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<\/p>\nINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. \u2014 Paolo Banchero had 29 points and 10 rebounds and hit the go-ahead basket with 7.5 seconds remaining as the Orlando Magic rallied from a 10-point, third-quarter deficit and defeated Indiana 112-110 on Wednesday, sending the Pacers to their 10th consecutive loss.<\/p>\n
As the clock was winding down in regulation, Banchero backed down Aaron Nesmith and banked home an 11-foot shot for the final basket in a game that included 12 ties and 11 lead changes. The power forward finished 12 of 21 from the field and 5 for 7 at the line.<\/p>\n
Nesmith missed a potential go-ahead 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n
Orlando\u2019s Desmond Bane scored 18, Anthony Black added 15 and former Pacers center had Goga Bitadze 14.<\/p>\n
The Magic are 19-15 to end 2025 and have been without leading scorer Franz Wagner (22.7 points per game) since Dec. 7 because of a high-ankle sprain.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, they welcomed back point guard Jalen Suggs from a seven-game absence with a hip contusion. Suggs had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.<\/p>\n
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In his 1st game back after missing 7 games because of a hip contusion, Magic guard Jalen Suggs could be found in his usual spot, diving on the floor for the basketball in a game against the Pacers on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo\/Doug McSchooler)<\/p>\n
The Pacers have the NBA\u2019s worst record at 6-28. The 10-game losing streak matches the fifth-longest in franchise history.<\/p>\n
Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 26 points. Bennedict Mathurin scored 23, and Andrew Nembhard had 19.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Magic: At Chicago Bulls on Friday.<\/p>\n
Pacers: Host San Antonio Spurs on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. \u2014 Paolo Banchero had 29 points and 10 rebounds and hit the go-ahead basket with 7.5…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[1981,1970,1977,2097,7,420,12325,2624,48,6,67,47,76,3883,1979,66,83,1974],"class_list":{"0":"post-508962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando-magic","8":"tag-app-professional-sports","9":"tag-app-sports","10":"tag-app-top-stories","11":"tag-associated-press","12":"tag-basketball","13":"tag-florida","14":"tag-florida-sports","15":"tag-indianapolis","16":"tag-magic","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-orlando","20":"tag-orlando-magic","21":"tag-orlandomagic","22":"tag-professional-basketball","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-sports-news","25":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115817601178487738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}