It was an emotional afternoon Sunday inside Kia Center when the Magic welcomed back Moe Wagner back to the court after he spent more than a year rehabbing a torn ACL in his left knee.
Orlando leaned on that energy early against the Pelicans but lacked defensive intensity throughout much of the rest of the contest.
That was until late in the fourth quarter when Jamahl Mosley’s squad came up with key defensive stops down the stretch to escape at home with a 128-118 victory in front of a sold-out crowd.