{"id":706307,"date":"2026-04-09T02:57:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/706307\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T02:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:57:24","slug":"goga-bitadze-makes-wild-nba-history-in-win-vs-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/706307\/","title":{"rendered":"Goga Bitadze makes wild NBA history in win vs. Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t look now, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/nba-stories\/2025-26-nba-power-rankings-week-24-can-lakers-survive-luka-doncic-austin-reaves-injuries\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Magic have become one of the hottest teams<\/a> in the league, as the final days of the 2025-26 NBA regular season play out.<\/p>\n<p>After a <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/orlando-magic\/nba-rumors-the-head-coaching-job-jamahl-mosely-could-land-if-fired-by-magic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brutal 2-8 stretch<\/a>, the Magic have put together a four-game winning streak, including their 132-120 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night at Kia Center in Orlando. Paolo Banchero paced the Magic in that game with 20 points on 8-for-11 shooting from the field, but <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/a9e20926\/goga-bitadze\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Goga Bitadze<\/a>&#8216;s contribution off the bench can&#8217;t be overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>Bitadze came away with 14 points on 6-for-11 shooting, while dominating the glass and grabbing 15 boards. In addition, he dished out six assists, making him just the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomerAzarly\/status\/2042060530152882223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">first player ever in the history of the NBA<\/a> to have that stat line while coming off the bench and playing in 22 minutes or fewer, according to Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Bitadze further stuffed the stat sheets with a steal and a block in Orlando&#8217;s final home game in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Bitadze has proven himself a reliable depth asset for Orlando, and on Wednesday, he showed he&#8217;s capable of putting up starter numbers when he&#8217;s having a night. He should continue to play behind Wendell Carter Jr., while enjoying ample minutes as a backup.<\/p>\n<p>The Magic are still chasing a spot in the top six of the Eastern Conference standings, moving just half a game behind the Toronto Raptors for the No. 6 position and a full game back of the No. 5 Atlanta Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>Up next for Orlando is a game against the Chicago Bulls on Friday before a season-finale showdown opposite the Boston Celtics on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t look now, but the Orlando Magic have become one of the hottest teams in the league, as the final days of the 2025-26 NBA regular season play out.  After a brutal 2-8 stretch, the Magic have put together a four-game winning streak, including their 132-120 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night at Kia Center in Orlando.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t look now, but the Orlando Magic have become one of the hottest teams in the league, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3779],"tags":[7,875,48,6,47,76,3883],"class_list":{"0":"post-706307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando-magic","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-goga-bitadze","10":"tag-magic","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-orlando","13":"tag-orlando-magic","14":"tag-orlandomagic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116372507397189110","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706307","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=706307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}