Indiana Pacers @ Orlando Magic
Monday, October 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
Kia Center, Orlando, FL | Game ID: 22400102
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ORL 35 36 22 26 119IND 36 23 39 17 115
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Paolo Banchero stars as the Orlando Magic beat the Indiana Pacers 119-115
ORLANDO, Fla. -- — Paolo Banchero scored a career-high 50 points, and the Orlando Magic beat the Indiana Pacers 119-115 on Monday night.
Banchero also had 13 rebounds and nine assists in a terrific performance .
Jalen Suggs had 25 points and seven assists for Orlando, and reserve Mo Wagner finished with 14 points.
Pascal Siakam had 26 points and nine rebounds for the Pacers, who wiped out a 13-point Magic lead in the third quarter but went cold in the final minutes. Tyrese Haliburton had 19 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists.
Banchero tied a franchise record with 37 points in the first half, matching Tracy McGrady on March 9, 2003.
Takeaways Pacers: Went 20 for 30 at the free-throw line while falling to 1/3 on the season.
Magic: Banchero helped the Magic hold on after losing leading scorer Franz Wagner (illness) in the third quarter.
Key moment The game was slipping away from the Magic after Indiana’s 22-3 run in the third quarter. But Banchero came up with a backcourt steal and fed Mo Wagner for a dunk, cutting the Pacers’ lead to one and bringing the crowd back into the game.
Key stat The Pacers shot 22 free throws in the third quarter and none in the fourth.
Up next The Pacers host Boston on Wednesday night while the Magic open a five-game trip at Chicago.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
INDAN A. Nembhard
AN A. Nesmith
BM B. Mathurin
BS B. Sheppard
IJ I. Jackson
JW J. Walker
MT M. Turner
OT O. Toppin
PS P. Siakam
TH T. Haliburton
TM T. McConnell
ORLAB A. Black
CA C. Anthony
FW F. Wagner
GH G. Harris
JH J. Howard
JS J. Suggs
KC K. Caldwell-Pope
MW M. Wagner
PB P. Banchero
WC W. Carter Jr.
IND/ORL 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