THE MAGIC DROPPED A NUCLEAR BOMB ON DC: BANCHERO AND WAGNER TURN THE WIZARDS INTO A G-LEAGUE TEAM

Let’s not sugarcoat it: the Orlando Magic just straight-up murdered the Washington Wizards.

I’m talking body bag, closed-casket, call-the-embassy levels of disrespect.

Final score? 125–94.

That’s a prison yard beatdown on national TV, and somewhere deep in the Capital One Arena basement, the ghost of Gilbert Arenas is screaming, “Don’t bring a wand to a gunfight.”

Except that’s the thing — the Wizards didn’t bring anything. No wand. No defense. No pulse.

Meanwhile, Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner were running transition like they were on Olympic trials.

Paolo dropped 28 and 11 on just 15 shots. Franz added 25, 6, and 6 like he was taking it personally that DC even dared to show up. And they did it all in under 30 minutes. It’s giving “we have brunch reservations” energy.

11 Straight vs DC — Orlando should Send a Thank You Card! The Magic Finally Found Their Formula

You want to know how bad it was? The Magic scored 43 points in the second quarter — a franchise record — and didn’t even break a sweat doing it.

The Wizards missed their first 10 shots of that quarter like they were working with Scary Terry. Meanwhile, Paolo and Franz were flying down the court like German-engineered sports cars (straight speed). You blinked and it was 75–56 at the half.

Wendell Carter Jr. decided to get in on the bullying too: 16 and 12, two blocks, and apparently a sniper from three now. My man is 9-for-16 from deep this season, which means he’s legally required to launch at least two per game until further notice.

Goga Bitadze?

Fifteen off the bench in 20 minutes. Just casually punching the Wizards’ bench unit in the mouth.

ELEVEN. STRAIGHT. WINS.

The last time the Wizards beat Orlando, people still thought NFTs were the future. It’s now 2025 and the Magic own Washington like a condo in Brickell. This team treats every matchup like a personal insult, and I’m here for it.

Let me put it this way: Bilal Coulibaly and Alex Sarr combined for 20 quiet-ass points. CJ McCollum out there like “man, I used to be on real teams.” Even Kyshawn George’s 17 points came in the first quarter when things still felt “competitive,” which is adorable in retrospect.

By the time the third quarter ended, it looked like both teams were running open gym. I swear Orlando’s bench was scoring just to pad their TikTok reels.

What’s the recipe? Defense + downhill pressure + actual ball movement = destruction. Mosley finally stopped pretending this was a grit-and-grind team and let the boys cook.

They had 24 fast-break points, 62 points in the paint, and outboarded the Wizards 53–40.

This is the blueprint.

This is what Orlando’s been teasing for two years now. Just let Paolo and Franz bully mismatches like it’s 2K, get Wendell spacing, let Jalen Suggs bark at people defensively, and run every time you get a stop.

It’s working.

The Magic have a chance to go for three straight vs. Atlanta, and they look like that have finally arrived .

And Paolo Banchero is HIM.