Magic win battle of short-handed squads vs. Hawks

Magic 104, Hawks 98: Franz Wagner scored 25 points, Robin Lopez had 10 points and a career-high 11 assists, and visiting Orlando beat Atlanta in a matchup of short-handed teams on Wednesday night.

Cam Reddish finished with a season-high 36 points and John Collins had 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Hawks, who have lost seven straight at home.

Both teams had to make plenty of adjustments before the game with so many players in health and safety protocols.

Hawks guard Kevin Huerter was taken out of the starting lineup after a positive test, joining Lou Williams and Timothe Luwawu-Caborrot in protocols on Wednesday. Collins was the only regular in Atlanta’s lineup. Bogdan Bogdanovich returned after missing eight games with a right ankle sprain and scored six points.

Atlanta was already without leading scorer Trae Young, leading rebounder Clint Capela and reserve forward Danilo Gallinari. The Hawks started Reddish, Gorgui Dieng, Delon Wright and Skylar May with Collins. They had 11 players dressed.

Magic guard Mychal Mulder joined five teammates in protocols. Terrence Ross, Mo Bamba, Moritz Wagner, R.J. Hampton and Ignas Brazdeikis were the others. Orlando had only four regulars – Wagner, Gary Harris, Chuma Okeke and Lopez – who weren’t listed on the pregame injury report.

Leading scorer Cole Anthony (right ankle sprain) and Wendell Carter Jr. (right leg muscle strain) were game-time decisions, and both were ruled out.

Wagner, Harris, Okeke, Lopez and rookie Hassani Gravett started. The Magic had 10 players dressed.

Cavaliers 111, Celtics 101: Jaylen Brown scored 34 points and the Boston Celtics beat depleted Cleveland 111-101 on Wednesday night to end the Cavaliers’ winning streak at six.

Robert Williams III added a careerhigh 21 points along with 11 rebounds and seven assists, and Jayson Tatum had 18 points.

Darius Garland led Cleveland with 28 points.