If a 1-3 stretch happens to a 50-win team, no one blinks an eye. But when a projected 50-win team that hasn't fully established their identity opens the season

Listed as questionable earlier Thursday due to a left heel bruise, Franz Wagner was able to suit up for the Magic against the Hornets at Spectrum Center. He ended with 21 points in the road win.

Oh, there are significant similarities. Most of the nucleus remains, with Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs and Wendell Carter Jr. forming the team’s backbone as starters. The shooting still cannot yet be counted on to reach a league-average standard.

Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner receives key injury update ahead of matchup with the Charlotte Hornets.

After a three game road trip, the Charlotte Hornets returned home to the Spectrum Center to take on Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner and the Orlando Magic on Thursd

Franz Wagner anotó 21 puntos y el Magic de Orlando rompió una racha de cuatro derrotas consecutivas el jueves, al arrollar 123-107 a los Hornets de Charlotte.

After Wednesday’s road game against the Pistons, the Magic travel to Charlotte on the second night of a back-to-back Thursday. Orlando now has dropped four in a row.

The Orlando Magic are off to a disastrous 1-4 start to begin the 2025-26 season. You could argue that's putting it lightly, even though we are only one week thr