The Orlando Magic may not have won the NBA Cup this season, but they are walking away a better team because of the tournament. While they would have rather have

Jalen Brunson got hot in Las Vegas at the right time. The Knicks’ All-NBA point guard dropped his first 40-point game of the season on the Magic, plus dished out eight assists, to put New York into the championship game of the NBA Cup.

The Magic, with eyes on the playoffs, hope this loss leads to gains later on. “It’s definitely a motivation,” Wendell Carter Jr. said.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Orlando guard Jalen Suggs left the arena aided by a wheelchair on Saturday night after an NBA Cup semifinal loss to New York, and the already short-handed Magic will now wait to learn the severity of his left hip injury.

Although Jalen Suggs scored 26 points, the Magic fell to New York on Saturday night in the tourney’s semifinals.

Jalen Brunson anotó al menos 30 puntos por cuarto encuentro consecutivo, alcanzó su máximo número de la temporada con 40 unidades y condujo el sábado a los Knicks de Nueva York a un triunfo de 132-120 sobre el Magic de Orlando,

Philadelphia is operating about $1 million below the first apron, and the question is whether depth matters more than savings. ESPN’s Bobby Marks points to Kelly Oubre Jr.

The NBA trade season is officially underway, with most NBA players now eligible for trades as of December 15, even those who signed with new teams before the se