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\nMIAMI: No. 1 draft pick Paolo Banchero scored 23 points as the Orlando Magic ended the injury-depleted Boston Celtics\u2019 nine-game winning streak with an upset 113-98 victory on Monday.<\/p>\n
\nOrlando, languishing three places off the bottom of the Eastern Conference with a 17-29 record prior to Monday\u2019s game, took full advantage of Boston\u2019s injury crisis to complete a deserved win at the Amway Center in Florida.<\/p>\n
\nThe league-leading Celtics were missing key defensive figures Marcus Smart and Robert Williams due to injury and their absence proved crucial as a fired-up Orlando stormed to victory.<\/p>\n
\nThe 20-year-old Banchero showed a maturity beyond his tender years to orchestrate Orlando\u2019s win, which saw five Magic players reach double-digit totals, with Wendell Carter Jr. posting 21 points and Germany\u2019s Franz Wagner 15.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAnytime you get to play a championship-level team, a team that\u2019s been to the finals, and has been where you want to be, you want to put out your best effort and get the win,\u201d Banchero said afterwards.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThat\u2019s my mentality, and that\u2019s our team\u2019s mentality, and we were able to do that.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI just wanted to be decisive with my moves, when I decided to attack, when I decided to shoot \u2014 not force anything and let the game come to me. Be aggressive and decisive, and live with the results.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nArguably the most impressive contribution came in the form of a 10-minute cameo from Jonathan Isaac, making his first appearance in an NBA game since August 2020 following more than two years dominated by injuries.<\/p>\n
\nIsaac finished with 10 points, three rebounds and two steals during his encouraging return to the hardwood.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt felt fantastic, just to touch the floor \u2014 I feel so grateful,\u201d Isaac said afterwards. \u201cI feel good, I\u2019m grateful to be with the Magic, plus to get a win \u2014 I couldn\u2019t be happier.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nJayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown led the Boston scoring with 26 points each, while Derrick White added 11 and Sam Hauser 13 off the bench<\/p>\n
\nIn other games on Monday, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton returned from injury with a vengeance as the Milwaukee Bucks arrested their current slump in form with a ruthless 150-130 pounding of the Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n
\nAntetokounmpo had missed the last five Bucks games with a lingering knee injury, a spell that saw Milwaukee lose three games. Middleton meanwhile had not played since mid-December.<\/p>\n
\nBut Antetokounmpo showed no sign of ring-rust as he led a comprehensive rout, scoring 29 points with 12 rebounds and four assists.<\/p>\n
\nBrook Lopez added 21 points while Middleton added eight points on his return.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt feels good to be out there with the team again, play, run up and down, make some plays,\u201d Antetokounmpo said.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cNever take it for granted. Definitely just miss it \u2014 miss being around my teammates, miss playing basketball. I just missed being out there and competing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe game was effectively over after the first quarter, with Milwaukee pouring in an astonishing 49 points in the opening period to take a 25-point lead into the second quarter.<\/p>\n
\nMilwaukee improved to 30-17 in the Eastern Conference standings, in third place behind Boston and Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
\nDetroit remain rooted to the bottom of the table on 12-37.<\/p>\n
\nIn other games on Monday, a Memphis Grizzlies side missing star Ja Morant crashed to a third straight loss in a 133-100 mauling by the Sacramento Kings in California.<\/p>\n
\nTrey Lyles (24 points) led the scoring for Sacramento, whose balanced offensive unit had six players in double digits, with Harrison Barnes and Keegan Murray adding 20 apiece.<\/p>\n
\nMemphis have lost all three games on their Western Conference road trip, with Monday\u2019s loss following defeats to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday and the Phoenix Suns on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\nIn Portland, Damian Lillard finished with 37 points and 12 assists as the Trail Blazers blew out the San Antonio Spurs 147-127. Anfernee Simons (26 points) and Jusuf Nurkic (25) also posted big totals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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