Aren’t they meant to be tanking? Battlers stun powerhouse AGAIN; LA’s crushing $282m blow: Wrap

The Orlando Magic have stunned the Celtics again, beating them a second-straight game in Boston 95-92 on Monday (all times AEDT).

Paolo Banchero led the way for Orlando with 31 points and a career-high six triples plus six rebounds and two steals to continue the No.1 draft pick’s impressive rookie season.

It was a wild end to the game, with Malcolm Brogdon hitting a three to get the Celtics within one point with 56 seconds left. But the Magic got consecutive offensive rebounds on two misses including calling a timeout after a chaos battle for a rebound inside the last 15 seconds.

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Davis is out for at least a month (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)Source: FOX SPORTS

After starting the campaign 2-10, LA has since gone 10-6 (currently 12-16 overall) to sit 12th in the West and one and a half games outside the play-in tournament.

But the Lakers will now need to get by without Davis, who’s arguably taken the mantle from LeBron James as the team’s best player, for the next several weeks – potentially longer given his injury history.

It’s good news however for the second-seeded New Orleans Pelicans, who have rights to swap first round-picks with the Lakers, as their prospects of landing Victor Wembanyama just got a significant boost.

It comes ahead of the Lakers’ road game against the Washington Wizards on Monday.

ALL RESULTS

MAGIC 95 CELTICS 92

KNICKS – PACERS

NETS – PISTONS

WARRIORS – RAPTORS