Overview
- Suggs was upgraded to questionable on Friday after an Oct. 25 non-contact right-knee injury that an MRI showed was a mild bone bruise with no structural damage, and he has missed eight straight games.
- Paolo Banchero remains unavailable with a right high-ankle sprain sustained Oct. 23 and is listed out on the Magic’s official injury report.
- Orlando has leaned on Franz Wagner for scoring and on Desmond Bane, Anthony Black and Jase Richardson to fill ballhandling and playmaking roles while key players have been sidelined.
- The Magic host the struggling Milwaukee Bucks at the Kia Center with a 7 p.m. ET tipoff, and Milwaukee enters the game 1-11 and on a long losing streak.
- If Suggs is cleared to play it would return a high-energy perimeter defender and help stabilize rotations, and the team will make a final decision on his availability closer to tipoff as part of its scheduled medical checkpoints.