{"id":207281,"date":"2026-03-26T19:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207281\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T19:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:13:07","slug":"orlando-magics-injury-updates-on-wagner-black-isaac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207281\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic’s injury updates on Wagner, Black, Isaac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Franz Wagner<\/a> was ruled out of his 20th consecutive contest ahead of the Magic\u2019s <\/a>game against the Kings<\/a> on Thursday night at Kia Center<\/a>, but the Orlando<\/a> star continues to make progress on the court as he manages an extended rehab of a left high ankle sprain.<\/p>\n

Magic coach Jamahl Mosley<\/a> said Wagner is able to go through contact and he played \u201ca little bit\u201d while recovering well Wednesday, but he didn\u2019t do much Thursday on purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s more of a try-to-recover from what he did the other day and go from there,\u201d Mosley said after shootaround inside the AdventHealth Training Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wagner, who originally suffered the high ankle sprain Dec. 7 at New York, has tried to return from the injury twice already but continued to deal with pain as a result.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week he joined Osceola on a brief G League assignment for a practice session, something Orlando doesn\u2019t have time for at this point in the season. It was viewed as another step in his rehab process.<\/p>\n

Missing a total of 45 games because of the injury, including Thursday, he\u2019s only been available for four of the past 45 contests. Entering Thursday\u2019s game against Sacramento, the Magic were 22-22 without him this season and 16-12 with him.<\/p>\n

And after Thursday, Orlando only has nine games remaining in the regular season.<\/p>\n

Although it seems as though time is running out for Wagner to return in the regular season in order to ramp up for the postseason, Mosley doesn\u2019t view the situation that way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not a rule I\u2019m putting in,\u201d Mosley said when asked by the Sentinel whether or not there\u2019s a minimum number of the regular season games Wagner has to play in before the postseason. \u201cIf he\u2019s available, he\u2019s playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Magic will see how Wagner continues to recover from his latest on-court work, Mosley did provide a clearer update on Jalen Suggs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Magic guard, who missed the past two games due to an illness, was able to go through shootaround Thursday morning and is \u201cdefinitely\u201d feeling better, Mosley said.<\/p>\n

The same, however, couldn\u2019t be said for Anthony Black<\/a> (left lateral abdominal strain) and Jonathan Isaac<\/a> (left knee sprain). Both were ruled out of Thursday\u2019s game with Black missing his 11th straight and Isaac his eighth.<\/p>\n

Mosley said Black is on the floor but doing no contact.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust kind of getting some light shooting in, but not much movement,\u201d said Mosley, who added that Isaac is in the same boat as Black.<\/p>\n

After hosting the Kings, the Magic travel to Toronto next on Sunday as the postseason race continues to ramp up with the regular season winding down.<\/p>\n

And although Orlando had dropped its last six, Mosley believes the team is near a turning point.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing a lot of good things,\u201d he said. \u201cYou get caught up in the results so much because these are the games that you shouldn\u2019t be kicking, but you have dropped them. The results are not what we want, but our process has been right in a lot of ways. And I talk about the ball moving, us sharing it, us getting the assist amount, touching the paint, getting the ball out in transition. The clean up will be, how can our defense take another step in the right direction? (That\u2019s) what we need to do moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Orlando entered Thursday\u2019s slate of games 10th in the East, in a virtual tie with No. 9 Charlotte, half-a-game back of No. 8 Miami, 1 1\/2 games behind No. 7 Philadelphia and two games from the No. 6 Raptors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should be motivating,\u201d Mosley said about where the Magic find themselves in the standings. \u201cIf you\u2019re not motivated by what\u2019s happening right now, you\u2019re in the wrong sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Up next \u2026<\/p>\n

Magic at Raptors<\/p>\n

When: 6 p.m., Sunday, Scotiabank Arena<\/p>\n

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