Orlando Sentinel · Dec 14, 2025
Magic head home after falling short in NBA Cup to Knicks: ‘We battled’
Magic guard Desmond Bane (3) goes to shoot around Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) during the first half of Saturday's NBA Cup semifinal in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill)LAS VEGAS — Trailing the Knicks by 10 points three minutes into the third quarter of Saturday’s NBA Cup semifinal, Magic coach Jamahl Mosley called timeout.
By the next stoppage roughly four minutes later, Orlando had stormed back to take a 2-point lead and felt confident it had cracked the code against New York by driving to the basket, forcing turnovers and hitting 3s in the second half under the bright lights of T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The only problem?
The Knicks weren’t rattled.