The Orlando Magic, which voluntarily sent away the core players in the team and entered the reconstruction stage, although the state they have shown this season is difficult to say, they still have a lot of future cores in the team that are worth cultivating. That's right, Cole Antoni and Wagner Jr. are the most iconic young players. Their opponent in this game is the Hornets, who have gradually grown up. At this stage, with a record of 23 wins and 19 losses, they can also maintain the seventh place in the East and have a good chance of getting tickets to the playoffs.
Indeed, the Hornets have also received a lot of reliable help in the past two years. Bridges, who is gradually making a lot of money, as well as Lamelo Ball, who continues to cash in on his talent, and the likes of Rozier, Hayward and Oubre, are all guarantees for the Hornets to win. In this challenge to accept the Magic Team, the competition between the two sides was difficult to solve, and the point difference could not be built for a long time. At the beginning of the game, Lamelo Bauer delivered 9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in the single quarter, and Rozier also had 9 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, which only helped the team play a 36-35 score and get a 1-point lead.
And entering the second quarter showdown, the Hornets, who had a slight lead of 1 point, could still bite the score and continue to play a state of full force, once again with a 27-26 score, to get a 1-point lead. By the end of the first half, the Hornets had a 63-61 lead over the Magic by two points. It is worth affirming that the point difference between the two sides is not very large, and the competition between the two teams is still relatively sticky. The Hornets, who have maintained their lead in succession, can continue to play a single quarter of 28-27 in the third quarter of the competition, and get a one-point lead.
The difference between the two sides reached 3 points, but the game did not lose suspense. Entering the crucial final showdown, the Magic finally launched a strong counterattack. Wagner, who came off the bench in the team, played a full 12 minutes, sent 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, played a 28-18 score, and finally with a score of 116-109, completed the feat of upset counterattack, won the game, looking back at the game, the Hornets side of the starters are in good shape, not only the scores have reached double digits, Bridges even sent 20 + 3 + 3 data in the 42 minutes of playing.
Not only that, But Lamelo Ball also has 23 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, and has made great contributions on the scoring end and the organizational offensive end, as well as Rozier, who handed over a comprehensive 19+8+7 statistic, and Haywood, who scored 18 points. However, even the Hornets, who started the Five Tigers and scored in double figures, still suffered a cold counterattack from the Magic team. Yes, as a team in the midst of a 10-game losing streak, the Magic ultimately refused to fall into the trap of losing 11 straight. Although their state has been bad in recent times, they have finally ushered in the moment of bottoming out.
Of course, to win the Hornets, the overall state of the Magic team is still relatively good. In the 29 minutes of the game, Cole Anthony delivered a comprehensive statistic of 8 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Wagner Jr. also had a 19+6+7 data contribution, and Gary Harris with 18 points. The most outstanding player, but also to talk about Wagner on the bench, as a 2018 first-round show, he shot 11 of 17 in this game, and actually gave away the highest score of 26 points in the whole game, in the process of helping the team achieve a reversal, made an indelible contribution.