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Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero will miss Tuesday night's game against the Brooklyn Nets. Magic coach Jamahl Mosley disclosed Tuesday that the team's 6-foot-10 All-Star will miss a second straight game due to illness. Banchero, the NBA Rookie of the Year last season, played 29 minutes on Saturday night in the Magic's 112-109 win at Detroit, recording 15 points and five rebounds.
Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson is starting in Tuesday's lineup against the Orlando Magic.
Franz Wagner scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half and the Orlando Magic rolled to a 108-81 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night.
The Orlando Magic didn't have their best player, but they did have the memory of two one-sided losses to the Brooklyn Nets to serve them Tuesday night. Franz Wagner scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half and the Magic, playing without All-Star forward Paolo Banchero, rolled to a 108-81 win. Banchero, Orlando’s leading scorer, missed his second straight game with an illness after playing in the team’s first 57 games.
Twice this season, the Brooklyn Nets outscored the Orlando Magic by 20 points in signature wins. Tonight was a signature loss.