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SPORTS Monday 31 deceMber 2018

Fournier's buzzer beater lifts

Magic past Pistons 109-107

By BILL FAY minutes to go. but stayed in the game.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Evan Detroit rallied quickly, get- ... Orlando came in off as
Fournier's running jumper ting 3-pointers from Bruce season-best 29-point win
in the lane as the buzzer Brown and Bullock. A layup over Toronto. ... F Jonathon
sounded gave the Orlando by Reggie Jackson cut the Simmons left the game in
Magic a 109-107 win over deficit to 105-104 with 8.9 the second quarter with
the Detroit Pistons on Sun- seconds remaining. an ankle injury and did not
day. Terrence Ross got loose for return. ... The Magic out- Orlando Magic's Terrence Ross, left, goes up to shoot as he gets
D.J. Augustin led the Magic a breakway dunk with 5.4 scored the Pistons 22-8 in past Detroit Pistons' Reggie Jackson (1) during the final seconds
with 26 points and eight as- seconds to go but Bullock points in the paint in the first of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, in Orlando,
sists, and Nikola Vucevic was fouled on a 3-point at- quarter.q Fla. Associated Press
and Aaron Gordon each tempt by Orlando's Jerian
scored 22 points. Fournier Grant with 2.5 seconds and
finished with 13. made all three free throws
Luke Kennard scored 16 to tie the game at 107.
points to lead the Pistons. Fournier took the inbounds
Reggie Bullock and Blake pass and immediately
Griffin had 15 apiece and drove into the lane, lofting
Andre Drummond had 14 his shot just before the buzz-
points and 15 rebounds. er sound to give Orlando its
Fournier's winning basket second straight win.
ended a wild finish in which TIP-INS
Detroit wiped out an eight- Pistons: Detroit came into
point deficit in the final the game off a season-
three minutes only to lose worst 37-point loss to Indi-
for the 11th time in their last ana. ... Detroit is No. 1 in of-
14 games. fensive rebounding advan-
Neither team led by more tage over opponents with
than six points in the sec- a plus-110 margin coming
ond half until Augustin in. The Pistons added to
sparked an 8-0 run with that, grabbing 17 rebounds
back-to-back 3-pointers to 10 for the Magic. ... Grif-
and fed Jonathan Isaac fin took a nasty fall when he
for a fastbreak layup that slipped on a wet floor while
gave Orlando a 95-87 lead trying to inbound the ball
with 7:07 left in the game. after a turnover. Griffin lay
Later in the quarter, Augus- on the floor for 15 seconds
tin stole a rebound from before getting up and con-
Drummond, drove the tinuing play.
lane and whipped a wrap- Magic: PG D.J. Augustin
around pass to Vucevic for badly sprained his ankle af-
an uncontested layup that ter stepping on Griffin's foot
made it 104-95 with 3 1/2 with 1:44 left in the game,