Warriors’ 3. quarter burst, late rally hand orlando magic 4. Just loss

Down 15 points to the Golden State Warriors on the way to the fourth quarter, Orlando Magic would have to rediscover their fighting spirit.

They had done just that by opening the quarter of a 25-8 race and taking a 92-90 lead with 4:27 to play. But Magic’s problems with late play with execution-one question they aimed to correct before going West-Ville again breeding their ugly head.

Golden State closed the competition on a 14-7 race, giving Orlando a loss of 104-99 on Monday near the Chase Center. It was Magic’s fourth straight loss, dropping them to 24-27 this season as their mid-season-up-e-day continues.

“I don’t know if we once stopped,” Guard Cole Anthony said of the closing stretch. “We may have had one or two stops in the last stretch, but … we couldn’t stop them, at least in the last stretch.”

The magic has now lost nine of their last 10 matches and 11 of their last 13.

Throughout the first 24 minutes, Orlando did better not to let missed shots affect their defense – something that has damaged them and contributed to losses from late. Despite shoting only 34.6 percent from the field and 3-of-16 from three, the Golden State was not better in the stretch-only 36.6 percent from the field and 5-of-23 from distance.

The result was attached 43-all during the break, and only because Orlando surrendered a seven-point lead by 1:47 to play before half. However, the magic would only keep their opposition quiet for so long.

Warriors, who participated in the competition on average the fourth most made triangles per year. Fight (15.6), would finally burn the magic of not taking greater benefit from their slow start. Golden State shot 57.9 percent from the field and 6-of-8 from three in the third quarter, Outscoring Orlando 39-24 in the third quarter.

It gave Warrior’s pillow and time to respond to and eventually prevent-Magic’s comeback attempt in the fourth quarter.

“We always talk about it coming down to the last belongings – that’s never,” said Magic coach Jamahl Mosley Postgame. “It’s a 39-point third quarter where you release a little, your communication breaks, you don’t break down any shots.”

“The third quarter is what puts us in that gap,” Anthony said. “We fought. I don’t think it’s a matter of our fight. We had just mental lapse where we give up a (39-point) third quarter. We give up as many points in the third quarter as we do in the first half.

“It will be difficult for us to win games like that.”

Anthony ended with a game-high 26 points from Magic Bench, and both Franz Wagner (21 points) and Paolo Banchero (18) joined him in double. As a whole, Orlando shot 43.4 percent from the field and 8-for-32 from a distance.

For Warriors, Andrew Wiggins ’25 points and Stephen Curry’s 24 were the high marks. Golden State ended 43.6 percent from the field and 12-of-39 from three.

Orlando was only 5-of-10 from the Free Castle Line, while the Golden State ended 24-of-34.

“You look at a 15-0 pig counting in the third quarter,” Mosley said. “I just think our ability to defend without the enthusiasm, one and then our ability to attack the curve. We had 52 points in the paint, attack (ed) curve 47 times and shot 10 free throws. It’s a factor in it but It’s not the only factor in this game.

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