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Orlando Magic beat Utah Jazz 123-108 as Franz Wagner matches career high with 38 and Desmond Bane hits seven threes

Franz Wagner matched his career high with 38 points and Desmond Bane hit a season-high seven threes as Orlando sent Utah to its 10th straight loss.

Franz Wagner with the Orlando Magic in a 2022 file photoPhoto by All-Pro Reels, CC-BY-SA-2.0, resized.

Franz Wagner matched his career high with 38 points, Desmond Bane made a season-high seven three-pointers on his way to 25, and the Orlando Magic beat the Utah Jazz 123-108 at Delta Center on Wednesday, November 11. Orlando has won two straight, improved to 4-7 and finished its four-game road trip 2-2. Utah has lost 10 in a row and is 1-11.

Wagner shot 13-of-23 from the field, 3-of-8 from three and 9-of-10 at the line, with eight rebounds in 39 minutes. It was the third 38-point game of his career, after games against the Milwaukee Bucks in December 2021 and the Detroit Pistons in February 2024. He scored 13 points in the second quarter and 12 in the fourth.

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How it turned

Utah led 40-34 in the second quarter before Orlando went ahead 66-59 at halftime. The Jazz scored on six of their first seven trips after the break and led 87-85 after three quarters.

Brice Sensabaugh’s three with 8:01 left gave Utah a 96-95 lead. Orlando answered with an 18-3 run. Wagner scored on a driving layup, Bane hit a three, Wagner made a 29-footer and two free throws, and he then found Bane for another three that made it 111-99 with 4:13 to play. Two Anthony Black free throws pushed the lead to 113-99 with 3:39 left. Orlando outscored Utah 38-21 in the fourth quarter.

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Bane went 7-of-11 from three, and three of those came in the fourth quarter. Black added 22 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, and Jevon Carter scored 11 off the bench. Orlando shot 18-of-46 from three and outscored Utah 40-28 in the paint and 14-3 on the fast break.

Utah’s side

Rookie Darryn Peterson led the Jazz with 22 points on 7-of-19 shooting, with five assists. Sensabaugh scored 19 off the bench on 6-of-10 shooting. Ace Bailey had 18 points, seven rebounds and a season-high four blocks, and Keyonte George added 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Utah has allowed at least 110 points in every game this season.

Up next

The Magic host the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, November 13, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Saturday Cairo time). The Jazz play at the Houston Rockets on Friday at 8:30 p.m. ET (3:30 a.m. Saturday Cairo time).

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