Anthony Davis had 27 points and nine rebounds to help the visiting Washington Wizards to a 103-94 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday.
Kyshawn George added 22 points and 4 3-pointers, and AJ Dybants added 21 points for Washington, which won back-to-back games for the first time this season. Trae Young had 15 points and nine assists for the Wizards, who have lost 13 of their last 14 games against the Magic.
Franz Wagner led Orlando with 24 points, and Desmond Bane had 20 points. Jamal Kane and Tristan da Silva had 10 goals apiece for the Magic, who lost four tries in Game 3 and failed to score 100 points for the fourth time this season.
Washington used a Deandre Ayton dunk and back-to-back baskets by Davis to extend their one-point lead to eight with 5:37 left in the third.
Wagner’s layup and da Silva’s 3-pointer made it 71-68, but Bub Carrington’s 3-pointer and Young’s basket gave the Wizards a 79-68 lead in the fourth.
The Magic scored just nine points in the third quarter and entered the final quarter having missed 18 of their last 20 3-point attempts.
Wagner converted a sliding layup to pull the Magic within five with 3:45 left in the fourth, but George drilled a mid-range jumper and Dybantsa and Bilal Coulibaly made back-to-back jumpers to build a 99-88 lead with 1:28 left.
After Da Silva’s layup made it 99-90, Coulibaly iced the road victory by hitting an assist from George to seal the Wizards’ first win in Orlando since Dec. 30, 2022.
Nikola Vucevic scored five of Orlando’s nine straight points to end the first quarter and give the Magic a 33-28 lead going into the second half.
Vucevic and Jase Richardson opened the second quarter with back-to-back layups to extend Orlando’s lead to nine. Washington then scored eight straight goals in a span of one minute to score points.
The Wizards took a 51-48 lead on Davis’ layup with 4:16 left in the first half.
After Davis’ four straight points gave the visitors a 60-57 advantage, Wagner’s layup in the final seconds cut Orlando’s halftime deficit to 1.
– Field Level Media