Houston Rockets @ Orlando Magic
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
Amway Center, Orlando, FL | Game ID: 22300066
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ORL 29 25 33 29 116HOU 20 23 26 17 86
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Cole Anthony scores 20 points to help Orlando Magic beat Houston Rockets 116-86 in opener
ORLANDO, Fla. -- — Cole Anthony had 20 points and eight rebounds, and the Orlando Magic beat the Houston Rockets 116-86 on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams.
Anthony went 8 for 12 from the field and played 24 minutes in a reserve role. Franz Wagner scored 17 points for Orlando, and Paolo Banchero finished with 12 points, five rebounds and five assists.
Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks each scored 14 points in their first game with Houston. VanVleet and Brooks signed with the Rockets in free agency.
Houston center Alperen Senguin added 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists.
Magic power forward Jonathan Isaac , who played in only 11 games over the last two seasons due to a series of injuries, had 11 points and four rebounds in 14 minutes.
Isaac finished the third quarter with a block of a Jalen Green layup and drew a technical foul for standing over Green and taunting him.
“I kind of shocked myself,” Isaac said. "The excitement poured over, and I was just excited about the play, excited about the moment. I went over to the coach and I was apologizing and he said ‘Listen, we are with it!’"
“That was such a momentum-building play,” Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said. “I know he got the technical, and we don’t want to do that. But the other side of it is we have said we’re a defensive team, and that set the tone. That let 'em know we’re going to protect the rim, whatever that looks like.”
The game marked the Rockets debut for Ime Udoka , who coached the Boston Celtics to the NBA Finals in his only other season (2021-22) as an NBA head coach.
“Overall defensively, we weren’t good as a group,” Udoka said. “It kind of masked it when we scored some baskets there, but in general we just weren’t good enough all-around.”
The Magic had a 56-31 rebounding advantage, and the Rockets committed 18 turnovers.
Wagner hit his first three 3-point shots while leading the Magic to an 11-point lead in the first quarter. Banchero scored six points during an 8-0 spurt to help Orlando stretch its lead to 17 before VanVleet and Brooks closed the first half with a couple of 3s for Houston.
Two more 3-pointers by VanVleet got the Rockets within one midway through the third quarter. But Banchero hit a jumper and Wagner followed a steal with a baseline runner, starting a 24-7 run that took the Magic into the fourth quarter with a 17-point lead.
Orlando is coming off four straight losing seasons.
“(The win) is going to validate us for about 30 minutes, and then we practice tomorrow and go on a tough road trip on the West Coast,” Anthony said. “We didn’t put in all this work to win one game.”
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGrSeJrVa 6 12 -6 5 9 56 0 1 0 2 2 100 0 5 5 4 1 0 2 1
HOU Brooks, Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
in Brooks, Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrLaJrThVa 1 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
HOU Brooks, Landale, Smith Jr., Thompson, VanVleet
in Landale, Thompson
out Ja. Green, Sengun
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
LaJrTaThVa 2 4 -1 1 2 50 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1
HOU Landale, Smith Jr., Tate, Thompson, VanVleet
in Tate
out Brooks
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrGrSeTaTh 2 0 -2 2 5 40 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
HOU Ja. Green, Je. Green, Sengun, Tate, Thompson
in Ja. Green, Je. Green, Sengun
out Landale, Smith Jr., VanVleet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrSeTaThVa 1 2 0 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
HOU Je. Green, Sengun, Tate, Thompson, VanVleet
in VanVleet
out Ja. Green
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrGrSeTaVa 2 3 +1 1 3 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
HOU Bullock Jr., Je. Green, Sengun, Tate, VanVleet
in Bullock Jr.
out Thompson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrGrGrSeVa 2 5 -2 2 3 67 1 2 50 1 2 50 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
HOU Bullock Jr., Ja. Green, Je. Green, Sengun, VanVleet
in Ja. Green
out Tate
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGrLaJrVa 1 3 +3 1 2 50 1 1 100 1 2 50 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
HOU Brooks, Ja. Green, Landale, Smith Jr., VanVleet
in Brooks, Landale, Smith Jr.
out Bullock Jr., Je. Green, Sengun
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGrLaJrTh 2 3 -6 1 2 50 0 1 0 1 2 50 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
HOU Brooks, Ja. Green, Landale, Smith Jr., Thompson
in Thompson
out VanVleet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGrSeJrVa :53 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
HOU Brooks, Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
in Sengun, VanVleet
out Landale, Thompson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGrSeTaVa 2 6 +4 2 2 100 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 1
HOU Brooks, Ja. Green, Sengun, Tate, VanVleet
in Tate
out Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGrSeJrVa 6 19 +8 6 9 67 5 8 62 2 2 100 0 4 4 5 1 0 3 3
HOU Brooks, Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
in Smith Jr.
