Orlando Pinstriped Post · Dec 1, 2022
Hawks 125, Magic 108: Markelle Fultz returns but Magic’s defensive struggles continue
Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty ImagesThe Magic finally got some of their guards back. But they really could have used a center.
On a night Markelle Fultz made his season debut and Cole Anthony returned from a 16-game absence, the Magic’s defensive struggles continued as they were dominated inside and on the boards in a 125-108 loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
Fultz, who missed the first 21 games of the season with a fractured toe, went right to work by backing down Dejounte Murray in the post and hitting a baby hook in the paint on his first shot attempt of the game.