and Paolo Banchero<\/a> (20) each scored six when the duo along with Black and Bane played all 12 minutes of the fourth.<\/p>\n

The last time the Magic had four players with 20-plus points in the same game was on Feb. 10, 2020, against Atlanta.<\/p>\n

All of it led to Orlando scoring 130-plus points for the fifth time this season, a scoring mark the franchise eclipsed just twice last season. The Magic improved to 12-1 when notching 125-plus points in a game after they only scored 125-plus points three times last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just continues to say what we\u2019re capable of doing,\u201d Mosley said. \u201cWe can sit and watch and learn from it. What were the things that allowed us to be successful?<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was sharing and moving the basketball, playing with intention, getting back in transition and keeping them out of the early easy baskets,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Although the Magic eventually limited Toronto to seven fastbreak points in the second half, they first gave up 18 fastbreak points before the intermission. Orlando also limited the Raptors to just 22 second-half points in the paint after it allowed 34 paint points in the first two quarters.<\/p>\n

After trailing by 14 points near the end of the third quarter, the Magic stormed back to lead by as many as 13 in the fourth.<\/p>\n

It marked the 13th time Orlando had overcome a double-digit deficit to win a game this season. The team only had 12 wins when trailing by 10-plus points last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely just gives us momentum,\u201d Black said when asked what that type of win can do for the group. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to get on a winning streak. It\u2019s been awhile since we did that, so it\u2019s good that we have a lot of film to watch over these last couple games to see what\u2019s working.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd just to keep maximizing that as we go, it\u2019s good for us as we start to make a run,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Orlando (25-22) last won at least three games in a row Nov. 25-Dec. 1.<\/p>\n

Accomplishing that goal won\u2019t be easy, either, when the Magic make their lone trip of the season to San Antonio for a Sunday matinee matchup and travel to Oklahoma City two days later.<\/p>\n

Magic forward Franz Wagner<\/a> (left high ankle sprain injury management) will miss his sixth contest in a row. The Spurs, who sat inside the West\u2019s top three, played Saturday afternoon at Charlotte.<\/p>\n

Regardless of who\u2019s available, Orlando is aware of what it\u2019ll take to win on the road after it pieced together two straight wins by scoring 130-plus points while also allowing 120-plus in both.<\/p>\n

And beating the Raptors (29-21) was icing on the cake for Suggs.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I\u2019m going to be honest, I always like beating the Raptors, especially when they\u2019re rolling and they\u2019re moving up in the conference in a space where we\u2019re trying to get to,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I wanted to win and I didn\u2019t want to drop a game at home before this stretch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jason Beede can be reached at jbeede@orlandosentinel.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Up next \u2026<\/p>\n

Magic at Spurs<\/p>\n

When:\u00a04 p.m., Sunday, Frost Bank Center<\/p>\n

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Florida, CW18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jalen Suggs doesn\u2019t like losing to the Raptors. So when Magic coach Jamahl Mosley checked in with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,3914,590,12985,13882,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-450375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-latest-headlines","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-orlando-magic","13":"tag-social","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450375","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=450375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}