The Celtics simply ran out of time to fix an ending they should have seen coming from a mile away, Boston losing 108-104.

The Magic are still dangerous enough that the Celtics will need to avoid playing down to their opponent if they don't want a surprise.

Tristan da Silva's late three-pointer was the perfect ending. The Orlando Magic had just beaten the Boston Celtics at their own game. The defend

Orlando sits 18-12 and fourth in the East after an all-time comeback victory over the Miami Heat on Saturday night. Boston enters the contest 22-6 and second in the East after a 25-point victory over the Chicago Bulls the same evening. Here's the latest on player health and status ahead of the contest.

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Orlando, on the other hand, started two-way contract player Trevelin Queen, who had never started an NBA regular-season game before, and 23-year-old rookie Tristan da Silva, along with Suggs, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Goga Bitadze.

The Orlando Magic stunned the Boston Celtics, defeating them 108-104 in a 15-point comeback. The Magic have suffered many injuries this season, but that did not hold them back.

Jaylen Brown scored 35 points on Monday, but the Jayson-Tatum-less Celtics dropped a surprising loss to a short-handed but hard-nosed Magic team, falling 108-104. Here are the takeaways. Where should we even start trying to explain how the game ended?

Tristan da Silva scored 18 points and made a critical 3-pointer with 9.9 seconds left, and the Orlando Magic rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit for a 108-104 victory over the Boston Celtics, who were missing Jayson Tatum because of an illness.

the Orlando Magic have their eyes set on achieving another amazing feat before the holiday break. The shorthanded Magic (18-12) are looking to stack another memorable win under their Christmas tree when they take on the defending champion Boston Celtics ...

The Celtics have won three of their last four and six of nine in December, and have matchups against the Magic, 76ers, and Pacers on the schedule in the next seven days.