whynba.
Following
Scores & upcoming games

NBA games in progress

All scores & games
Game times: Eastern Time.Overview follows Eastern league dates.

Orlando Magic beat Toronto Raptors 121-114 as Desmond Bane scores 28 and Franz Wagner adds 26 and 11 despite Scottie Barnes’ career-high 41

Desmond Bane made six threes, Franz Wagner had 26 points and 11 assists and Anthony Black's three put Orlando ahead for good as the Magic answered Scottie Barnes' career-high 41 in the NBA Cup group opener.

Team newsBy WhyNBA StaffPublished News & analysis
Franz Wagner in a white Germany jersey looks up during a game in BerlinFranz Wagner playing for Germany in Berlin in August 2023. Photo by Sandro Halank, CC-BY-SA-4.0, cropped and resized.

Desmond Bane scored 28 points, Franz Wagner had 26 points and 11 assists, and the Orlando Magic beat the Toronto Raptors 121-114 at Scotiabank Arena on Friday, October 30, two nights after losing in Toronto. Scottie Barnes scored a career-high 41 for the Raptors. The game was both teams’ opener in Emirates NBA Cup group play. Orlando is 2-3 and Toronto is 3-2.

Bane made 8 of 18 shots, 6 of 12 threes and all six of his free throws. Wendell Carter Jr. added 20 points and 7 rebounds, and Anthony Black had 17 points and 10 assists. Orlando made 18 of 34 threes and went 25 of 29 at the line.

Video: Orlando Magic / X.

How it turned

Bane hit three threes in about a minute and a half of the first quarter for a 14-6 lead, and Orlando led 31-27 after one and 64-55 at halftime. Carter’s three early in the third made it 69-57, Orlando’s biggest lead, and the Magic were up 95-88 after three quarters.

Barnes then scored 9 of Toronto’s first 11 points of the fourth quarter, and Immanuel Quickley’s three with 8:38 left gave the Raptors a 102-100 lead, their first since the opening minutes. Jamal Cain tied it, and after a Barnes free throw put Toronto up 103-102, Black’s three with 6:56 left put Orlando back in front for good. Starting with Cain’s tying basket, the Magic outscored Toronto 12-3 to lead 112-105 on Carter’s dunk with 5:17 left, and Tristan da Silva’s three and floater kept the Raptors at a distance. Bane made four free throws in the last 24 seconds.

Video: Orlando Magic / X.

The numbers

Wagner made 8 of 18 shots and 8 of 9 free throws. Cain scored 13 off the bench on 5-of-5 shooting, including 3 of 3 from three, and da Silva had 8. Orlando played without Paolo Banchero, Jalen Suggs and Jonathan Isaac.

Toronto’s side

Barnes made 19 of 34 shots, both career highs, with 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and he scored 23 in the first half. He fouled out with 2.7 seconds left. More on his night here.

Quickley had 17 points and 8 assists, Collin Murray-Boyles scored 15 on 7-of-10 shooting, and Jakob Poeltl had 12 points and 11 rebounds. RJ Barrett scored 9 on 3-of-10 shooting with 5 turnovers. Toronto scored 50 points in the paint but made 11 of 27 threes and 11 of 15 free throws, and played without Kawhi Leonard. Barrett and Bane each got a technical foul after a scuffle in the first quarter.

What’s next

The Magic host the Boston Celtics on Sunday, November 1, at 3:30 p.m. ET (10:30 p.m. Cairo time). The Raptors visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, November 1, at 9 p.m. ET (4 a.m. Monday Cairo time).

Full box score and play-by-play: Game Center. All-time head-to-head.

3 min readJoin the discussion
Article tools
FacebookWhatsAppX

Join the discussion

0 comments

Talk basketball. Keep it respectful. You can use a name or stay Anonymous. Comments publish immediately.

No account or email needed. Up to 3,000 characters.

Be the first to start the conversation.