ORLANDO — Neither side has won in this building's role yet. The Magic are 0-4 at home this season, and the Bucks are 0-5 on the road. Milwaukee is 1-11 overall and has lost 8 straight games, the latest a 123-112 loss to the Lakers in which Tyler Herro scored 27 points and Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 25.
Orlando arrives off a 123-108 win over the Jazz. Franz Wagner scored 38 points in it, with 13 in the second quarter. He has averaged 28.0 points over his last 5 games, against 23.5 for the season.
The larger change in Orlando is where the shots come from. The Magic have taken 47% of their shots from three this season, after 39% last season. Their share at the rim has moved the other way, to 20% this season after 33% last season. Desmond Bane has taken 68% of his shots from three this season, after 36% last season, and he made 7 of 11 threes against the Jazz. Last season the Magic made 34.3% of their three-point attempts, the 4th-lowest in the league.
Milwaukee's profile last season sat at the other end. The Bucks took 45.7% of their shots from three, the 5th-highest in the league. Their opponents shot from deep too, taking 45.0% of their shots from three against the Bucks, the 3rd-highest. Those opponents made 37.5% of their three-point attempts against Milwaukee, also the 3rd-highest.
Since 2019-20, the Magic are 5-20 against the Bucks in the regular season. In the 2019-20 playoffs, the Bucks won the first round 4-1 against the Magic. The last meeting went to Orlando, 130-91 on March 8.