Paolo Banchero’s return couldn’t have come at a better time for the Orlando Magic, who have lost 11 of their last 18 games after a torrid stretch in November.
The third-year star couldn’t quite get Orlando over the hump in Friday’s 109-106 loss to the visiting Milwaukee Bucks, but the silver lining was that he was in peak form despite missing two-plus months with an oblique tear.
Banchero and the Magic will try to avoid a three-game losing streak when they face the visiting Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday…