ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 When the Magic traveled to Utah in late-December, Orlando needed a game-winning layup from Desmond Bane in the final moments of overtime to escape with a one-point win at Delta Center.<\/p>\n
And on Saturday night at Kia Center, coach Jamahl Mosley\u2018s squad needed to make a major comeback to capture a 120-117 win against the visiting Jazz, who led by as many as 17 points in the first half.<\/p>\n
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Paolo Banchero led the way with 23 points as Orlando overcame yet another double-digit deficit in front of a sold-out crowd.<\/p>\n
Bane added 22 points and Anthony Black scored 21 for the Magic (27-24).<\/p>\n
Knocking down three 3-pointers, backup center Moe Wagner added 13 points off the bench. Jalen Suggs (12 points) tied the game at 115 with two minutes remaining with a 3 of his own and later put the game on ice with a pair of free throws with 8.7 seconds left.<\/p>\n
Three-time All-Defensive center Jaren Jackson Jr. made his debut for the Jazz after he was traded from Memphis, and he, along with 7-footer Lauri Markkanen (27 points), caused all sorts of problems for Orlando while notching 22 points in 25 minutes. Neither played in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
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Utah (16-37) outscored Orlando 58-40 in the paint.<\/p>\n
The Magic remain at home when they host the Bucks on Sunday at Kia Center.<\/p>\n
Banchero\u2019s impact<\/p>\n
Banchero made his first four free throws and ended 9 for 12 at the charity stripe.<\/p>\n
The Magic forward attacked the paint and found his spots on the floor while distributing the ball early and often. He grabbed seven rebounds with eight assists.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s game marked the 15th time this season and 70th contest in his career in which Banchero has tallied 20-plus points, five-plus rebounds and five-plus assists. That career total is the third-most in franchise history.<\/p>\n
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Second-quarter struggle<\/p>\n
The Magic led by three points following the first frame but found themselves down 11 at the half.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s because Utah outscored Orlando 35-21 in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
In that 12-minute stretch, the Jazz held the Magic to 1-for-11 shooting from 3-point range while scoring 22 points in the paint.<\/p>\n
Carter\u2019s debut delayed<\/p>\n
New Magic guard Jevon Carter will have to wait at least one more game to see the Kia Center court.<\/p>\n
Although he was available to play, the 6-foot-1 guard didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Rookie watch<\/p>\n
The first player off the Magic bench for a second game in a row, Jase Richardson hit a wide-open triple from the top of the key late in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
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Despite picking up two fouls in his first five minutes on the floor, Richardson ended with five points and two assists in 14 minutes.<\/p>\n
Second-round pick Noah Penda saw five minutes of first-half action and played 10 total. The French forward scored four straight points near the end of the third quarter and finished with six and two rebounds.<\/p>\n
Magic host summit<\/p>\n
The Magic hosted their \u201cBlack Business Summit\u201d on Thursday in a \u201ccelebration the resilience, innovation, and leadership within the Black business community,\u201d the team said.<\/p>\n
The summit, which brought together prominent African American entrepreneurs, non-profit leaders and corporate executives in Orlando, featured \u201cimpactful conversations, networking, and insights with influential leaders, while honoring the 100th anniversary of Black History Month,\u201d according to the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 When the Magic traveled to Utah in late-December, Orlando needed a game-winning layup from Desmond…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[162222,114223,56222,6408,67300,9891,119266,72268,213036,355,213037,56234,99,114747,118400],"class_list":["post-455685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-anthony-black","tag-desmond-bane","tag-jalen-suggs","tag-jaren-jackson-jr","tag-jase-richardson","tag-jazz","tag-jevon-carter","tag-lauri-markkanen","tag-moe-wagner","tag-nba","tag-noah-penda","tag-paolo-banchero","tag-sports","tag-the-jazz","tag-the-magic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}