The Orlando Magic’s six-game winning streak was snapped Monday night, losing 126-125 to the Atlanta Hawks.
Atlanta saw the returns of both Dejounte Murray and John Collins in this game, and won the season series 3-1 against Orlando this season.
The Magic, likely reeling off Sunday’s win against the Celtics, jumped out to two separate four-point leads before the first stoppage of play with 6:49 remaining in the first. But Atlanta responded with a 13-2 run, forcing Orlando to call a timeout with the Hawks up seven (21-14).
A couple of threes brought Orlando back within one point (27-26), but an Atlanta 7-1 run to close the quarter and an AJ Griffin buzzer-beating three-pointer put the Hawks back up seven heading into the second period.