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Franz Wagner made three free throws with 12.2 seconds left and dunked on an inbounds play for the final points, leading the Orlando Magic to a 94-90 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night.
Mo Bamba's 3-pointer with 52 seconds left gave Orlando an 89-88 lead.
Wendell Carter Jr. led Orlando with 19 points and Wagner finished with 18.
With the Warriors' loss, the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns (58-14) clinched first place in the Pacific Division.
Jordan Poole scored 26 points for the Warriors, who shot 40% for the game and had seven turnovers in the fourth quarter on the way to their third straight loss. Klay Thompson added 15 points and Otto Porter Jr. had 14 points and 15 rebounds.
The Warriors shot 7 for 24 without and failed to hit a 3-pointer in the first quarter, falling behind 25-12 before Porter and Thompson scored the final five points of the period.
Jonathan Kuminga had 10 points and four rebounds in the second quarter to keep the Warriors in it.
Golden State was 3 for 18 from 3-point range until Poole, Porter and Thompson combined for five straight in a five-minute pan, giving the Warriors with a 69-61 lead with 3:15 left in the third quarter.
Poole's long 3-pointer at the start of the fourth quarter gave Golden State its first double-digit lead of the game at 77-65.
But Markelle Fultz scored twice in a 13-0 run by the Magic while the Warriors were scoreless for nearly five minutes.
TIP-INS
Warriors: F Moses Moody missed a second game with a sore right shoulder.
Magic: One week after declaring him out for the season, the Magic announced F Jonathan Isaac has undergone a &ldquo;small surgical procedure&rdquo; for a right hamstring injury. Isaac has missed two straight seasons due to a torn left ACL. ... G Jalen Suggs missed a fourth straight game with a bruised right ankle. ... The Magic signed free-agent G Jeff Dowtin to a 10-day contract.
UP NEXT
Warriors: Play at Miami on Wednesday night.
Magic: Play at Oklahoma City on Wednesday night.

Franz Wagner made three free throws with 12.2 seconds left and dunked on an inbounds play for the final points.

Warriors fall to Magic 94-90; Suns clinch Pacific Division

NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points in his return from a one-game absence, Khris Middleton added 15 of his 20 in the third quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks blew out the Brooklyn Nets 121-109 on Friday night.
Bobby Portis scored 20 of his 25 in the first half to help the Bucks snap a two-game skid. The last loss came without Antetokounmpo, who didn't play Wednesday night against Toronto because of an illness unrelated to COVID-19.
The Bucks are without coach Mike Budenholzer, point guard Jrue Holiday and a number of other key players because of coronavirus health and safety protocols, but got big games from some who did play. Antetokounmpo had nine assists and seven rebounds, and Portis grabbed 12 boards.
Kevin Durant had 29 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Nets, who have lost five straight home games. James Harden finished with 16 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.
Brooklyn won Wednesday night in Indiana with Kyrie Irving making his season debut. He wasn't in the building Friday, ineligible to play home games because he hasn't been vaccinated against COVID-19 as mandated for New York City's professional athletes.
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Back on the court where they won Game 7 in overtime in last season&rsquo;s Eastern Conference semifinals, the Bucks made clear early this one wouldn&rsquo;t be going down to the wire.
Portis scored 10 points in the first quarter, though it should have been 12. He missed a breakaway dunk with no Nets player anywhere near.
He had 10 more in the second, sending Milwaukee to the half with a 60-49 lead even though Antetokounmpo played just 2 1/2 minutes of the period before going to the bench with a third foul.
Middleton took over from there, making three 3-pointers &mdash; one while being fouled &mdash; during a 19-4 spurt in the third that extended a nine-point lead to 87-63 at the midway point of the period.
TIP-INS
Bucks: Milwaukee signed guards Langston Galloway and Jeff Dowtin to 10-day hardship contracts Friday. Galloway recently finished a stint with the Nets, appearing in four games during two 10-day contracts. ... Acting coach Darvin Ham, on being back at the site of the playoff thriller: &ldquo;Great memories, but it&rsquo;s 2022,&rdquo; he said.
Nets: Durant moved ahead of Patrick Ewing (24,815 points) into 23rd place on the career scoring list. ... Nicolas Claxton and Cam Thomas each scored 14 points.
PATTY'S PLACE
Patty Mills shot 1 for 8 for three points. He returned to his reserve role when Irving played Wednesday, but was back in the starting lineup again Friday. Coach Steve Nash said the Nets need to keep Mills in the lineup at home while starting swingman Joe Harris is recovering from left ankle surgery.
&ldquo;I think the Kyrie situation hopefully helps Patty,&rdquo; Nash said. &ldquo;I think we&rsquo;ve seen him kind of almost be overused and over-depended on, and I think it&rsquo;s been difficult for him at times to be able to continue his level of play because we&rsquo;ve overburdened him. So, can Kyrie keep his minutes in a sweet spot where he can keep it consistently high level?&rdquo;
COACH'S CHAIR
Ham, on what it feels like to in the head coach's seat:
&ldquo;It feels weird and feels intense and I like it, but I also like not being in it at this point in time. Bud makes it look effortless man, but I've seen what he goes through being with him since Day 1.&rdquo;
UP NEXT
Bucks: At Charlotte on Saturday night.
Nets: Host San Antonio on Sunday.
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