National Basketball Association

Magic Wands: Orlando Magic vs. Washington Wizards

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Time/TV: 7 p.m./FSFlorida
Line: Magic by 5.5
Tickets: $14-$225 on SeatGeek
Season Series: Tonight in Orlando; Nov. 25 in Orlando; Dec. 6 in Washington, D.C.; March 5 in Washington, D.C.

	Pace	Off. Rtg.	Def. Rtg.	eFG%	O.Reb.%	TO%	FTR
Washington	100.2	96.9	105.3	48.3	21.1	17.7	30.7
Orlando	97.5	98.4	106.3	45.9	28.0	13.3	23.9

1) The Washington Wizards will be without John Wall tonight, changing the game plan for the Orlando Magic slightly, Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel reports.

2) Elfrid Payton has a lot to prove this year. And so far he is playing with an edge and helping his team a lot.

3) John Wall and Bradley Beal got their offense going to deliver the Washington Wizards their first win of the season over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday. The Wizards avenged a loss from earlier this season.

4) Friday, Bradley Beal played like the star he is paid to be, Jerry Brewer of the Washington Post writes.

5) The Orlando Magic are starting to show signs of coming together . . . and they are winning while doing it.

6) Evan Fournier is rewarding the faith Orlando Magic general manager Rob Hennigan placed in him, Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel writes.

7) The Orlando Magic’s three-year losing streak to the Washington Wizards is at least in the back of some players’ mind tonight, Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel writes. Indeed, a lot has changed since the Magic last beat the Wizards, Evan Dunlap of Orlando Pinstriped Post notes.

8) Before Friday’s game, Jen Julie Smith of Wiz of Awes wrote the Washington Wizards needs to hit the reset button. Perhaps on everything.

9) The Orlando Magic’s veteran players are making their presence known and keeping the team accountable early on this season, John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com writes.

10) The Orlando Magic began to build and reinforce their identity with Thursday’s win over the Sacramento Kings.

11) With one championship drought ended, Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel hopes the Orlando Magic will not have to wait like the Chicago Cubs did.

12) Andrew Sharp of Sports Illustrated joined the Bullets Forever podcast to discuss John Wall and the Wizards’ slow start.

13) Orlando Magic coach Frank Vogel is learning to use the team’s versatility still, John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com writes. He had a good run with it in Tuesday’s win over the Philadelphia 76ers.

14) The Orlando Magic’s offense has begun to come around, but still has a long way to go.

15) Even without John Wall, the Washington Wizards have some good point guard options to explore in Tomas Satoransky and Trey Burke, Ben Mehic of Wiz of Awes writes.

16) Four Orlando Magic players cracked top 100 of ESPN’s NBA Rank.