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Booker scored 33 in Phoenix’s 132–119 loss to Portland, but the Suns were outrebounded 47–39. Orlando arrives 2–5, yet 2–1 on the road. Watch Phoenix finish stops and the Magic protect the ball after 17 turnovers against Washington. Williams is out for Phoenix; Banchero and Suggs are out for Orlando.
Phoenix is 1–5 after losing to Portland despite Booker’s 33 points and 13-for-13 free-throw shooting. The Suns lost the rebounding count 47–39. Orlando is 2–5 after a loss to Washington, with 24 points and six assists from Wagner and 20 points from Bane. The Magic committed 17 turnovers and conceded 21 fast-break points.
Watch the possessions between the highlights: the rebound after a stop, and the pass that keeps the defense from running. Williams remains out for Phoenix; Banchero and Suggs are out for Orlando on the 4:45 p.m. ET report.
Orlando is 2–1 away from home despite a 2–5 overall record.
Booker made all 13 free throws against Portland, scored 33 and fouled out.
Phoenix lost the rebounding count 47–39; Orlando committed 17 turnovers in its latest loss.
Devin Booker scored 33 points Wednesday, and Phoenix still lost by 13. The Suns return home at 1–5 after a 132–119 defeat in Portland. Their next opponent, the 2–5 Magic, is also looking for a response after losing 103–94 to Washington.
This game offers a useful test of what scoring totals leave out. Phoenix needs defensive possessions that actually end with the ball. Orlando needs its attacks to end with a shot rather than a turnover that sends the other team running.
Booker made all 13 of his free throws against Portland but fouled out. His scoring gave Phoenix something to work with; his sixth foul put a limit on how long he could help.
Orlando’s Franz Wagner had 24 points and six assists against Washington. Desmond Bane added 20 points and four made threes. Watch how often they can create an advantage without asking the other one to rescue a possession late in the clock.
The missing frontcourt pieces matter. The 4:45 p.m. ET report lists Mark Williams out for Phoenix and Paolo Banchero out for Orlando. Those are current designations, not promises about a return date.
Orlando also lists Jalen Suggs, Jonathan Isaac, Izaiyah Nelson and Noah Penda out. Phoenix lists Jordan Goodwin and Rasheer Fleming out. Watch the actual combinations on the floor rather than assuming either team can use its preferred group.
Stay with the play after Phoenix forces a miss. Portland won the rebounding count 47–39, and Donovan Clingan finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds on 9-for-12 shooting. A defense has more work to do after the first contested attempt.
At the other end, watch Orlando’s passes before you watch its shooting percentage. The Magic committed 17 turnovers against Washington and lost the fast-break scoring count 21–9. A safe next decision can matter as much as an ambitious first move.
Orlando’s two wins have both come away from home. The Magic enter 2–1 on the road despite being 0–4 at home. The overall record does not tell the whole location story.
Phoenix also has a counterintuitive detail from its latest loss: it committed fewer turnovers than Portland, 12 to 17. Keeping the ball was useful, but it did not solve the rebounding deficit or produce enough stops.
Booker’s 33 should not obscure Miles Bridges’ contribution: 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists without a turnover. Jalen Green added 22 points. Phoenix had more than one source of offense.
Our focus is whether those contributions come with cleaner defensive endings. For Orlando, the question is whether Wagner and Bane can keep finding useful shots without giving Phoenix easy possessions the other way. Neither side needs every problem solved in one quarter; a few repeatable improvements would be revealing.
Which would you choose for Phoenix: another 33 from Booker, or eight fewer rebounds conceded relative to the opponent? That is a good way to separate a memorable individual line from the rest of Wednesday’s result.
For Orlando, start with the road record. Does a 2–1 mark away change your expectations for a 2–5 team? Then watch whether the Magic protect the ball well enough to make that optimism useful.
The November 5, 4:45 p.m. ET report lists Paolo Banchero, Jalen Suggs, Jonathan Isaac, Izaiyah Nelson and Noah Penda out for Orlando. Phoenix lists Mark Williams, Jordan Goodwin and Rasheer Fleming out. Source
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