The Magic starters built a lead and then watched the veterans protect it in the fourth.
Jamahl Mosley elected to stick with the second unit of R.J. Hampton, Gary Harris, Terrence Ross, Chuma Okeke and Moe Wagner for the entire fourth quarter, even as a double-digit lead was trimmed to one-possession. Ross took over down the stretch, with some trademark threes and a SportsCenter-worthy dunk, to help the Magic defeat the Pelicans 108-102 on Wednesday in New Orleans.
The Magic took an early lead as Mo Bamba hit a pair of threes, and a Pelicans team without Brandon Ingram missed six of their first seven shots while also committing early turnovers, for a 10-3 advantage.