The Orlando Magic seemed to have the game wrapped up. They failed to get the stop and failed to show up in overtime as the Minnesota Timberwolves sneaked by.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT1 | T | |
| Magic | 23 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 105 |
| Timberwolves | 26 | 26 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 111 |
Aaron Gordon seemed to have put the Orlando Magic win away. He scrapped for the ball on an offensive rebound and finished through contact for an and-one and a two-point lead with 50 seconds left.
The Magic would not score again. Nikola Vucevic committed a travel on the next possession after getting a rebound. Then Andrew Wiggins got around a screen and drained a jumper over Aaron Gordon and Nikola Vucevic to send the game to overtime.
Orlando failed to get a shot on its final possession with 10 seconds left. Elfrid Payton, clearly frustrated over a busted play, had to heave a contested 3-pointer that barely grazed the backboard.
The Magic would go to overtime and the wind would escape them.
Wiggins had things rolling and kept attacking the Magic defense. Meanwhile, Orlando’s offense lost its togetherness as the team tried desperately to get to the basket and struggled to draw much iron. Orlando had just one field goal in the overtime.
That is going to be tough to get any wins in.
The Magic got the game back down to three points, but Payton split a pair of free throws and the Timberwolves iced the game at the foul line. Nikola Vucevic missed a wide-open 3-pointer and Evan Fournier, playing for the first time in eight games, missed a put back and the Wolves ran out the clock.
Orlando could not complete a nine-point comeback from midway in the fourth quarter, succumbing to Ricky Rubio‘s sudden 3-point barrage and Andrew Wiggins finding his star turn with stellar playmaking down the stretch.
The Magic played with the effort to get a chance at consecutive wins for the first time since Christmas.
It turned into a disappointing game. The Magic had a winnable game and a chance to build some momentum to keep their fading Playoff hopes on life support. Maybe that is a futile hope anyway. Talks of playing a good effort game are talks of a team tanking anyway.
The Magic simply failed to execute in the end, giving the Timberwolves too many opportunities to beat them.