With his basket less than four seconds from the end, Markelle Fultz thought he had given the victory to the Magic. The beautiful series of the franchise would thus be able to continue. But Paolo Banchero will foul on Dejounte Murray’s shot.
The leader of the Hawks does not tremble on the free throw line and gives the advantage to his people. The Magic still have one last chance to win. The ball lands in the hands of the first draft pick, who shoots 3-pts.
“He had a decent shot”says Jamahl Mosley for the Orlando Sentinel. “They jumped on him. At first he had an open shot. »
Dejounte Murray effectively challenged the rookie’s attempt, which was not so straightforward. Paolo Banchero (18 points) therefore missed the match point. After six straight wins, end of series for Orlando.
“I told him to keep his head up,” says Markelle Fultz, who spoke to her teammate. “I know he is probably frustrated for the foul, the shot and some actions during the game. The season is long. He’s a rookie who plays very well, and he’s tough on himself. I know how he feels, believing that it was for him that he could have helped. But it is not these two actions that lead us to defeat. May he keep his head up, be ready for the next game and not be too harsh on himself. »
“It hurts, it burns but you have to be ready for Houston”
Frustration dominates and it makes sense because the Magic came back several times in this game. Especially with a 12-0 in the last two minutes. To bow and end his streak like this is obviously hard to swallow.
“It’s hard to lose a game like that,” concedes the former Philadelphia player. “But we are still good. We must not lower our heads. We did a remarkable job of coming back and staying in the game. We wanted this victory, but we were a bit unlucky. »
The Orlando players can still bounce back and end their road trip on a high as they head to Houston on Wednesday night. The Rockets are on three straight losses and remain the worst team in the Western Conference. In the meantime, we have to deal with disappointment.
“No one is satisfied” comments the coach after this setback. “The guys are aware of their efforts to come back to this game. We gave ourselves a chance to win, to continue our series. They are disappointed but know that we have to think about the next match. It hurts, it burns but you have to be ready for Houston. »
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| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Paolo Banchero | 24 | 34.8 | 44.8 | 31.6 | 76.1 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 22.0 |
| Franz Wagner | 31 | 33.5 | 48.0 | 32.8 | 87.2 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 19.6 |
| Wendell Carter, Jr. | 15 | 32.8 | 51.5 | 34.6 | 82.6 | 2.1 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 16.6 |
| Cole Anthony | 14 | 26.5 | 44.3 | 33.3 | 86.8 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 13.1 |
| bowl bowl | 31 | 26.4 | 59.5 | 40.4 | 77.0 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 12.4 |
| Jalen Suggs | 14 | 28.9 | 41.9 | 29.4 | 65.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 12.4 |
| Moe Wagner | 13 | 26.2 | 49.1 | 27.3 | 90.5 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 12.3 |
| Markelle Fultz | 10 | 26.4 | 45.3 | 41.7 | 81.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 10.4 |
| Gary Harris | 6 | 25.8 | 47.9 | 43.5 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 10.3 |
| Mohammad Bamba | 25 | 19.0 | 49.3 | 38.0 | 68.3 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 8.1 |
| Terrence Ross | 28 | 23.7 | 41.0 | 37.1 | 69.2 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 8.1 |
| Rj Hampton | 21 | 15.6 | 43.8 | 34.7 | 87.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| Chuma Okeke | 18 | 21.8 | 36.8 | 30.0 | 76.2 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 5.4 |
| Admiral Schofield | 20 | 12.5 | 47.1 | 37.2 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 4.5 |
| Caleb Houstan | 21 | 18.6 | 36.3 | 35.1 | 84.6 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 4.2 |
| Kevon Harris | 23 | 11.9 | 38.8 | 37.5 | 84.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.6 |
