Franz Wagner banks in a contested 3-pointer for the lead with 1:24 left. Wagner knocked down another -- this time a step-back three -- over Nic Claxton two possessions later, all but icing the Magic's seven-point win.

Magic forward Paolo Banchero would have been lying if he said he didn’t feel any angst leading up to Thursday’s MRI at the AdventHealth Training Center. Just a year removed from suffering a torn right abdominal muscle that forced him to miss two-plus months,