Overview
- Orlando faces Sacramento on Thursday at the Kia Center with sportsbooks pricing the Magic as heavy favorites near -15.5.
- The Magic are 38-34 and on a six-game skid in a crowded race for the final guaranteed playoff spots, with Paolo Banchero carrying much of the scoring load.
- Jalen Suggs is listed as questionable because of illness, and Orlando also has Franz Wagner, Jonathan Isaac and Anthony Black ruled out.
- Sacramento travels severely depleted, with Domantas Sabonis and Zach LaVine among many absences, after a 134-90 loss to Charlotte that prompted coach Doug Christie to call for stronger defensive discipline.
- The last meeting in February ended 131-94 for Orlando, when the Magic set a franchise record with 27 made three-pointers.