The Magic only trailed for 27 seconds during Wednesday’s national TV matchup at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks , who scored the first two points of the evening.

New York never led again on ESPN when Orlando built up a 21-point first-half lead en route to a 124-107 victory behind a team-high 28 from forward Franz Wagner and 22 from Desmond Bane .

It marked the sixth time in 12 games that Jamahl Mosley’s squad scored 120-plus points, something last year’s team only did 10 times across 82 regular-season contests. Orlando went 9-1 in those instances last season and is 5-1 so far this season.

But perhaps just as important as shooting 36.4% from 3-point range, 84.8% at the free throw line and racking up 50 points in the paint was the work Orlando put in on the defensive e

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