{"id":712059,"date":"2026-04-16T23:03:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712059\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T23:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:03:47","slug":"orlando-magic-take-on-charlotte-hornets-in-play-in-tournament-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712059\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic take on Charlotte Hornets in Play-In Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orlando Magic to take on Charlotte Hornets in final round of Play-In Tournament<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHE PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND SAYS HE\u2019S STEPPING AWAY FROM GOLF FOR TREATMENT. ALL RIGHT. WHEN OR STAY HOME. THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS LEFT FOR THE ORLANDO MAGIC. OH YEAH, THEY MISSED A BIG CHANCE TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS LAST NIGHT BY LOSING TO THE SIXERS. AND NOW THEY MUST BEAT THE HORNETS AT HOME TO KEEP THEIR SEASON ALIVE. WESH TWO SPORTS DIRECTOR DAREN STOLZFUS IS LIVE IN STUDIO TONIGHT WITH WHAT\u2019S AT STAKE. DAREN. HEY MAGIC HEAD COACH JAMAHL MOSLEY PUT IT THIS WAY LAST NIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA. THIS IS IT. ALL SEASON HE\u2019S PREACHED TO HIS TEAM. TAKE IT ONE GAME AT A TIME. AND NOW THEIR SEASON COMES DOWN TO ONE GAME, 48 MINUTES ON THEIR HOME FLOOR. THE WINNER CLINCHING THE EIGHTH SEED IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS. THE LOSERS OFF TO CANCUN OR WHEREVER THEY WANT TO START THE OFF SEASON. LAST NIGHT JUST NOT THE PERFORMANCE THIS TEAM WANTED TO SEE, BUT ONE THAT WASN\u2019T ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED BUT EFFORT AND INTENT. THAT WASN\u2019T THE ISSUE. SHOT MAKING WAS DESMOND BANE HAD 34 POINTS, KNOCKED DOWN FOUR THREES. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE MAGIC DID NOT HAVE A CONSISTENT SHOT MAKER. AND REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY ENDED UP HERE WITH THEIR SEASON ON THE LINE, THEY SAY THEY\u2019RE EMBRACING THE CHANCE THEY DO HAVE AT HOME TOMORROW NIGHT. WE ALL WANT TO WIN. WINNING IS IS IS AT THE UTMOST PRIORITY FOR EVERYBODY. I MEAN, IT\u2019S FRUSTRATING, BUT IT\u2019S ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AHEAD OF US ON FRIDAY. YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO COME IN WITH A CLEAR MIND AND GO DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO TO WIN THE GAME. YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE\u2019VE BEEN THROUGH SLUMPS BEFORE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND IN A WAY WHERE, YOU KNOW, RESULTS IN A WIN. NOW THE MAGIC HAVEN\u2019T WON A GAME WHEN FACING ELIMINATION IN 17 YEARS. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD AT HOME IN THE POSTSEASON. JUST ONE LOSS IN\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Orlando Magic to take on Charlotte Hornets in final round of Play-In Tournament<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763216323_450_wesh.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WESH logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:25 PM EDT Apr 16, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Orlando Magic will face the Charlotte Hornets in the final stage of the Play-In Tournament on Friday.The Orlando Magic lost a Play-In Tournament game to the Philadelphia 76ers 97-109 on Wednesday night.The Magic have one more chance.The winner earns the No. 8 seed in the East and a first-round matchup with Detroit.Game Day detailsWho: Orlando Magic vs. Charlotte HornetsWhere: Orlando, FLWhen: Friday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m.How to watch: NBA on Prime\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Orlando Magic will face the Charlotte Hornets in the final stage of the Play-In Tournament on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Orlando Magic lost a Play-In Tournament game to the Philadelphia 76ers 97-109 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Facebook.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Magic have one more chance.<\/p>\n<p>The winner earns the No. 8 seed in the East and a first-round matchup with Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Game Day details<br \/>\nWho: Orlando Magic vs. Charlotte HornetsWhere: Orlando, FLWhen: Friday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m.How to watch: NBA on Prime <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic to take on Charlotte Hornets in final round of Play-In Tournament HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[39,7,473,88809,296,2494,46276,88810,38,88808,48,6,1394,47,76,3883,5637,2548,9753,13471],"class_list":{"0":"post-712059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando-magic","8":"tag-april","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","11":"tag-charlotte-hornetswhere","12":"tag-detroit","13":"tag-east","14":"tag-first-round-matchup","15":"tag-flwhen","16":"tag-friday","17":"tag-game-day-detailswho","18":"tag-magic","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-no","21":"tag-orlando","22":"tag-orlando-magic","23":"tag-orlandomagic","24":"tag-play-in-tournament","25":"tag-seed","26":"tag-wednesday-night","27":"tag-winner"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116416890970127897","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712059","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=712059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}