Magic's Jalen Suggs Added to Injury Report vs. Charlotte Monday with Left Hamstring Strain

Orlando Magic starting guard Jalen Suggs left Saturday's game versus the Detroit Pistons with a sore left hamstring and did not return.

Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs (4) shoots the ball against Detroit Pistons guard Marcus Sasser (25) during the second quarter at Kia Center. / Mike Watters-Imagn Images

This story has been updated from a previous version to reflect the most up-to-date status of Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs.

Orlando Magic starting guard Jalen Suggs has been added to the team's injury report ahead of Monday night's contest with the Charlotte Hornets.

Suggs did not originally appear on the report Sunday afternoon when the team submitted the health and status before departing for Charlotte. However, on Orlando's 12:30 p.m. Monday injury report, which was released just under an hour after the team concluded shootaround in Charlotte, Suggs appeared on the team's report – designated as questionable to play with a left hamstring strain.

The Magic's injury report also features Paolo Banchero (torn right oblique) and Wendell Carter Jr. (left foot plantar fasciitis).

Banchero is set to miss his 13th straight game after suffering his injury Oct. 30 at Chicago. Carter Jr. is listed as questionable for a third straight game, having missed 10 consecutive games after leaving Orlando's Nov. 3 game at Dallas in the second quarter.

Suggs left the Magic's 111-100 win over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday evening with a sore left hamstring and did not return. After checking out in the second quarter of the contest, Suggs did not remain on the team's bench as he went for evaluation. Out of halftime, he'd return to Orlando's bench, but not to game action. Second-year guard Anthony Black started the second half in his place.

Magic coach Jamahl Mosley confirmed the diagnosis of a sore left hamstring postgame Saturday, saying the team would "see how he responds to treatment.

In the locker room with reporters postgame, Suggs declined to comment at length about the injury. However, the fourth-year Gonzaga product assured that he was 'good.'

"I'm solid. I'm good," Suggs told reporters in the locker room. "Good win tonight."

Suggs finished the evening with just two points and an assist in nine minutes of action. For the season, he's the Magic's third-leading scorer – posting 14.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists a game.

He's played and started all 18 games for Orlando this season. He's coming off his healthiest season of his NBA career thus far, playing and starting 75 games in 2023-24. He'd appeared in just 101 of 164 possible games the first two seasons of his career.

Suggs is regarded as one of the toughest players on the Magic's roster. After hobbling off the floor in the Magic's Nov. 12 game vs. the Charlotte Hornets, then promptly returning after missing about three minutes of action, Mosley said postgame that nothing generally alarms him about Suggs when he needs a moment after an apparent injury.

"I know he's coming back," the coach said, accompanied by laughter. "He's a tough kid. There's a reason why he played football."

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