out Tate
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrSeTaThVa 3 4 -4 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1
HOU Brooks, Sengun, Tate, Thompson, VanVleet
in Tate, Thompson
out Ja. Green, Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGrLaTaTh :57 3 -2 1 2 50 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
HOU Brooks, Ja. Green, Landale, Tate, Thompson
in Ja. Green, Landale
out Sengun, VanVleet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGrGrTaTh 2 1 -8 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HOU Brooks, Ja. Green, Je. Green, Tate, Thompson
in Je. Green
out Landale
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrGrSeJrVa 2 3 -1 1 5 20 0 1 0 1 1 100 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1
HOU Bullock Jr., Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
in Bullock Jr., Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
out Brooks, Je. Green, Tate, Thompson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrGrJrVaWh 2 4 0 2 6 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 2
HOU Bullock Jr., Je. Green, Smith Jr., VanVleet, Whitmore
in Je. Green, Whitmore
out Ja. Green, Sengun
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrGrJrThWh 2 3 -1 1 3 33 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
HOU Bullock Jr., Je. Green, Samuels Jr., Thompson, Whitmore
in Samuels Jr., Thompson
out Smith Jr., VanVleet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoJrThWhWi 5 6 -9 3 12 25 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 3
HOU Holiday, Samuels Jr., Thompson, Whitmore, Williams
in Holiday, Williams
out Bullock Jr., Je. Green
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaJrWaFuSu 6 18 +6 6 13 46 4 6 67 0 0 0 2 4 6 4 0 0 1 2
ORL Banchero, Carter Jr., F. Wagner, Fultz, Suggs
in Banchero, Carter Jr., F. Wagner, Fultz, Suggs
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnBaJrWaFu 3 7 +3 2 6 33 1 3 33 4 4 100 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 0
ORL Anthony, Banchero, Carter Jr., F. Wagner, Fultz
in Anthony
out Suggs
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnHaInIsWa 7 15 +4 7 12 58 1 5 20 0 0 0 2 7 9 3 0 1 4 6
ORL Anthony, Harris, Ingles, Isaac, M. Wagner
in Harris, Ingles, Isaac, M. Wagner
out Banchero, Carter Jr., F. Wagner, Fultz
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnJrHaInIs 1 0 -3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
ORL Anthony, Carter Jr., Harris, Ingles, Isaac
in Carter Jr.
out M. Wagner
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnBaJrInSu 2 4 +1 2 5 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
ORL Anthony, Banchero, Carter Jr., Ingles, Suggs
in Banchero, Suggs
out Harris, Isaac
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaJrWaFuSu 13 27 -2 10 23 43 1 7 14 4 5 80 4 6 10 3 5 0 4 5
ORL Banchero, Carter Jr., F. Wagner, Fultz, Suggs
in F. Wagner, Fultz
out Anthony, Ingles
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnHaInIsWa 5 15 +11 5 10 50 1 6 17 5 6 83 1 9 10 3 0 3 1 4
ORL Anthony, Harris, Ingles, Isaac, M. Wagner
in Anthony, Harris, Ingles, Isaac, M. Wagner
out Banchero, Carter Jr., F. Wagner, Fultz, Suggs
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnWaHaInWa 1 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 100 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
ORL Anthony, F. Wagner, Harris, Ingles, M. Wagner
in F. Wagner
out Isaac
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnBaWaHaIn :56 2 0 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ORL Anthony, Banchero, F. Wagner, Harris, Ingles
in Banchero
out M. Wagner
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnBaJrWaFu 2 6 +3 2 4 50 0 1 0 2 2 100 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0
ORL Anthony, Banchero, Carter Jr., F. Wagner, Fultz
in Carter Jr., Fultz
out Harris, Ingles
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BiBlHoHoOk 5 15 +9 5 8 62 1 4 25 4 5 80 1 6 7 2 1 2 1 1
ORL Bitadze, Black, Houstan, Howard, Okeke
in Bitadze, Black, Houstan, Howard, Okeke
out Anthony, Banchero, Carter Jr., F. Wagner, Fultz
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ORLAB A. Black
CA C. Anthony
CH C. Houstan
CO C. Okeke
FW F. Wagner
GB G. Bitadze
GH G. Harris
JH J. Howard
JI J. Ingles
JI J. Isaac
JS J. Suggs
MF M. Fultz
MW M. Wagner
PB P. Banchero
WC W. Carter Jr.
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
CW C. Whitmore
DB D. Brooks
FV F. VanVleet
JG J. Green
JL J. Landale
JS J. Samuels Jr.
JS J. Smith Jr.
JT J. Tate
JG Je. Green
NW N. Williams
RB R. Bullock Jr.
ORL/HOU the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur