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Washington Wizards beat Orlando Magic 103-94 as Anthony Davis scores 27 and Washington holds Orlando to nine points in the third quarter
Anthony Davis scored 27, Kyshawn George had 22 and AJ Dybantsa 21 as Washington outscored Orlando 19-9 in the third quarter, closed it on an 8-0 run and beat the Magic for a 4-3 record.
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Anthony Davis scored 27 points on 12-of-17 shooting, Kyshawn George added 22 and rookie AJ Dybantsa had 21, and the Washington Wizards beat the Orlando Magic 103-94 at Kia Center on Monday, November 2, after holding Orlando to nine points in the third quarter. Washington is 4-3. Orlando is 2-5 and 0-4 at home.
Davis also had 9 rebounds and 3 steals, though he committed 5 of the Wizards’ 16 turnovers. Dybantsa made all 6 of his free throws, with 5 rebounds, 3 steals and a team-best +10. Trae Young scored 15 with 9 assists, Bilal Coulibaly blocked three shots and had two steals, and Washington shot 53% (40 of 75) as a team.
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How it turned
Orlando led 33-28 after one quarter and pushed that to 37-28 early in the second on a 13-0 run that began late in the first. Young answered. He scored 10 of Washington’s next 13 points, with two threes, a five-footer and two free throws, George added a running three, and Young’s free throws made it 41-40 with 8:26 left in the half. Washington took a 60-59 lead into the break.
The third quarter belonged to the Wizards. Davis had a pull-up jumper and a layup, George hit a three off an Ayton pass, and Orlando scored 9 points in the period, 19 for Washington. The Wizards closed it with an 8-0 run, a George layup, a Young free throw, a Bub Carrington three and a Young layup, for a 79-68 lead.
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Orlando did not go away. Tristan da Silva hit a three and Desmond Bane hit two more early in the fourth, and Bane’s second, with 7:57 left, made it 83-79. Franz Wagner’s driving layup and free throw then cut it to 85-82. Washington answered with George and Dybantsa jumpers, Davis’s pull-up from 7 feet and a Dybantsa layup, and Coulibaly finished two alley-oop dunks, one off a Young pass and one off a George pass, to make it 101-90 with 1:06 to play.
The numbers
The Wizards scored 21 fast-break points to Orlando’s 9, forced 18 Magic turnovers against their own 16, and had 10 steals to 6. Orlando outscored them in the paint 48-44 but made only 11 of 39 threes (28%); da Silva was 2 of 10 from deep. Washington was 9 of 24 from three and 14 of 18 at the line, to 9 of 10 for Orlando. There were 11 lead changes.
The Magic’s side
Wagner scored 24 on 10-of-18 shooting with 6 assists, and Bane had 20 with 4 threes. Jamal Cain scored 10 on 4-of-5 shooting but turned it over four times, and Jase Richardson had 9 points and 5 assists as a starter. Orlando played without Paolo Banchero (ankle), Jalen Suggs (knee), Jonathan Isaac (knee), Noah Penda (hamstring) and Anthony Black (rest). Washington was missing Alex Sarr (knee), Tristan Vukcevic (hip), Justin Champagnie (foot), Anthony Gill (back) and Reece Beekman (shoulder).
What’s next
Washington hosts the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, November 4, at 7:00 p.m. ET (2:00 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). Orlando visits the Phoenix Suns on Thursday, November 5, at 9:00 p.m. ET (4:00 a.m. Friday Cairo time).
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