the rookie of Orlando, Paolo Bancaroplayed a top-level match this Sunday with the win by Magic before Boston Celtics (95-92), the second in three days, for the regular season of NBA.
Banchero scored 22 points in the first half, made six of his 3-point attempts and when the pace slowed, Admiral Schofield he took over, scoring 11 of his 13 goals in the fourth quarter to help Orlando resist
The Magicwhose 5-20 start to the season included nine straight losses, he now has six straight.
Their second straight win in Boston meant the Celtics, down to 22-9, slipped behind the Milwaukee Bucks (21-8) atop the Eastern Conference.
The Celtics were without their leading scorer, Jayson Tatum, who sat out the game for personal reasons.
It was then that Jaylen Brown he led Boston with 24 points, Marcus Smart added 15, and Grant Williams had 14 points.
After struggling to find shots in the first half, the Celtics went up 16-6 in the third and took a 71-68 lead in the fourth quarter.
Boston trailed by one in the last minute when Grant Williams he was unable to get Brown a field pass, and Orlando scored again. Williams he then missed a triple as time expired.
“We just weren’t as organized as we should have been,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said of the Celtics’ late game mistakes.
But “there was no need to panic”, even if the Celts they have lost four of their last five games.
The 92 points were a season-low, one fewer than the 93 Boston scored in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday.
Banchero, the first selection in draft June, said Orlando’s recent focus on defense paid off Sunday.
“That’s what we’ve insisted on in recent weeks, our defensive intensity,” said the 20-year-old.
The game was the first of seven scheduled for Sunday, which will conclude with the game between the Los Angeles Lakers host the Washington Wizards.
Los Angeles Times, citing an unnamed source, it was one of several U.S. outlets that reported that Lakers star Anthony Davis is expected to miss a “significant amount of playing time” with a right foot injury sustained in the first game-half win against Denver Friday.
Their loss is a major blow to a Lakers team that is currently 12th in the Western Conference.
Davis is averaging 27.4 points per game and opened December with an offensive streak that included a 44-point performance against the Milwaukee Bucks followed by a 55-point blowout against the Wizards.
With information from AFP
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