On January 29, Beijing time, the Magic played at home against the Suns, and at the end of the game, the Magic successfully defeated the Suns 113-98. This season's Magic has become a dark horse team in the East, they were once at the top of the rankings in the East, but unfortunately the Magic has a huge problem on the offensive end, so their ranking in the East has also fallen sharply, this season the Magic's offensive efficiency of 112.2 ranks 24th in the league, 111.8 defensive efficiency ranks 5th in the league, and the Magic is also temporarily ranked eighth in the East, and the Suns have played a good offensive state recently, but unfortunately they suffered a reversal from the Pacers in the last game, so the current Suns are temporarily ranked sixth in the West.
In the first quarter of the game, the Suns played a wave of 10-4, but soon Fultz and Suggs attacked the inside to chase the score, and then Carter hit a three-point shot after the Magic completed the overtake, and the next game The two teams played fiercely and the score rose alternately, but unfortunately the Magic offense began to hit the iron, Booker and Gordon helped the Suns open the score, and the Magic failed to find the state at the end of the game, and the Suns led by 11 points at the end of the first quarter. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Suns were able to take a double-digit lead, but in the next game, the Magic tightened up their defense, and Durant began to make mistakes, and Banchero hit a three-pointer to chase down the Magic to just four points. After the timeout, the Suns still made mistakes, and the Magic continued to chase the score under the play of Banchero and others, and Booker scored consecutive points at critical moments to stabilize the situation, but unfortunately Fultz completed a steal at the end of the game and continued to chase points, and the Suns led by 3 points at the end of the half.
Booker led the Suns to extend their lead in the third quarter, but Banchero hit a three-pointer, and Carter scored on a counter-attack to help the Magic chase back to four points. After the pause, Booker found an offensive state to directly help the Suns lead to 11 points, Suggs hit three points to stop the bleeding at the critical moment, although Ingles and others were able to score in the next game, but Booker's offensive momentum here is still unabated, so the Magic also bit the score, at the end of the stage, Ingles, Banchero once helped the Magic tie the score, and at the last moment, Booker scored 2+1, and the Suns led by 3 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Magic was still inseparable from the Suns, and then Big Wagner helped the Magic complete the overtake through free throws, and the Suns were sluggish in the next game, Big Wagner and Isaac continued to score to help the Magic lead to 10 points, and then the Magic continued to expand the lead, and finally the Suns lost to the Magic in a big upset.
It is not easy for the Magic to win the game, after all, the Magic once fell behind to 13 points in the game, but the Magic did not give up the game in this game, and in the game, the Magic brought enough pressure to the Sun on the defensive end, in this case, the Sun made a lot of mistakes, and what made the Sun even more uncomfortable was that in the fourth quarter of the game, the Magic's defense had made the Sun very passive, and the Sun's offense had problems at this time。 In this game, the bench titan Big Wagner also made a contribution, he broke out in time in the game to help the Magic overtake and establish a lead, Banchero got 26 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists at the end of the game, and Big Wagner got 16 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.
It's more uncomfortable for the Suns to lose the game, after all, Booker showed a good offensive state in this game, but unfortunately in the fourth quarter of the game, when Booker needed to score, Booker's offense also had problems at this time, and Beal pulled his hips in this game, and even walked to the free throw line Bill couldn't hit, Durant was also to blame in this game, after all, Durant made too many mistakes in this game, and it was really not unjust for the Suns to lose the game in this case. At the end of the game, Booker had 44 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Beal had 9 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists on 4-of-13 shooting, and Durant had 15 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 turnovers.