December 7 hasn’t been kind to Magic star Franz Wagner . This past Sunday, while facing the Knicks, he went down with a lower-leg injury in the very first quarter. Wagner, the team’s leading scorer, managed just seven minutes on the floor, putting up seven points, three rebounds, one assist, and a block on 3-of-4 shooting before leaving the game.

Adding to the irony, the injury came almost exactly a year after Wagner tore his right oblique, a setback that sidelined him for about six weeks.

“No, you never want to see one of your brothers go down in that way,” said Wagner’s teammate Paolo Banchero . “Definitely was scary for the whole team to see that, but glad that it wasn’t season-ending. So, we just want to, um, continue to play well, up until whenever he’s back. And tonight was a h

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