{"id":194361,"date":"2026-03-17T02:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/194361\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T02:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:19:07","slug":"orlando-magic-win-streak-ends-at-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/194361\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic win streak ends at Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA \u2014 The Magic<\/a> believed they had turned a corner out of the NBA<\/a> All-Star break when they entered Monday\u2019s game against the Hawks<\/a> on a seven-game winning streak.<\/p>\n

But Orlando<\/a> reverted to bad habits when they failed to start strong, couldn\u2019t convert from distance and allowed Atlanta<\/a> to gain extra possessions whether through offensive rebounds or defensive takeaways.<\/p>\n

In a meeting between two surging Southeast Division<\/a> foes, it was the Hawks who extended their winning streak to 10 games, handing the Magic a 124-112 loss at State Farm Arena in front of a national TV audience.<\/p>\n

Orlando gave up 33-plus points in each of the opening three quarters and trailed by as many as 29 points in the 12-point road loss. Down 21 entering the fourth, it got within 12 with 3 1\/2 minutes remaining but fell short of a late comeback.<\/p>\n

Backed by 41 points from Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Atlanta (37-31) secured the regular-season series by beating Orlando a third time this year. The sides meet a fourth and final time April 1 in Central Florida on ESPN.<\/p>\n

The Magic (38-29) have a quick turnaround when they head home to host the defending champion Thunder on Tuesday night at Kia Center.<\/p>\n

Slow start<\/p>\n

Orlando found itself down 13 at the end of the first quarter and then trailing by 17 at the half.<\/p>\n

The Hawks not only shot the ball better from distance but they also controlled the boards from the jump. Although the Magic shot 8 for 23 in the first quarter, they grabbed zero offensive rebounds.<\/p>\n

By the break, Atlanta held a 12-4 advantage in second-chance scoring thanks an 8-2 difference on the offensive glass.<\/p>\n

Although Paolo Banchero scored 11 first-half points, he shot 1 for 7 from the floor and scored his first eight points at the free throw line. His lone first-half field goal was a 3-pointer with 4:18 left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Glass break<\/p>\n

Orlando\u2019s inability to rebound on the defensive end on grew from there.<\/p>\n

Overall, Atlanta grabbed 15 offensive rebounds by out-rebounding Orlando 54-41. The Hawks finished with a 19-13 edge in second-chance scoring.<\/p>\n

The Hawks\u2019 effort on the boards was led by Dyson Daniels (12 rebounds) and Jalen Johnson (15), who grabbed a total of 27 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Difference from distance<\/p>\n

Thanks to five first-half 3-pointers from Alexander-Walker, the Hawks shot 9 for 22 (41%) from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Orlando saw Jalen Suggs miss his first fours 3s and the team overall go 5 for 20 (25%) in the opening half. Suggs scored eight points in 28 minutes.<\/p>\n

Atlanta ended 16 for 41 (39%) and it held the Magic to just 14 for 43 (33%) from distance for the night.<\/p>\n

Rookie watch<\/p>\n

Second-round pick Noah Penda was held scoreless in six minutes of action throughout the first three quarters.<\/p>\n

The French forward ended with two points in 14 total minutes.<\/p>\n

First-round pick Jase Richardson didn\u2019t enter the game until the Magic were down 20 with 5 1\/2 minutes left in the game. He scored six points in limited action.<\/p>\n

Jason Beede can be reached at jbeede@orlandosentinel.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA \u2014 The Magic believed they had turned a corner out of the NBA All-Star break when they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,2295,139,141,1239,140,109,76046,110],"class_list":["post-194361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-latest-headlines","tag-nba","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlando-news","tag-social","tag-social-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194361","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=194361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}