Orlando Magic, the thorn in the shoe of the Boston Celtics that ended their winning streak

The Boston Celtics won 72.9% of their games in the current NBA season. So far, only nine of the 27 franchises he’s faced this season (he hasn’t played the Portland Trail Blazers or Utah Jazz yet) have managed to beat the 35-13 Eastern Conference leaders. And of these, unbelievably, it seems to be his stone in the shoe Orlando Magic.

The Florida franchise located in the East 13th placewith a 38.3% winning percentage and four games into the Play-In zone, beat the Celtics again tonight and are currently the only franchise to win a Regular Season series against those Celtics, with three wins in four games.

This time Orlando snapped a nine-game winning streak for the Celtics, the dominant team of the month of January in the East. He did it with Jayson Tatum in front, unlike the last win they had achieved. JT scored 26 points, as did Jaylen Brown, but that didn’t save the Celtics in this one either. down 113-98 with a poor offensive performance in the second half.

Orlando relied on its young talent to take the game forward and be able to defend its advantage in the final quarter. The noob Paolo Bansero added 23 points, Wendell Carter Jr. signed a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds and Cole Anthony added 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists off the bench.

With 6-5 record in 2023orlando is still among the five worst teams of the 2022-2023 season, but their current situation has already improved a lot compared to this statement that has more to do with his miserable 5-20 start than his 13-9 record since December 7th.

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The return of Jonathan Isaac

For the Orlando Magic this was a special game beyond the final result. Jonathan Isaac he returned to defend the team’s colors for the first time since 904 days.

The 25-year-old suffered torn meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament of left knee in August 2020in those bubble games, and went more than two and a half years without playing, his worst stretch in an injury-plagued career since arriving in the NBA in 2017 as the No. 6 pick in the Draft.

Isaac, who had already added G League minutes, came off the bench with 10 points, 2 steals, 3 rebounds and an assist in 10 minutes. He still has two more years of contract ahead With the Orlando Magic and the franchise he hopes to recapture the player who was starting to shine in his last injury season.

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