{"id":187297,"date":"2026-03-11T14:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/187297\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:56:27","slug":"magic-130-91-bucks-mar-8-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/187297\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic 130-91 Bucks (Mar 8, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILWAUKEE — \u2014 Paolo Banchero<\/a> scored 33 points and the Orlando Magic<\/a> cruised to a 130-91 win Sunday night over the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>, who rested <\/a>Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> in the second game of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n

Jalen Suggs<\/a> added 20 points and Desmond Bane<\/a> had 18 for the Magic, who won their fourth straight to remain sixth in the Eastern Conference, one game behind fifth-place Toronto and percentage points ahead of Miami.<\/p>\n

Orlando never trailed and led 67-55 at halftime. Early in the fourth quarter, Suggs hit a 3-pointer to start a 12-0 run that extended the Magic’s lead to 26 points. Banchero headed to the bench for good late in the third with Orlando ahead by 31.<\/p>\n

Bobby Portis<\/a> had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Cam Thomas<\/a> scored 17 for the Bucks, who beat Utah on Saturday night<\/a> but have lost five of six.<\/p>\n

Antetokounmpo has played in three games since he missed 15 with a right calf strain. The 31-year-old has sat out 30 games this season, by far the most of his 13-year career.<\/p>\n

The Bucks are 11th in the East, 4 1\/2 games behind 10th-place Charlotte, and face a difficult path just to reach the play-in tournament with 19 games left.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee was also missing second-leading scorer Kevin Porter Jr<\/a>. for a third straight game because of swelling in his right knee.<\/p>\n

Thanasis Antetokounmpo<\/a>, Giannis’ little-used older brother, played a season-high 9 minutes and finished with four points.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Magic: Host Cleveland on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Bucks: Host Phoenix on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE — \u2014 Paolo Banchero scored 33 points and the Orlando Magic cruised to a 130-91 win Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-187297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}