Franz Wagner scored 29 points and the Orlando Magic benefited from a fourth-quarter surge to post a 94-90 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.
Orlando's Goga Bitadze collected 12 points and 12 rebounds to record his third double-double of the season. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Moritz Wagner each had 10 points.
The Magic outscored the Pacers by a 26-18 margin in the fourth quarter to improve to 6-0 at home.
Indiana's Pascal Siakam sank four 3-pointers to highlight his 25-point performance, and Bennedict Mathurin added 23 points and 12 rebounds.
Myles Turner contributed 11 points while Tyrese Haliburton logged nine points and 12 assists, but the Pacers fell to 2-5 on the road this season.
Indiana secured a 72-68 lead after scoring nine of the final 11 points of the third quarter. Undaunted, Orlando scored the first 13 points of the fourth, highlighted by two 3-pointers from Jonathan Isaac and one from Moritz Wagner.
Siakam answered with a 3-pointer, but the Magic pulled away by scoring nine of the next 12 points. Caldwell-Pope converted from beyond the arc and added a bucket in the interior to stake Orlando a 90-78 lead with 3:42 remaining.
Mathurin scored 10 of the game's next 12 points, and Haliburton's dunk trimmed the Magic's lead to 92-90 with 11.2 seconds to play. Suggs, however, sank a pair of free throws and Haliburton misfired on a 3-point attempt to end the game.
Tempers flared midway through the third quarter as Siakam and Bitadze exchanged shoves and words underneath the basket, leading to a double technical foul being issued.
Haliburton answered a 0-for-6 performance from the floor in the first half by sinking a 3-pointer on consecutive possessions to stake Indiana to a 54-51 lead early in the third quarter.
Indiana saw its 12-point edge trimmed to 38-36 after Cole Anthony sank a floating jumper with 4:37 remaining in the second quarter. The Pacers responded with seven straight points, highlighted by Siakam converting a three-point play and Ben Sheppard draining a 3-pointer.
--Field Level Media
Indiana | Orlando | |
Pascal Siakam 25 | Scoring | Franz Wagner 29 |
Tyrese Haliburton 11 | Assists | Anthony Black 6 |
Bennedict Mathurin 12 | Rebounds | Goga Bitadze 12 |
Bennedict Mathurin 8 | Free Throws Made | Franz Wagner 8 |
Jarace Walker 4 | Steals | Anthony Black 4 |
Obi Toppin 2 | Blocks | Jonathan Isaac 3 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Indiana | 90 | 38.1 | 10-30 | 16-18 | 22 | 41 | 6 | 10 | 17 |
Orlando | 94 | 40.5 | 13-38 | 13-15 | 26 | 50 | 10 | 8 | 17 |