NBA Power Rankings: Magic Moving Up After Win vs. Celtics?
ORLANDO - The Orlando Magic is hoping to bounce back after losing both halves of its most recent back-to-back.
Last week started off strong with wins against the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers, but that balanced itself out with a pair of losses against the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls.
For its 2-2 efforts, the Magic remains at No. 26 in this week's power rankings from Sports Illustrated.
"The Magic clinched the season series with the Celtics, 3–1, after a 15-point win Monday against the NBA’s top team," SI writes. "Paolo Banchero and Wendell Carter Jr. led the way in that contest, which was also Jonathan Isaac’s first game in more than two years. Orlando kept it going with a six-point win over Indiana a few nights later and then dropped two in a row over the weekend to Miami on the road and Chicago at home. Up next is a two-game set in Philadelphia."
The Magic faces a four-game road trip that starts tonight with a meeting against the Philadelphia 76ers. The season series with the Sixers wraps up with another game Wednesday before the Magic heads to Minneapolis to play the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday and the Queen City to battle with the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday afternoon.
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