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Magic grind past Jazz as Utah's field goals dry up
Franz Wagner scored 38, and his driving layup with 6:30 left put Orlando ahead for good during a 4:38 Jazz stretch without a field goal.
The Orlando Magic beat the Utah Jazz 123-108 in Salt Lake City after a game that was tied at 98 with 7:20 left. Franz Wagner's driving layup with 6:30 left put Orlando ahead 100-98 for good. It began an 8-0 run, all from Wagner and Desmond Bane, that reached 106-98. Utah was last within 5 at 103-98, with 6:07 left, and never closer than 7 after it. Wagner scored 38. Darryn Peterson led the Jazz with 22.
| ORL | Stat | UTA |
|---|---|---|
| 47.1 | FG% | 40.7 |
| 39.1 | 3PT% | 31.8 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Off. rebounds | 9 |
| 87 | FG attempts | 81 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
Orlando made more threes
Orlando made 18 of 46 threes, 39.1%. Utah made 14 of 44, 31.8%.
Bane went 7 of 11 from deep for the night and scored 25. Wagner, Anthony Black and Jevon Carter made three apiece. Inside the arc the gap was smaller: Orlando shot 56.1%, Utah 51.4%.
Utah's field goals stopped three times
The Jazz went 6:17 without a field goal in the 2nd quarter. During that stretch Orlando ran off eight straight points, turning a 43-38 deficit into a 46-43 lead, and Wagner scored 13 in the quarter. The Magic led 66-59 at the half.
In the 3rd quarter, Utah's field goals stopped for 6:29. The Jazz still went into the 4th quarter ahead 87-85, after a period with nine lead changes.
Brice Sensabaugh then scored nine straight Jazz points between 9:11 and 8:01 left, the last a 26-foot pullup three that gave Utah a 96-95 lead. That three was Utah's last field goal for 4:38. Through that gap, which covered Wagner's go-ahead layup and the 8-0 run, the Jazz scored only at the line, from Jaxson Hayes and Keyonte George. It ended on Sensabaugh's own layup with 3:23 left, which made it 113-101.
Utah's bench outscored Orlando's
Utah's reserves scored 41 points. Orlando's scored 24.
Sensabaugh made 6 of 10 shots off the bench for 19, with 11 of them in the 4th quarter. Jevon Carter scored 11 for the Magic reserves. Eight came in the 4th quarter, including a three that put Orlando ahead 98-96.
Utah also made 28 of 34 free throws, against Orlando's 23 of 28.
After the drought, Peterson scored on two driving layups, and Orlando's lead reached 16 on Wagner's free throws with 0:33.2 left.
ORL ahead above the line · UTA ahead below