Indiana Pacers @ Orlando Magic
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
Kia Center, Orlando, FL | Game ID: 22400217
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ORL 18 23 27 26 94IND 27 18 27 18 90
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Franz Wagner scores 29 points, Magic beat Pacers 94-90 to improve to 6-0 at home
ORLANDO, Fla. -- — Franz Wagner scored 29 points, Jalen Suggs hit two free throws with 9.8 seconds left and the Orlando Magic beat the Indiana Pacers 94-90 on Wednesday night to remain unbeaten at home.
Orlando is 6-0 at home this season and has won 13 in a row overall at home.
Pascal Siakam led Indiana with 29 points. Bennedict Mathurin added 23 points — scoring 12 straight Pacers points late in the fourth quarter — and 12 rebounds. Tyrese Haliburton had with nine points and 12 assists.
Goga Bitadze added 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Magic. Anthony Black came off the bench for six points, six assists, four steals and a block.
Takeaways Pacers: The Pacers survived a scoreless half by Haliburton to lead 45-41, but the NBA’s third-best 3-point shooting team could not survive 10-for-30 shooting from behind the arc.
Magic: The Magic relied on defense (10 blocks, eight steals, 38% Indiana shooting).
Key moment The Pacers had a four-point lead and momentum in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter when Black blocked a layup by Johnny Furphy , igniting a 13-1 Orlando run. Indiana did not score in the fourth quarter until Siakam hit a 3-pointer at 7:26.
Key stats Bitadze, Jonathan Isaac (11) and rookie Tristan daSilva (9) led Orlando to a 50-41 rebounding advantage.
Up next The Pacers return home to face Miami on Friday night. The Magic host Philadelphia on on Friday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
INDBM B. Mathurin
BS B. Sheppard
EF E. Freeman
JF J. Furphy
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
GB G. Bitadze
JH J. Howard
JI J. Isaac
JS J. Suggs
KC K. Caldwell-Pope
MW M. Wagner
TD T. da Silva
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