After nine defeats, the Orlando Magic managed to win again in the NBA – also thanks to the brothers Moritz and Franz Wagner, a huge deficit against the Los Angeles Clippers was turned. The Phoenix Suns, meanwhile, take a nasty slap against the Celtics.
Also thanks to national player Moritz Wagner’s best performance of the season, the Orlando Magic won after nine defeats against the Los Angeles Clippers. At 116:111 after extra time, the team from Florida was already 18 points behind. Wagner had 20 points for the first time this NBA season and also contributed 13 rebounds. His younger brother Franz scored 15 points, the best pitcher in the Magic was Paolo Banchero with 23 points. It was the twelfth defeat of the season for the Clippers, who are on course for the playoffs with stars Paul George and Kawhi Leonard.
“To win in this league you have to have a tremendous amount of faith in yourself and your team-mates. If you don’t win for a long time then it gets harder and harder. So you have to invest a lot and that’s what we did today.” said Moritz Wagner. “You need victories like that.”
Like the Clippers, their city rivals also lost. At 113:126 against the Toronto Raptors, the Los Angeles Lakers started with a weakened replacement and had to do without LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Patrick Beverly. With 18 points, Dennis Schröder was the most successful thrower for the record champions, who was never in the lead during the game and was 27 points behind at times.
The Phoenix Suns’ smack in the top game between the leaders of the Eastern and Western Conference was completely unexpected in this clarity. The Suns conceded a 96:125 against the Boston Celtics in the comeback of the top performer Chris Paul, who had recently injured his heel, after being 45 points behind at times. The New Orleans Pelicans overtook the Suns in the table with a 104-98 win over the Detroit Pistons.
(This article was first published on Thursday, December 08, 2022.)