ATLANTA — Paolo Banchero had 36 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as the Orlando Magic rallied from an early 19-point deficit to defeat the Atlanta Hawks 114-108 on Thursday night.

Franz Wagner scored 25 points and Cole Anthony had 17 for the Magic, who are seventh in the Eastern Conference — moving them one game ahead of the Miami Heat and 1.5 games ahead of the Hawks.

Banchero now has 47 games with at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists, the third-most by a player before his 23rd birthday behind LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Trae Young scored 38 points for the Hawks, and rookie Zaccharie Risacher had his first double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

The Magic overcame a poor shooting night from 3-point range, connecting on just 6 of 25 (24%).

The Hawks led 40-21 early in the second quarter, but the Magic took a one-point lead into halftime after outscoring Atlanta 38-18 the rest of the period. Banchero had 18 points during that stretch.

After the game, Young had some pointed comments about the officials for the game. Young, who was tagged with a technical foul early in the fourth quarter, said he felt the officiating was “one-sided” in the matchup of teams jockeying for playoff seeding in the Eastern Conference.

“They shot 10 more free throws than us,” Young said. “And I mean, I feel like if you asked anybody around the league, you would know that they’re probably a more physical team that we are, and the way we drove. I mean, even some of the guys are laughing when they weren’t calling fouls.”

The Hawks were whistled for 25 fouls and the Magic 22, but Orlando had 38 free-throw attempts to Atlanta’s 28. The Hawks were also called for three technical fouls and the Magic one.

Several calls early in the fourth quarter against the Hawks led to exchanges between the officials and Young and some of his teammates. Young picked up a technical after being called for a foul with 10 minutes, 59 seconds remaining, then was whistled for two more fouls inside the next minute. 

Takeaways

Magic: The Magic shot 33% in the first quarter, but turned that around with a 71% second quarter.

Hawks: The Hawks’ defense in the final three quarters was not good enough. Atlanta will hope to improve on that while playing nine of its next 11 games at home.

Key moment

Back-to-back 3-pointers by Anthony and Banchero with under three minutes left gave the Magic a 109-103 lead, and they held on from there.

Key stat

Dyson Daniels’ three steals gave him 152 for the season, which is more than last season’s steal leaders De’Aaron Fox and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (150) and is the most of any player since the 2018-19 season. The Hawks have 26 games left.

Up next

The Magic kick off a seven-game homestand Friday against the Memphis Grizzlies. The Hawks host the Detroit Pistonson Sunday.