62-35.
That was the margin of bench scoring in the Orlando Magic’s 113-94 loss to the Boston Celtics on Friday night at TD Garden. Boston did enough damage with its first unit, but when its reserves too the court, the good times kept on rolling — for Boston, that is.
The Magic kept pace with the Celtics for the first half. Orlando still trailed 58-50 at the halfway point, but the game was very much in reach. That was the case even with Orlando having shot just 43 percent and having turned it over nine times.
But the writing was sort of on the wall that this one had the potential to get ugly.