{"id":469034,"date":"2025-12-24T15:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T15:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/469034\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T15:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T15:03:17","slug":"blazers-pull-within-one-with-38-seconds-left-but-magic-hang-on-for-110-106-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/469034\/","title":{"rendered":"Blazers pull within one with 38 seconds left, but Magic hang on for 110-106 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Desmond Bane scored 23 points, Anthony Black added 22 and the Orlando Magic turned away Portland\u2019s comeback attempt Tuesday night for a 110-106 victory over the Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">After trailing by 17 in the third quarter, the Blazers took a one-point lead early in the fourth before Tyus Jones answered with a 3-pointer and Wendell Carter Jr. hit a jumper for the Magic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NIJEEVMBNRAA7MEP4S3EASZU54.jpg\" alt=\"Portland Trail Blazers forward Toumani Camara drives to the basket against the Orlando Magic during the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday Dec. 23, 2025, in Portland, Ore.\" class=\"width_full\" style=\"aspect-ratio:7837 \/ 5227;width:100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Portland Trail Blazers forward Toumani Camara drives to the basket against the Orlando Magic during the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday Dec. 23, 2025, in Portland, Ore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__image-by color_dgray f_s_xxs m-none\">Howard Lao \/ AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Shaedon Sharpe had a chance to tie it with 38.9 seconds left but made only one of two free throws, leaving Portland down 107-106.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Bane missed a pull-up jumper at the other end, then blocked a layup attempt by 7-foot-2 center Donovan Clingan with 12 seconds remaining to preserve the lead. Bane sank two free throws to make it 109-106 and Deni Avdija missed a long 3 for the Trail Blazers before Black added a foul shot for the final margin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">It was the second consecutive night the Blazers erased a big deficit in the second half only to fall short at home. They rallied from 21 down late in the third period Monday and went ahead by one in the fourth before Detroit closed with an 11-2 surge to win 110-102. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">In addition to his offense, Bane provided three blocks and three steals. Black had seven rebounds, six assists and two steals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Jones added 16 points and seven assists, while Carter finished with 14 points and seven boards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Avdija led the Trail Blazers with 25 points, eight assists and six rebounds. Sharpe added 22 points and Caleb Love scored 17 off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Magic: Host the Charlotte Hornets on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Trail Blazers: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/NBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Desmond Bane scored 23 points, Anthony Black added 22 and the Orlando Magic turned away Portland\u2019s comeback attempt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":469035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1260,62,175067,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-469034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-sports-trail-blazers-basketball","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115775157830134456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}