First he criticized, then he delivered: Led by Franz Wagner, the Orlando Magic clinched their second NBA win of the season.
European basketball champion Franz Wagner ended the series of defeats with the Orlando Magic in the NBA and won his second win of the season against the Charlotte Hornets with a score of 123:107. Wagner was the best scorer of the game with 21 points and also had five rebounds and three assists, although his participation was still questionable before the game due to soreness in his heel.
The highly traded Magic had previously lost four games in a row, which prompted Wagner to criticize the fundamentals. “We lack effort in defense,” he said after the clear 116:135 win at the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night. “This isn’t the first game in this short season where we felt like we didn’t play as hard as we can – that’s unacceptable.”
Da Silva with 19 points
Shortly after his contract extension, Wagner’s national teammate Tristan da Silva also impressed as a player off the bench with 19 points against Charlotte. Orlando had drawn an option the day before the sixth game of the season and extended the 24-year-old’s contract by one year until 2027.
