Overview
- Tipoff is 7 p.m. at the Moda Center, with Portland 12-17 and Orlando 16-13.
- Orlando finishes a four-game road swing at 1-2 after a 120-97 loss to Golden State, getting outscored 62-40 after halftime with 18 turnovers.
- Portland’s three-game win streak ended in a 110-102 defeat to Detroit after erasing a 21-point deficit before surrendering an 11-2 closing run.
- The Blazers list Scoot Henderson, Damian Lillard, Jrue Holiday, Matisse Thybulle and Blake Wesley out as Jerami Grant sits after two missed games; the Magic rule out Jalen Suggs, Franz Wagner and Moritz Wagner with Jonathan Isaac, Goga Bitadze and Tristan da Silva questionable.
- This is the second and final meeting after Desmond Bane’s Nov. 10 buzzer-beater decided a 115-112 Magic win, with Paolo Banchero producing strong recent numbers and Orlando contending with a pronounced road defensive drop-off and cold December three-point shooting.