The Orlando Magic haven’t been the same since Paolo Banchero suffered a torn right oblique. The team is on a four-game losing streak, but head coach Jamahl Mosley vows they will bounce back soon.
“We will not stop working. I can promise you that this is a group that works. They come together, they pull for one another,” Mosley said via Julian Ojeda of ClutchPoints. “We are not gonna stop working on those things just because the result is not what we want at this moment. There is a process to everything that we do, and they will continue to stick with that process and trust in the way which we played.”
Their inefficient offense is one of the biggest reasons they’ve struggled recently. The Orlando Magic are 28th in scoring league-wide, averaging 105.1 points per game, and they only shot 38.7 percent from the field and 22.7 percent from three-point land during their slump.
Orlando’s poor three-point shooting reared its ugly head against the Oklahoma City Thunder, as they only went 5-for-34 from deep (14.7 percent) in the 102-86 defeat last Monday.
Orlando Magic dealt with a new injury blow
Paolo Banchero is not the only notable player on the Orlando Magic injury list. Wendell Carter Jr. was recently sidelined due to a foot injury and is not expected to play against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.
With Carter sidelined, Goga Bitadze got a rare start against the Oklahoma City Thunder and finished with 11 points, nine rebounds, and four assists on 62.5 percent shooting in 27 minutes of action. The Georgian international might draw another start tomorrow.
Bitadze will have a timeshare with Moritz Wagner, who had nine points, seven rebounds, and two steals in 21 minutes of action against Oklahoma City, at the center position.
