NEW YORK (AFP) -- The NBA's Mexico City Game 2023 will feature the Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic on November 9, the league said on Wednesday, July 26. *Atlanta Hawks' Dejounte Murray drives the ball against Wendell Carter Jr. of the Orlando Magic. (AFP)* The game will mark the NBA's 32nd in Mexico...
Kai Sotto is looking to highlight his defensive might in the 2023 NBA Summer League after making the most of his on-court debut in the Orlando Magic’s 88-71 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, July 14 (Manila time), at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. After three straight DNP-CD...
Kai Sotto made his much-awaited debut worthwhile in the 2023 NBA Summer League albeit in limited action as the Orlando Magic were handed an 88-71 defeat by the Portland Trail Blazers at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on Friday morning, July 14 (Manila time). *Kai Sotto makes his...
Kai Sotto is running out of time to impress in the 2023 NBA Summer League as the Orlando Magic suffered an 82-80 overtime defeat against the New York Knicks at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on Thursday morning, July 13 (Manila time). The 7-foot-3 Filipino, who is the only center in the...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- The Orlando Magic's Paolo Banchero was named NBA rookie of the year on Tuesday, April 25, after a dazzling debut season in the league. *Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero was named as 2022-23 NBA Rookie of the Year. (AFP)* Banchero, the No.1 pick in last year's...
MIAMI (AFP) -- The Sacramento Kings ensured their first winning season in 17 years with a 101-96 win at the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday, March 16. *Domantas Sabonis of the Sacramento Kings drives to the basket during the game against the Brooklyn Nets on March 16, 2023 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn,...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Paolo Banchero led a second-half fightback as the Orlando Magic overturned a 21-point deficit to upset the Philadelphia 76ers 119-109 on Monday, Jan. 30. Paolo Banchero of the Orlando Magic dunks during the fourth quarter against the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center on...
NEW YORK (AFP) — Orlando Magic center Mo Bamba was suspended four games and Minnesota's Austin Rivers was banned for three on Saturday, a day after they sparked an on-court altercation that saw five players ejected from an NBA game. The wild scenes in Minneapolis erupted in the third quarter...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Five players were tossed from Orlando's win in Minnesota on Friday, Feb. 3, as the second NBA brawl in as many days overshadowed Phoenix's upset of the league-leading Boston Celtics. Paolo Banchero of the Orlando Magic drives to the basket during the game against the...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Number one draft pick Paolo Banchero scored 23 points as the Orlando Magic ended the injury-depleted Boston Celtics' nine-game winning streak with an upset 113-98 victory on Monday. Orlando, languishing three places off the bottom of the Eastern Conference with a 17-29 record prior...
THURSDAY (AFP) -- Jalen Suggs nailed a pair of late three-pointers as the Orlando Magic sent the Golden State Warriors crashing to a fourth straight defeat in the NBA on Thursday, Nov. 3. Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors drives on Jalen Suggs of the Orlando Magic during a game at Amway...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Boston forward Jayson Tatum poured in 40 points as the Celtics beat the Orlando Magic 126-120 on Saturday, Oct. 22, to improve to 3-0 in the fledgling NBA season while the Philadelphia 76ers fell to 0-3. Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics drives for the net as Terrence Ross...
