The American Professional League Championships in the American Professional League: Cole Anthony carries the magic falcons in the qualifiers The American Professional League
Cole Anthony came out of magic bench with 26 points and six passes to lead Orlando Magic to a 120-95 victory over Atlanta Hoks on Tuesday evening in the first match of the game.
Paulo Panchiro achieved 17 points, nine counterattacks and seven decisive passes for magic, and Windle Carter Junior added 19 points and seven rebound balls. Anthony Black also went out on the bench and scored 16 points at 6 of 7 shootings at the first magic appearance in the game.
The seventh seed of the eastern conference after an ordinary season 41-41, the magic will start the qualifying series in the first round in Boston on Sunday.
Trae Young led the hawks with 28 points and six decisive passes before getting two technician errors and automatically expelled with 4:47 left in the game.
The Hawks, who arrived at the qualifiers during the road in two of the last three seasons, will play at home on Friday night to the eighth position against the winner in Wednesday night match in Chicago between Bulls and Miami Heat.
George Niang scored 15 points, Ounika Oldo got 11 points and nine counterattacks of falcons.
Banchero and Black produced most of the attack and the hawks record only two points in the last 6 minutes of the first quarter.
Anthony, whose average reached 9.4 points in his injuries season, achieved 10 out of 17 rounds, including 4 of 9 drawings.