Ross’ 30 points off the bench leads Magic rout of Knicks

Terrence Ross scored 18 of his season-high 30 points in the second half, and the Orlando Magic used a decisive third-quarter run to beat the New York Knicks 107-89 on Wednesday night in Orlando.

Orlando went on a 25-8 run over the final nine minutes of the third quarter and outscored New York 30-14 in the period to wipe out a three-point halftime deficit.

The Knicks’ season-best three-game winning streak ended.

Nikola Vucevic had 16 points and 17 rebounds, his 20th double-double of the season. Evan Fournier, playing for the first time in more than a week because of back spasms, scored 19 points. Orlando hit 16 of 34 3-point attempts and shot 45.7% from the floor.

Julius Randle had 25 points and seven rebounds for New York. He was coming off a season-high 44 points in a win over Atlanta on Monday. RJ Barrett added 15 points for the Knicks, who shot just 25% in the second half.

New York fell to 2-9 when failing to score

100 points.

The injury-plagued Magic welcomed back Fournier, the team’s second-leading scorer who had missed 14 of the past 23 games while battling back spasms. Al-Farouq Aminu played in just his second game of the season for Orlando. James Ennis III was sidelined with a groin injury.

Rookie guard Cole Anthony, whose shoulder injury was recently rediagnosed as a non-displaced rib fracture, won’t return until after next month’s All-Star Game, the team said.

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Bucks: Alex Lasry, a 33-year-old team executive and son of billionaire Bucks co-owner and hedge fund manager Marc Lasry, received the coronavirus vaccine this week at a senior living center in Milwaukee, despite not being part of a group currently eligible for the shots in Wisconsin. “This week I was vaccinated!” Lasry tweeted Friday after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported it. “My wife got a call from her uncle that works in a facility that had extra doses that were going to go to waste if not used right away. With Lauren early in her pregnancy, we wanted to ensure our home, and entire community is safe for everyone.” Lasry said he didn’t receive special treatment because of his position with the Bucks, his political aspirations or his father’s wealth.

Cavaliers: Kevin Love took part in most of the Cavaliers’ practice, moving the five-time All-Star closer to playing after missing most of the season with a calf injury. Love has been out since Dec. 27, when he aggravated a calf strain he initially incurred in the team’s exhibition opener.