Orlando Magic rookie Paolo Banchero was added to the workforce’s Tuesday night damage report for his or her Wednesday house sport vs. the Dallas Mavericks.
Banchero was listed as questionable due to a sprained left ankle.
He rolled the ankle on a drive to the basket with 2:51 remaining in Monday’s 134-127 loss to the Houston Rockets at Amway Middle.
Banchero, the No. 1 choose in June’s draft, completed the sport, recording 30 factors on 8-of-16 capturing and 12 of 14 on free throws to go along with 6 rebounds and 4 assists in 35 minutes.
He’s one among 5 Magic gamers who has performed in all 11 video games getting into Wednesday and one among three, together with Wendell Carter Jr. and Franz Wagner, to start out in each sport.
Banchero is averaging a team-high 23.5 factors, which is also essentially the most amongst rookies and twenty first amongst all gamers, to go along with 8.3 rebounds and three.6 assists in 34.6 minutes.
Two-way guard Kevon Harris additionally was added to the damage report and was listed as questionable due to a left rib contusion.
Cole Anthony (torn proper inside indirect), Markelle Fultz (fractured left massive toe), Gary Harris (left knee damage restoration), Jonathan Isaac (left knee damage restoration) and Moe Wagner (sprained proper midfoot) stay sidelined.
Tonight’s sport will tip off at 5:30 p.m, 1 1/2 hours sooner than initially scheduled, due to Tropical Storm Nicole.
Amway Middle’s doorways will open at 4:30 p.m.
This would be the Magic’s fourth of a seven-game homestand that kicked off with a win towards the Golden State Warriors on Thursday.
The Magic (2-9) have dropped their final two, blowing a 20-point lead in a loss to the Sacramento Kings on Saturday and permitting the Rockets to knock down 24 of 48 3-point makes an attempt (50%).
“They had been simply comfy,” Terrence Ross mentioned in regards to the Rockets’ prolific capturing efficiency. “We didn’t do a fantastic job of taking them out of their consolation zone. They may not be the very best 3-point shooters however they’re nonetheless NBA gamers and so they’re succesful. They only obtained actually comfy actually early.”
The Magic, who trailed by as many as 17 within the fourth, introduced their deficit right down to 4 late within the quarter however didn’t do sufficient to totally shut the hole.
Monday’s loss adopted the workforce’s sample of not persistently nailing the main points that matter for successful.
“We speak about dominating the easy, and we had been nonetheless in that sport due to our combat,” coach Jamahl Mosley mentioned. “However there’s the opposite aspect of it the place we have now to proceed to grasp the easy performs — caring for the basketball, defending with out fouling early and understanding who you’re closing out to on the 3-point line. Understanding these little items will proceed to assist us develop and get higher.”
The Mavericks (6-3) are on a four-game successful streak that began with a victory over the Magic on Oct. 30 in Dallas. They’re coming off a 96-94 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday.
As a part of the league’s help for civic engagement, no video games had been performed on Election Day.
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