{"id":482675,"date":"2024-05-04T02:54:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T06:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482675"},"modified":"2024-05-04T02:31:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T06:31:34","slug":"magic-overcome-mitchells-50-points-to-force-game-7-vs-cavaliers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/magic-overcome-mitchells-50-points-to-force-game-7-vs-cavaliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic overcome Mitchell&#8217;s 50 points to force Game 7 vs Cavaliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling showdown, the Orlando Magic emerged victorious with a 103-96 win 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\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>, forcing a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference first-round series.<\/p>\n<p>Paolo Banchero led the charge for the Magic with an impressive 27-point performance, while Franz Wagner contributed 26 points to the team&#8217;s success. Jalen Suggs showcased his sharpshooting skills, sinking six 3-pointers on his way to scoring 22 points.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Paolo Banchero with 27 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST as the Magic BEAT the Cavaliers 103-96 to FORCE GAME 7! \ud83d\ude24 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i8huRA6DLd\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/i8huRA6DLd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bballforever_\/status\/1786572586140500206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite Donovan Mitchell&#8217;s remarkable 50-point effort for the Cavaliers, the Magic managed to even the best-of-seven series at three wins apiece. This victory marks the Magic&#8217;s first Game 7 since the 2009 playoffs, highlighting their determination to advance in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>The decisive Game 7 will take place in Cleveland on Sunday afternoon, with both teams eager to secure a spot in the conference semifinals. So far, the series has seen the home team emerge victorious in each of the first six games, setting the stage for an intense showdown.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of Sunday&#8217;s clash will advance to face the top-seeded <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\">Boston Celtics<\/a><\/a><\/a> in the conference semifinals, adding an extra layer of excitement to the upcoming matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Despite missing out on an opportunity to clinch victory in Game 6, Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff remains optimistic and confident in his team&#8217;s ability to rise to the occasion in the crucial Game 7.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qUJRNrsSEeI?si=SNTQPiV6JYkXAixY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling showdown, the Orlando Magic emerged victorious with a 103-96 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, forcing a Game 7 in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482676,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17531,16758],"news_category":[16706,14084],"gn_keywords":[18066,17892],"acf":{"announce":"Orlando clinch 103-96 win and send the tie into a decisive seventh game","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\/482675"}],"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=482675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482678,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482675\/revisions\/482678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482675"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482675"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}