Late Wagner magic punishes wasteful Lakers

LOS ANGELES - Franz Wagner was not bothered by the hostile crowd, draining a three-pointer with three seconds left as the Orlando Magic ended the Los Angeles Lakers' unbeaten home record with a dramatic 119-118 win on Nov 21.

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The German rising star took advantage of wayward Lakers shooting from the free-throw line in the closing seconds of a see-saw battle at the Crypto.com Arena to give Orlando a hard-fought National Basketball Association (NBA) victory.

Wagner finished with 37 points, 11 assists and six rebounds to lead the Magic scoring, with older brother Moritz adding 19 from the bench and Jalen Suggs scoring 23.

"It was a great win for us, it was a tough environment here but I thought we showed a lot of character," the 23-year-old said.

"We were down (by) two... you know, I had a good match-up, I had someone on me and I started to make them play.

"It's never easy, especially playing here. Especially with them making a run... it shows a lot of growth from our group that we got the win."