Magic pull away from Hawks, earn playoff date with Celtics

Cole Anthony scored 13 of his 26 points in a fourth-quarter surge, allowing the Orlando Magic to claim a playoff berth via a 120-95 romp over the visiting Atlanta Hawks in an Eastern Conference play-in game Tuesday night, April 15 (Wednesday, April 16, Manila time).

Wendell Carter Jr. chipped in 19 points, Paolo Banchero put up 17 and Anthony Black added to a dominant bench effort with 16 for the Magic, who move on as the seventh seed to a first-round playoff series against the second-seeded Celtics.