{"id":692268,"date":"2026-04-01T17:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/692268\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:20:19","slug":"franz-wagner-upgraded-for-possible-injury-return-vs-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/692268\/","title":{"rendered":"Franz Wagner upgraded for possible injury return vs. Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/orlando-magic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Magic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrettSiegelNBA\/status\/2039384506197475665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">could receive a key boost<\/a> Wednesday night as forward <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/tag\/franz-wagner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Franz Wagner<\/a> has been upgraded to questionable ahead of their <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/orlando-magic\/schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">matchup against the Atlanta Hawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando (40-35) is set to host Atlanta (43-33) at 7:00 p.m. ET, with Wagner\u2019s status emerging as a central storyline. The 24-year-old has been sidelined since Feb. 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/orlando-magic\/magic-news-will-franz-wagner-return-ankle-injury-before-end-of-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">due to a high left ankle sprain<\/a>, missing 22 consecutive games.<\/p>\n<p>ClutchPoints NBA insider Brett Siegel reported the update Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFranz Wagner has been upgraded to questionable for tonight&#8217;s Magic-Hawks game.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner has not played since Feb. 11 due to ongoing problems with his high left ankle sprain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Siegel later added further context regarding Wagner\u2019s availability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWagner will go through pre-game warmups before the Magic determine if he will make his return to the floor tonight in limited minutes.<\/p>\n<p>As of right now, everything points in the direction of the Magic forward returning tonight for a key game against the Hawks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Franz Wagner\u2019s potential return arrives at pivotal moment in Magic\u2019s playoff push<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3598037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Franz-Wagner-goes-to-the-basket-against-Brooklyn-Nets-guard-Drake-Powell.jpg\" alt=\"Nov 14, 2025; Orlando, Florida, USA; Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (22) goes to the basket against Brooklyn Nets guard Drake Powell (4) during the second half at Kia Center.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>\u00a9 Mike Watters-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Wagner\u2019s last appearance came in a Feb. 11 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, a 116-108 defeat in which he recorded five points, three rebounds and two steals across 21 minutes while shooting 1-for-7 from the field and 1-for-5 from three-point range.<\/p>\n<p>In his fifth NBA season, Wagner has averaged 21.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He is shooting 47.9% from the field and a career-high 36.5% from beyond the arc across 28 games, including 26 starts, while logging 31.8 minutes per contest.<\/p>\n<p>His potential return comes at a <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/orlando-magic\/magic-news-paolo-banchero-sounds-off-on-important-win-vs-suns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">critical juncture for Orlando, which currently sits eighth in the Eastern Conference standings<\/a>. The Magic trail the Hawks by 2.5 games for the fifth seed and remain two games behind the Toronto Raptors (42-33) for sixth place as they look to avoid the play-in tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Orlando Magic could receive a key boost Wednesday night as forward Franz Wagner has been upgraded to questionable ahead of their matchup against the Atlanta Hawks.  Orlando (40-35) is set to host Atlanta (43-33) at 7:00 p. m.  ET, with Wagner\u2019s status emerging as a central storyline.  The 24-year-old has been sidelined since Feb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Orlando Magic could receive a key boost Wednesday night as forward Franz Wagner has been upgraded to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[7,403,48,6,14502,47,76,3883],"class_list":{"0":"post-692268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando-magic","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-franz-wagner","10":"tag-magic","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-nba-injury","13":"tag-orlando","14":"tag-orlando-magic","15":"tag-orlandomagic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116330602723996792","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692268","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=692268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}