{"id":482363,"date":"2024-04-26T03:09:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T07:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482363"},"modified":"2024-04-26T02:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T06:35:00","slug":"magic-beats-cavaliers-121-83-as-banchero-nets-31-points","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/magic-beats-cavaliers-121-83-as-banchero-nets-31-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic beats Cavaliers 121-83 as Banchero nets 31 points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paolo Banchero put on a dazzling display, notching 31 points and grabbing 14 rebounds to propel the Orlando Magic to 121-83 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a><\/a><\/a> in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.<\/p>\n<p>Despite trailing 2-1 in the best-of-seven series, the fifth-seeded Magic demonstrated they have what it takes to battle for their spot in the next round, with Game 4 slated for Saturday afternoon in Orlando.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Paolo Banchero was ridiculous tonight. 31 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Also had no turnovers. This moment summed up his night for me: Weaponizes the threat of his scoring to create an open shot for his teammate. In total control of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Orlando Magic have life. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5JotHrl1x3\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/5JotHrl1x3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin O&#8217;Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinOConnorNBA\/status\/1783675543327842772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Banchero sank four 3-pointers and dominated the offensive glass with seven rebounds, igniting the Magic&#8217;s offensive onslaught.<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Suggs contributed 24 points on an efficient 9-of-11 shooting performance, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc, while Franz Wagner added 16 points, eight assists, and five rebounds to complement Orlando&#8217;s commanding victory.<\/p>\n<p>The third quarter proved decisive as the Magic exploded for 35 of their 51 points, seizing a commanding 96-61 lead and effectively putting the game out of reach. This offensive outburst marked a stark contrast to their previous two outings, where Orlando struggled to muster just 83 and 86 points, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando&#8217;s offensive efficiency was on full display, shooting an impressive 51.1 percent from the field and dominating the boards with a 51-32 rebounding advantage while committing just eight turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a valiant effort from Cleveland, including 15 points and eight rebounds from Jarrett Allen, and 15 points off the bench from Caris LeVert, the Cavaliers faltered, shooting a paltry 23.5 percent (8 of 34) from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland briefly held a 21-18 lead in the first quarter before Orlando closed out the period with a decisive 13-0 run. The Magic continued to build on their lead, extending it to 21 points at 55-34 in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando&#8217;s dominance continued in the third quarter, as they outscored the Cavaliers 35-16, effectively putting the game out of reach and securing a commanding victory to keep their playoff hopes alive.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/45NBfxd6MC4?si=FewzVkzh6LxZvbkf\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paolo Banchero put on a dazzling display, notching 31 points and grabbing 14 rebounds to propel the Orlando Magic to 121-83 victory over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482364,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17531,16758,17278],"news_category":[16706,14084],"gn_keywords":[18066,17892,19030],"acf":{"announce":"Orlando is back into the series, narrowing down their deficit to 2-1","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482366,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482363\/revisions\/482366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482363"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482363"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}