Magic rally past Pacers, remain unbeaten at home

Magic rally past Pacers, remain unbeaten at home

Franz Wagner scored 29 points and the Orlando Magic benefited from a fourth-quarter surge to post a 94-90 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.Orlando's Goga Bitadze collected 12 poi

Franz Wagner scored 29 points and the Orlando Magic benefited from a fourth-quarter surge to post a 94-90 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.Orlando’s Goga Bitadze collected 12 points and 12 rebounds to record his third double-double of the season. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Moritz Wagner each had 10 points.The Magic outscored the Pacers by a 26-18 margin in the fourth quarter to improve to 6-0 at home.Indiana’s Pascal Siakam sank four 3-pointers to highlight his 25-point performance, and Bennedict Mathurin added 23 points and 12 rebounds.Myles Turner contributed 11 points while Tyrese Haliburton logged nine points and 12 assists, but the Pacers fell to 2-5 on the road this season.Indiana secured a 72-68 lead after scoring nine of the final 11 points of the third quarter. Undaunted, Orlando scored the first 13 points of the fourth, highlighted by two 3-pointers from Jonathan Isaac and one from Moritz Wagner.Siakam answered with a 3-pointer, but the Magic pulled away by scoring nine of the next 12 points. Caldwell-Pope converted from beyond the arc and added a bucket in the interior to stake Orlando a 90-78 lead with 3:42 remaining.