Magic even series with shellacking of Cavaliers

The Orlando Magic emphatically evened their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series with the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers, using a third-quarter flurry to erase a halftime deficit and steamroll toward a 112-89 shellacking in Game 4 on Saturday, April 27 (Sunday, April 28, Manila time).

Franz Wagner had 12 of his game-high 34 points and three teammates chipped in with a combined five three-pointers in the run, which turned a 60-51 Cavaliers advantage at the break into an 88-70 Magic romp by third quarter’s end thanks to a 37-10 Orlando run.

Game 5 in a series dominated by the home team is scheduled for Tuesday at Cleveland.

“I thought our defense was the key to the second half,” Wagner said. “They didn’t even score 30 points in the second half. Shout out to the whole team and hopefully we can do that in Cleveland as well.”

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