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Paolo Banchero scored 32 points and the Orlando Magic defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 117-108 on Wednesday night. Franz Wagner scored 24 points and Moritz Wagner added 18 points for the Magic, who've won three straight and moved a half game ahead of the idle New York Knicks for fourth in the Eastern Conference. CJ McCollum had 36 points and 10 rebounds for New Orleans, which has lost three straight and four of five, slipping from fourth to sixth in the Western Conference, just half a game...

Paolo Banchero scores 32, Magic hand Pelicans third-straight loss

Paolo Banchero scored 32 points and the Orlando Magic defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 117-108 on Wednesday night.

The Los Angeles Clippers (34-15) take a four-game winning streak into a home matchup with the New Orleans Pelicans (29-21), who have won three straight. The

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The New Orleans Pelicans (20-14) are 6.5-point underdogs as they attempt to extend a four-game road winning streak when they take on the Minnesota

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CJ McCollum scored 33 points and the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans beat the Detroit Pistons 125-116 on Thursday with both teams playing for the second straight night.

CJ McCollum says he enjoys basketball too much to allow fatigue or a thrown-off routine to stop him from doing what he can to carry the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans through back-to-back games. “I actually owe that kid some shoes,” an exhausted but grinning McCollum said. The Pelicans, however, beat the Pistons, 125-116, thanks in large part to McCollum with his 33-point night.

With stars up for grabs, the championship race feeling wide open and the trade machine always at the ready, there's never been a better time for a round of…