Franz Wagner is carrying the Orlando Magic offense right now, and on Tuesday night in Sacramento he carried it all the way to a losing streak being snapped. Wagner scored a season high 33 points with seven rebounds and seven assists as Orlando beat the Kings 107-100 at Golden 1 Center to end a four game slide.

Wagner shot 11 of 23 from the field and a perfect 10 of 10 at the free throw line in 38 minutes. It was his second straight 30 point game after he put up 30 points and 11 assists at Golden State on Saturday, and this one came with Orlando short handed. Paolo Banchero sat out with a right high ankle sprain and Jalen Suggs was out with a right knee bone bruise, leaving Wagner to run the offense as scorer and playmaker at the same time.

Orlando led 57-52 at halftime and 84-76 after three quarters, and its lead reached 14 points in the fourth. Wagner closed the door himself, drawing a foul on Zach LaVine in the final minute and sinking both free throws to push the score to 105-98 with 20 seconds left.

The win was built at the defensive end, where Orlando forced 21 Sacramento turnovers and turned them into 33 points. In his on court interview after the game, Wagner pointed to that defense and said the Magic showed “better activity” even with “a couple lapses” still to clean up.

Anthony Black gave Wagner real help with 26 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals. LaVine led Sacramento with 31 points and Darius Acuff Jr. added 29, but the Kings fell to 1-10 and stayed winless at home. Domantas Sabonis was held scoreless for the first time in 596 games.

Orlando improved to 3-7 and finishes its road trip at Utah on Wednesday night. With two starters still out, the Magic go where Wagner takes them, and right now that is back to back nights of 30 or more with the ball in his hands on every big possession.

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