ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Franz Wagner scored 31 points and had 11 rebounds, Jalen Suggs added 19 points and seven rebounds, and the Orlando Magic pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 98-86 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday into the NBA Cup game.
Joel Embiid played 33 minutes in his second game of the season for the 76ers (2-10), and finished with 20 points and eight rebounds. Rookie guard Jared McCain had 29 points, his fourth straight game with 23 or more, before fouling out with 4:56 left. Paul George added 13 points on 4-of-15 shooting.
Mo Wagner, Jonathan Isaac and Anthony Black led a 9-0 run that ended the third quarter and put Orlando ahead for good.
The Magic have a 2-0 record in NBA Cup Group A, while Philadelphia fell to 0-2.
After playing their first 12 games without their star trio of Embiid, George and Tyrese Maxey, the 76ers fell into a big hole in the Eastern Conference standings.
During a nine-and-a-half-minute span in the second half, the 76ers scored just four points — a 3-pointer from Caleb Martin and a technical foul assigned to injured Magic forward Paolo Banchero. Orlando scored 20 points in that period and took a nine-point lead.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generational artificial intelligence engine.
2024-11-16 03:43:00
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