Boston Celtics @ Orlando Magic
Monday, December 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
Kia Center, Orlando, FL | Game ID: 22400393
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ORL 21 22 36 29 108BOS 32 26 21 25 104
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Da Silva's late 3 preserves Magic's 108-104 comeback win over Tatum-less Celtics
ORLANDO, Fla. -- — Tristan da Silva scored 18 points and made a critical 3-pointer with 9.9 seconds left, and the Orlando Magic rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit Monday night for a 108-104 victory over the Boston Celtics , who were missing Jayson Tatum because of an illness.
With Tatum sidelined two nights after his 43-point triple-double in a win at Chicago, Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 35 points.
Boston led 58-43 at halftime, but the Magic dominated the third quarter to tie the game by the end of that period, and they pushed ahead by 10 in the fourth. The Celtics made a late run and Brown’s layup got Boston within 105-104 with 59.6 seconds left. Al Horford missed a potential go-ahead 3-pointer for the Celtics, and da Silva responded with his game-sealing 3.
Trevelin Queen added 17 points in his first NBA start and Jalen Suggs scored 16 for the Magic. Kristaps Porzingis and Derrick White each scored 17 for the Celtics.
Magic center Goga Bitadze was ejected with 3:36 left for stepping into an altercation between Suggs and Porzingis, both of whom drew technical fouls.
Takeaways Celtics: The defending NBA champions went cold in the second half in their final road game of 2024.
Magic: Orlando was outplayed in the first half for a second straight game while playing without Paolo Banchero , Franz Wagner and Mo Wagner, but still found a way to win.
Key moment Late in the third quarter, Cole Anthony lost the ball on a drive, stole it back in the corner and drove around the 7-foot-3 Porzingis and 7-2 Luke Kornet for a reverse layup to give the Magic their first lead, 73-72.
Key stat The Celtics, who average almost 19 3-pointers per game on 51 attempts, shot 8 for 32 from distance.
Up next Celtics: Host Philadelphia on Christmas Day.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
BOSAH A. Horford
DW D. White
JB J. Brown
JH J. Holiday
KP K. Porziņģis
LK L. Kornet
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
ORLAB A. Black
CA C. Anthony
GB G. Bitadze
JH J. Howard
JI J. Isaac
JS J. Suggs
KC K. Caldwell-Pope
TQ T. Queen
TD T. da Silva
WC W. Carter Jr.
BOS/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