Jason Beede: After starting the season 16-7, the #Magic have since gone 7-15. Paolo Banchero was asked what it will take for Orlando to get back on track: Paolo Banchero on what it will take for the Magic to get back on track: “We’ve just got to come together as much as we can, pick up the communication, pick up the intensity, and get back to being together as a group. It’s just that point in the season where it starts feeling like a grind for a lot of guys, including myself. We’ve just got to fight through it, push through it, come together as a group and be there for each other … Have each other’s backs. We did today which is why we came back but we just kind of waited too long. That hurt us but we’ll be alright. We’ve just got to, as I said, stick together and raise the level of intensity.”
Source: Twitter @therealBeede
Source: Twitter @therealBeede
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Dan Savage @Dan_Savage
Halftime: Grizzlies 68, Magic 59
Paolo Banchero – 13 pts (3 fouls)
Wendell Carter Jr. – 11 pts, 3 rebs
Moe Wagner – 9 pts
ORL – 55% FG | 23.5% 3PT (4-for-17)
MEM – 55.6% FG | 54.5% 3PT (12-for-22) – 9:08 PM
Halftime: Grizzlies 68, Magic 59
Paolo Banchero – 13 pts (3 fouls)
Wendell Carter Jr. – 11 pts, 3 rebs
Moe Wagner – 9 pts
ORL – 55% FG | 23.5% 3PT (4-for-17)
MEM – 55.6% FG | 54.5% 3PT (12-for-22) – 9:08 PM
Dan Savage @Dan_Savage
Paolo Banchero has 10 first-quarter points, but also picks up his third foul on the night with 2:21 remaining in the opening frame. – 8:33 PM
Paolo Banchero has 10 first-quarter points, but also picks up his third foul on the night with 2:21 remaining in the opening frame. – 8:33 PM
Damichael Cole @DamichaelC
Good start for Memphis so far. First 15 points were scored on four made 3-pointers. Jaren Jackson Jr. has already forced two fouls on Paolo Banchero. – 8:18 PM
Good start for Memphis so far. First 15 points were scored on four made 3-pointers. Jaren Jackson Jr. has already forced two fouls on Paolo Banchero. – 8:18 PM
Dan Savage @Dan_Savage
The @OrlandoMagic will start Markelle Fultz, Jalen Suggs, Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero, and Wendell Carter Jr. against the Memphis Grizzlies tonight. – 6:32 PM
The @OrlandoMagic will start Markelle Fultz, Jalen Suggs, Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero, and Wendell Carter Jr. against the Memphis Grizzlies tonight. – 6:32 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
NBA All-Stars if only the player votes counted:
West
– Jokic, James, Durant, Gilgeous-Alexander, Doncic
– Curry, Edwards, Leonard, Davis, Booker, George, Fox
East
– G. Antetokounmpo, Embiid, Tatum, Haliburton, Maxey
– Brunson, Banchero, Lillard, Adebayo, Mitchell, Young, Brown – 9:43 AM
NBA All-Stars if only the player votes counted:
West
– Jokic, James, Durant, Gilgeous-Alexander, Doncic
– Curry, Edwards, Leonard, Davis, Booker, George, Fox
East
– G. Antetokounmpo, Embiid, Tatum, Haliburton, Maxey
– Brunson, Banchero, Lillard, Adebayo, Mitchell, Young, Brown – 9:43 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
At least two of these ten players in the East won’t be an All-Star this season, barring injury replacement:
– Jaylen Brown
– Tyrese Maxey
– Donovan Mitchell
– Jalen Brunson
– Julius Randle
– Bam Adebayo
– Jimmy Butler
– Paolo Banchero
– Trae Young
– DeMar DeRozan – 7:19 PM
At least two of these ten players in the East won’t be an All-Star this season, barring injury replacement:
– Jaylen Brown
– Tyrese Maxey
– Donovan Mitchell
– Jalen Brunson
– Julius Randle
– Bam Adebayo
– Jimmy Butler
– Paolo Banchero
– Trae Young
– DeMar DeRozan – 7:19 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
👀 for Suns representation at airport.
Indianapolis #NBAAllStar2024 host. Started where I got off the plane.
Steph Curry, rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr., Giannis Antetokounmpo, De’Aaron Fox, Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren, Tyrese Maxey and #Pacers Bennedict Mathurin.
No #Suns yet. pic.twitter.com/i1QN0TKdyS – 5:10 PM
👀 for Suns representation at airport.
Indianapolis #NBAAllStar2024 host. Started where I got off the plane.
Steph Curry, rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr., Giannis Antetokounmpo, De’Aaron Fox, Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren, Tyrese Maxey and #Pacers Bennedict Mathurin.
No #Suns yet. pic.twitter.com/i1QN0TKdyS – 5:10 PM
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The Grizzlies got one more defensive stand in the final seconds as they held on to defeat the Magic 107-106 at FedExForum. The Grizzlies (18-27) have won three straight games. Orlando (23-22) was led by Paolo Banchero with 27 points. Jaren Jackson Jr. led the Grizzlies with 30 points. -via Memphis Commercial Appeal / January 26, 2024
Marc J. Spears: Highlighted by LeBron, Curry and KD, @usabasketball announces 41-athlete player pool for the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s National Team. The 12-member team will represent the United States at Olympic Summer Games in Paris, will be announced after the NBA season. pic.twitter.com/tfHK9NxNUm -via Twitter @MarcJSpears / January 23, 2024
Chris Haynes: Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Edwards, Desmond Bane, Damian Lillard, Jimmy Butler, Jarrett Allen, Paolo Banchero, Aaron Gordon and Austin Reaves among 35-40 pool of players selected for Team USA roster consideration ahead of Paris Olympics this summer, sources tell @NBAonTNT,… -via Twitter @ChrisBHaynes / January 23, 2024
