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Orlando Magic at Boston Celtics

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45-37, 19-21 Away
Final
108 - 113

56-26, 30-11 Home

Celtics' reserves beat Orlando 113-108, send Magic into a play-in game against the 76ers

Doris Burke and Mark Jones share emotional moment

Ron Harper Jr. had a career-best 27 points for Boston, and Garza grabbed 12 rebounds.

Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 23 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, and Jalen Suggs scored 23 points.

The Magic (45-37) had won five straight and seemed ready to lock up a home game as the Eastern Conference’s No. 7 seed before the loss. They entered tied with Toronto for sixth, but fell to eighth and will face Philadelphia.

Boston sat eight of its regular rotation players, including stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

Playing most of the season without Tatum, who was recovering from Achilles tendon surgery, the Celtics (56-26) turned in a better-than-expected season by earning the East’s No. 2 seed.

Wendell Carter Jr’s free throw cut Boston’s lead to 108-105 with 1:37 remaining and Suggs’ right-wing 3 tied it before Garza collected a pass off an in-bounds, turned and hit his 3-pointer.

The Celtics led 101-85 early in the final quarter before the Magic cut the deficit to five points on Banchero’s layup with just under four minutes left.

Mainly behind Harper and Scheierman, Boston’s reserves hung around early, falling behind by double digits midway into the second quarter and then rallying behind a 3-point shooting barrage (9 of 16) in the third quarter to outscore the Magic 42-20 in the period and open a 94-81 lead.

The Celtics hit four 3-pointers in a 1:48 span — two by Scheierman — during a 12-2 spurt that pulled them ahead.

Up next Magic: Travel to No. 7 Philadelphia for a play-in game.

Celtics: Await their first-round playoff opponent.

Regular Season Series

BOS wins series 3-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 108 - 113
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 108 - 113
4th 0.1 Baylor Scheierman defensive rebound 108 - 113
4th 1.9 Desmond Bane misses 23-foot three point jumper 108 - 113
4th 2.7 Magic offensive team rebound 108 - 113

Statistics

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36-91 FG 36-87
40 Field Goal % 41
12-43 3PT 19-50
28 Three Point % 38
24-30 FT 22-22
80 Free Throw % 100
50 Rebounds 46
14 Offensive Rebounds 8
36 Defensive Rebounds 38
22 Assists 24
6 Steals 10
5 Blocks 6
19 Turnovers 17
0 Team Turnovers 0
19 Total Turnovers 17
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
23 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 11
40 Fast Break Points 18
42 Points in Paint 32
19 Fouls 23
11 Largest Lead 16
6 Lead Changes 6
55 Percent Led 39
Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Paul George, F Day-To-Day Nov 11
Orlando Magic Orlando Magic Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tristan da Silva, F Day-To-Day Nov 12
Jamal Cain, F Day-To-Day Nov 12
Jalen Suggs, G Out Nov 12
Jonathan Isaac, F Out Nov 9
Paolo Banchero, F Out Oct 24

Game Information

TD Garden

Location: Boston, MA
Attendance: 19,156 · Capacity:

2026-27 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta 7 5 .583 - L1
Miami 5 6 .455 1.5 W2
Charlotte 4 7 .364 2.5 W1
Orlando 4 7 .364 2.5 W2
Washington 4 8 .333 3 L5

2026-27 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston - 2 W5 0.8333333 10
Philadelphia 1 3 L1 0.75 9
New York 3.5 5 L1 0.54545456 6
Toronto 4.5 6 L2 0.45454547 5
Brooklyn 6.5 8 W1 0.27272728 3
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