Magic Burnt By Spurs Hot Shooting Night, Lose First Game of Road Trip

The San Antonio Spurs put together one of their best shooting performances of the season, knocking the Orlando Magic out of Tuesday night's game.

Jeremy Brener | Mar 14, 2023

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ORLANDO - The Orlando Magic is down in the dumps after a 132-114 loss to the San Antonio Spurs Tuesday night.

The Magic struggled out of the gates and couldn't recover from the Spurs' incredibly hot night on offense. As a team, the Spurs made 22 threes and shot 56.5 percent from the field, which wasn't enough for the Magic's modest 10 threes and 45.4 percent shooting from the floor.

Paolo Banchero was the best player for the Magic tonight, scoring a team-high 27 points, but it wasn't enough to pull out a win for Orlando.

The Magic kept things close in the first half, trailing by just six points at halftime, but the Spurs pulled ahead early in the third quarter. San Antonio led by as much as 17 midway through the third quarter, but Orlando still stayed in until the latter half of the fourth quarter.

The Magic cut the deficit to as few as six points, but the Spurs pulled away to their highest scoring performance as a team since the second game of the season and cruised to victory in the final minutes.

The loss doesn't kill Orlando's faint play-in hopes, but it is on life support at the moment.

The Magic's road trip continues Thursday when the team visits its old friend Terrence Ross and the Phoenix Suns. Tipoff is scheduled for 10 p.m.

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Published Mar 14, 2023

JEREMY BRENER

Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several Fan Nation websites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster. Brener has been with Fan Nation since 2021. Brener grew up in Houston, going to Astros, Rockets and Texans games as a kid. He moved to Orlando in 2016 to go to college and pursue a degree. He hosts "The Dream Take" podcast covering the Rockets, which has produced over 350 episodes since March 2020. Brener graduated in May 2020 from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. While at UCF, Brener worked for the school's newspaper NSM.today and "Hitting the Field," a student-run sports talk show and network. He was the executive producer for "Hitting the Field" from 2019-20. During his professional career, Brener has covered a number of major sporting events including the Pro Bowl, March Madness and several NBA and NFL games. As a fan, Brener has been to the 2005 World Series, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 NCAA National Championship between the Villanova Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels. Now, Brener still resides in the Central Florida area and enjoys writing, watching TV, hanging out with friends and going to the gym. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener. For more inquiries, please email jeremybrenerchs@gmail.com.