Orlando Sentinel · Nov 24, 2025
Beede’s Breakdown: Shorthanded Magic fight late but fall at Celtics
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Magic guard Desmond Bane drives against Celtics guard Anfernee Simons during the first quarter at TD Garden on Sunday. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)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.