Paolo Banchero returns to Magic lineup after missing 34 games with torn oblique, scores 34 in loss

Injured Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero, right, gives instructions to guard Anthony Black (0) during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Orlando, Fla.

Injured Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero, right, gives instructions to guard Anthony Black (0) during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)


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Paolo Banchero is not a patient person. The Orlando Magic forward acknowledges that he's been frustrated for much of the last 2 1/2 months while recovering from a torn oblique muscle, one that kept him out of the lineup for 34 games. But Friday, finally, he returned. Banchero was in Orlando's starting lineup for its game against the Milwaukee Bucks — and to say he was raring to go would be an understatement.

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