{"id":310500,"date":"2025-11-24T08:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/310500\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T08:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:45:07","slug":"franz-wagner-leads-hot-shooting-magic-over-knicks-133-121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/310500\/","title":{"rendered":"Franz Wagner leads hot-shooting Magic over Knicks, 133-121"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. — – Franz Wagner<\/a> had 37 points, Desmond Bane<\/a> scored 27, and the Orlando Magic<\/a> beat the New York Knicks<\/a> 133-121 on Saturday night for their sixth win in their past seven games.<\/p>\n

Wagner scored seven of his season-high 37 points during a 13-0 fourth quarter run that helped the Magic pull away to their second win in 11 days over the Knicks. Bane and Jalen Suggs<\/a>, with 26 points, also had seasons scoring highs.<\/p>\n

Bane’s 3-pointer late in the third quarter broke a 93-93 tie and put Orlando in front for good.<\/p>\n

Anthony Black<\/a> came off the bench with 11 points, four assists, and three steals for Orlando.<\/p>\n

Jalen Brunson<\/a> had 33 points and 11 assists for the Knicks. Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> had 24 points and eight rebounds and Mikal Bridges<\/a> had 18 points.<\/p>\n

Josh Hart<\/a> had 12 points before fouling out with 2:34 remaining. With 7:02 left and the game slipping away from New York, Hart lost the ball in the backcourt and was called for his fifth personal foul and a technical for grabbing Suggs while attempting to recover the ball.<\/p>\n

Wagner scored eight points on a 14-0 run that erased an early 10-point Knicks lead. He had 30 points less than three minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n

Orlando shot 55.3% overall and New York shot 54.4% for the game.<\/p>\n

Knicks guard Landry Shamet<\/a> left the game with an apparent shoulder injury after a collision with Magic center Wendell Carter Jr<\/a>. with 9:17 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

Magic forward Paolo Banchero<\/a> sat out a fifth straight game with a groin strain.<\/p>\n

New York’s OG Anunoby<\/a> missed a second game with a strained hamstring.<\/p>\n

Magic coach Jamahl Mosley did not come out for the second half. The team said Mosley fell ill.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Knicks: Play at Brooklyn on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Magic: Play at Boston on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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