At 26 points, Jayson Tatum lead Boston. After scoring 12 points in the first ten minutes, Jaylen Brown scored 18 points, but he only hit 2 of his 16 shots. Despite having an NBA-best 12-3 record going into the game, the Celtics only made 7 of their 29 3-point attempts and were outrebounded 48–31.

As the Orlando Magic were building a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter, Moritz Wagner, the elder and larger brother of Magic starter Franz Wagner, scored ten straight Magic points.

It’s a game; you can’t control it. Moritz Wagner, who scored his highest point total of the season in just 24 minutes, remarked, “There are times when it comes to you, and you just take advantage of it.” “There’s something incredibly fun about the procedure. That’s something you can get lost in and just play with; it will eventually come back around.

After Boston had taken a 62-50 lead early in the third quarter, Jalen Suggs scored 17 points in a row, including two of the Magic’s four 3-pointers. During the game-changing run, the Celtics missed all eight of their shots and went 4:42 without scoring.

After scoring nine points and grabbing four rebounds in the third quarter, Boston center Kristaps Porzingis departed the game due to stiffness in his left calf. Jrue Holiday, who missed his first game of the season due to a sprained right ankle, was another player whom the Celtics were missing.

Of course, when everyone is well, we play as a much better team. However, there will be times during the season when you can be sure that certain guys aren’t around,” Tatum stated. That is not an acceptable reason for us to lose the game. We still need to find a means to complete the task.

The Magic bench scored 57 points behind the leadership of Moritz Wagner and Cole Anthony (16 points, six assists), one less than they had in their victory over Denver on Wednesday night.