Franz Wagner 得点する／非難する／２０s 28 to lead the 魔法 to a 127-119 勝利，勝つ over the Wizards
WASHINGTON (AP) - Franz Wagner had 28 points, nine 補助装置s, and eight 回復するs, 新人 Anthony 黒人／ボイコット 得点する／非難する／２０d a career-high 23 points and the Orlando 魔法 敗北・負かすd the Washington Wizards 127-119 on Tuesday night.
"We´re playing good ball 権利 now, and I´m just trying to 焦点（を合わせる） on that, honestly," 黒人／ボイコット said. "It´s going to come game-by-game, getting more comfortable. So I´m just trying to keep doing things that´s helping us 勝利，勝つ."
Paolo Banchero overcame a slow start to finish with 24 points and eight 補助装置s and Jalen Suggs returned from a two-game absence 予定 to a left wrist 傷害 to 得点する／非難する／２０ 11.
"He looked good. His 条件ing was on point, he was out there defending the 権利 way, はうing into the basketball, trying to do a lot of the 権利 things," 魔法 coach Jamahl Mosley said of Suggs. "Having a couple of games off, there wasn´t as much rust as we´d thought there´d be."
Jordan Poole had 30 points to lead the Wizards, who have lost four of their last five, and Tyus Jones 追加するd 22.
追跡するing by as many as eight, Washington´s （法廷の）裁判 （機の）カム up with 12 points in the first ４半期/4分の1, and a 14-4 run tied things at 33 after one.
Washington Wizards guard Jordan Poole (13) 作品 to get past Orlando 魔法 今後 Franz Wagner (22) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The 魔法 went on a 7-0 run to take a 45-38 lead in the second ４半期/4分の1 and 軍隊 Washington to call timeout with 6:44 left in the half.
The Wizards´ Corey Kispert （機の）カム off the （法廷の）裁判 and started the game 6 of 6 含むing 3 of 3 on 3-pointers for 15 first-half points as Washington fought 支援する from 負かす／撃墜する nine to 追跡する 63-60 at the half.
The 魔法 led by as many as nine several times in the third before Banchero 攻撃する，衝突する a left-手渡すd layup for the last 発射 of the third ４半期/4分の1 to give Orlando a 98-88 lead.
Washington 追跡するd by as many as 17 in the fourth ４半期/4分の1, but an 11-0 run capped by Jones´ 3-pointer made it 117-111 with 3:10 remaining. Poole 攻撃する，衝突する a pair of 解放する／自由な throws with 2:02 remaining to 削減（する） the 赤字 to four and did so again on a dunk with just under a minute to play, but that´s the closest Washington got.
"It´s the togetherness that we have, our 宙に浮く, our communication," Wagner said. "We have guys that like playing with each other and for each other and I think that shows in the last couple of minutes when stuff isn´t going our way that we come together and 肉親，親類d of find our groove again."
The 魔法 had 70 points in the paint and 原因（となる）d 21 turnovers. They´ve won the first three games of a four-game 正規の／正選手 season series with the Wizards.
"全体にわたる, I think schematically we did the 権利 things," Wizards coach Wes Unseld Jr. said. "Clean up on a couple of those turnovers and some of the 移行 適切な時期s and paint points, I think it´s a different ballgame."
Daniel Gafford had 13 points and 13 回復するs while Kyle Kuzma had 17 for the Wizards. However, he was only 6 of 18 from the field while accounting for six turnovers.
"I just didn´t play 井戸／弁護士席," Kuzma said. "If I would have 設立する more of a rhythm, we probably would have won because everybody else played 井戸／弁護士席."
UP NEXT
魔法: Host Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
Wizards: Host Toronto on Wednesday night.
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Washington Wizards guard Delon Wright (55) shoots over Orlando 魔法 guard Cole Anthony (50) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Orlando 魔法 guard Jalen Suggs (4) tips the ball away from Washington Wizards 今後 Kyle Kuzma (33) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Washington Wizards 今後 Kyle Kuzma (33) passes the ball past Orlando 魔法 guard Jalen Suggs (4) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Orlando 魔法 今後 Paolo Banchero (5) can't stop a 発射 by Washington Wizards 今後 Kyle Kuzma (33) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Phot o/Alex Brandon)
Orlando 魔法 guard Anthony 黒人／ボイコット (0) shoots against Washington Wizards 今後 Corey Kispert (24) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Orlando 魔法 guard Jalen Suggs (4) shoots between Washington Wizards 今後 Corey Kispert (24) and 中心 Daniel Gafford (21) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Orlando 魔法 guard Gary Harris (14) shoots in 前線 of Washington Wizards 中心 Daniel Gafford (21) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Orlando 魔法 今後 Paolo Banchero (5) passes the ball in 前線 of Washington Wizards 中心 Daniel Gafford (21) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Orlando 魔法 guard Cole Anthony looks to shoot the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Washington Wizards 今後 Kyle Kuzma, 権利, passes the ball past Orlando 魔法 guard Jalen Suggs during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Orlando 魔法 中心 Moritz Wagner, 底（に届く） left, hangs の上に the loose ball with Washington Wizards 中心 Daniel Gafford on 最高の，を越す of him, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
