Terrence Ross' 24 points, his best to date in a Magic uniform, led the way. Orlando was excellent on the defensive end, limiting Atlanta to respective 38 and 32 percent success rates from the floor and three - point range and also goading them into 17 turnovers. Aaron Gordon's 18 points followed Ross. Nikola Vucevic, who'd been questionable coming in with a sore Achilles, nevertheless tallied a 16 - point, 14 - rebound double - double. Elfrid Payton had a near triple - double with 15 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. D.J. Augustin led the bench with eight points. Tim Hardaway, Jr,'s 15 points led Atlanta. A quartet of 11 - point efforts from Dwight Howard, Paul Millsap, Taurean Prince and Dennis Schroder followed, with Howard adding 14 rebounds. Newly-acquired Ersan Ilyasova mustered only five points but posted 10 rebounds in 25 minutes off the bench.
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