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Photos for Headline Surfer / TOP: Anthony Black scores two of his team-high 31 points with this fast break dunk slam to power the Orlando Magic to a 144-103 win on the road against the Philadelphia 76ers, 144-103 on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. LEFT: Black leads the offense for Orlando (photo courtesy Orlando Magic).
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
PHILADELPHIA — The Orlando Magic defeated the 76ers, 144-10, Tuesday night in Philadelphia, led by Anthony Black’s team-high 31 points to go with 4 three pointers and 3 assists.
The 31 points were also a career high for Black.
Franz Wagner of the Magic added an additional 21 points (8-13 FG, 1-2 3P) and 5 rebounds in the game.
Tyrese Maxey finished with a team-high 20 points along with 4 assists for the 76ers in the losing effort. The Magic improve their record to 11-8 with the win, while the 76ers fall to 9-8 for the season.
The 144 points scored by Orlando were a season high and the fifth most in franchise history. The last time it scored 140-plus was on April 5, 2019, against the Hawks when they put up 149.
Where Black and the rest of the Magic thrived most was in transition. This is no surprise, of course, as Orlando has been among the best at pushing the pace after getting stops and forcing turnovers this season.
The Magic totaled 25 fast-break points, many of them in the second quarter, when they outscored the Sixers 51-25. Those 51 points are the most the Magic have ever scored in a quarter in franchise history, and the 86 points they accumulated in the first half were also a team record high for points in a half.
“It was our defense. We decided to turn up the defense on a different level, and it got us easy baskets, easy runouts,” Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley said. “They were mixing the defenses up, trying to stall us out a little bit, and I think our guys did a very good job of keeping their focus on what we needed to do offensively – sharing it, moving it, playing faster after getting our stops.”
“It was our defense. We decided to turn up the defense on a different level, and it got us easy baskets, easy runouts,” Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley said. “They were mixing the defenses up, trying to stall us out a little bit, and I think our guys did a very good job of keeping their focus on what we needed to do offensively – sharing it, moving it, playing faster after getting our stops.”
It was in the second quarter when Black did most of his scoring damage, tallying 20 in that time. It was the 23rd time in Magic history a player scored 20-plus in a quarter, and incredibly, it also happened in Orlando’s previous game at Boston when Jett Howard scored 22 of his career-high 30 points in the fourth.
The last time a team had a player with a 20-plus-point quarter in consecutive games was, ironically, Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey (Feb. 7 and 9, 2025).
In Tuesday’s blowout win, the Magic shot 53 percent from the floor overall and 38 percent from 3-point range. They also handed out a season-best 38 assists.
Orlando Magic at Philadelphia 76ers Scoring Summary/Box Scores.
Game Bullet Points:
The 144 points scored by Orlando were a season high and the fifth most in franchise history. The last time it scored 140-plus was on April 5, 2019, against the Hawks when they put up 149.
The Magic scored 51 points in the second quarter. That’s the most points in a quarter in team history. The old mark was 50, set on Dec. 14, 2022, against the Hawks.
The Magic scored 86 first-half points. That’s the most points the team has ever scored in any half. The old mark was 83, set on Dec. 30, 1990, against the Nuggets.
Anthony Black scored a career-high 31 points, with 20 of them coming in the second quarter.
Black is the 14th player in Magic history to score 20-plus in a quarter, and it was the 23rd time overall it has happened in team history.
This also occurred last game at Boston, with Jett Howard scoring 22 of his career-high 30 points in the fourth.
The last time a team had a player with a 20-plus-point quarter in consecutive games was, ironically, Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey (Feb. 7 and 9, 2025).
The Magic had a franchise-record nine players score in double figures. They had eight players score 10-plus 16 times in team history before this game.
Multimedia: Video highlights
Headline Surfer YouTube download / Orlando Magic video / Nov. 25, 2025 / Full-Game Highlights: Magic vas. Philadelphia 76ers.
Editor’s Note: Information from OrlandoMagic.com was used in this story.
About the Byline Writer:
Henry Frederick is an award-winning journalist who launched Headline Surfer in 2008. The site serves the greater Daytona Beach, Sanford, and Orlando areas along the I-4 corridor and beyond via HeadlineSurfer.com in Lake Mary, Florida. Frederick earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in Orlando in 2019. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade, and before that, the same beat with The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. He’s also worked as a city editor and city hall reporter for two dailies. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida’s death chamber and covering other high-profile cases, Frederick has appeared on national crime documentary shows on Discovery ID, Reelz & the Oxygen Network series “Snapped” for his analysis. Assisting Henry Frederick with Headline Surfer is Sera King, who writes about the weather and feature stories, takes photos, shoots video, and occasionally draws editorial cartoons. • Bio: https://henryfrederick.com/.