Magic’s Anthony Black shares special moment with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
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The Orlando Magic suffered an embarrassing defeat in Game 6 of their NBA Playoffs sequence with the Detroit Pistons on Friday. Orlando imploded within the second half, permitting the Pistons to storm again from a 22-point halftime deficit and win the sport.
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Despite that disappointing end result, there was one special moment within the sport for Magic guard Anthony Black. Black acquired to share that moment with his former teammate Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
“Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is sitting in the front row across from the Pistons’ bench. When Anthony Black sank a left-corner 3 to extend Orlando’s lead to 70-54, Black pointed at KCP in celebration, and KCP pointed back at Black, a smile on his face,” The Athletic’s Josh Robbins posted to X, previously Twitter.
Caldwell-Pope is now not with the Magic. He performed the 2025-26 season with the Memphis Grizzlies. He was nonetheless in attendance Friday to cheer on his former group.
The Magic scored just eight points in the fourth quarter of Friday’s sport. Orlando had a complete of simply 19 second half factors, in one in every of the most bizarre defeats in NBA Playoffs historical past.
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“They (Orlando) shot 4 for 37 in the second half, setting the worst field goal percentage in any regular-season or playoff half with at least 35 attempts in the play-by-play era (since 1997-98) according to ESPN Research. They shot an abysmal 1-for-20 in the fourth quarter,” ESPN reported.
Orlando has now misplaced back-to-back video games within the sequence after constructing a 3-1 sequence lead.
“Just keep everybody together,” stated Magic star Paolo Banchero. “The series [isn’t] over. They clawed their way to tie it up 3-3. We won a game there to start the series. “We’ve just got to do it again.”
The pivotal Game 7 is on Sunday afternoon.
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