NBA: Paolo Banchero's double-double leads Magic over Heat

Paolo Banchero produced 31 points and 12 rebounds to help the visiting Orlando Magic earn a 133-124 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday.

Anthony Black added 26 points and Desmond Bane scored 23 for the Magic, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Jalen Suggs tallied 16 and Tristan da Silva finished with 12.

Simone Fontecchio scored a season-high 23 points for Miami, while Bam Adebayo had 21 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists. Norman Powell had 22 points and Andrew Wiggins totaled 16.

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Down by nine at halftime, Orlando opened the third quarter on an 18-7 run and took a 77-75 advantage on Bane's 3-pointer with 6:37 left.

After Wiggins pulled the Heat within one, Banchero's triple punctuated an 8-0 spurt that put the Magic ahead 90-81. The margin then ballooned to 14 on Banchero's jumper. Adebayo's trey cut the deficit to 11 entering the fourth.

The Heat sliced their deficit to 107-104 on Adebayo's fourth 3-pointer with 8:27 remaining. From there, the Magic answered with a 14-0 run, extending their lead to 17 on Wendell Carter Jr.'s floater at the 5:47 mark.

Miami mounted another rally, pulling within six on Powell's three-point play with 1:25 remaining. Orlando scored the next three points to cement the win.

Bane stamped a 16-2 run in the first quarter with a floater that put the Magic ahead 34-21. Miami finished the opening quarter with triples by Fontecchio and Dru Smith, trimming its deficit to seven.

Miami jumped ahead by seven on Wiggins' layup with 5:02 left in the second quarter. The Heat took their first double-digit lead with 23 seconds remaining, as Jaime Jaquez Jr.'s layup put Miami up 68-58. — Field Level Media/Reuters