BOSTON — Playing away from Kia Center on the second night of a back-to-back, nothing was going to come easy for the Magic without Paolo Banchero and Jalen Suggs against Boston on Sunday.
Then in the hour leading up to tip-off, Orlando learned it would also be without centers Wendell Carter Jr. (left ankle sprain) and Goga Bitadze (sore left ankle) against the Celtics.
Missing three regular starters, Jamahl Mosley‘s squad fell to Boston 138-129 inside TD Garden during the team’s first trip back to the arena where its season ended last year in the first round of the playoffs.