Cleveland, the runaway Eastern Conference leaders, had looked poised to extend their franchise-record winning run after surging clear of Orlando early in the third quarter.
But after a season where they have staged hefty winning comebacks of their own, the tables turned on Cleveland in the face of a furious burst of Orlando scoring.
The Magic outscored Cleveland 35-23 in the third quarter, with Franz Wagner leading the charge with nine points and Banchero adding seven.
Although Cleveland led by a slender 83-82 margin heading into the fourth quarter, and threatened to stretch away once more after Donovan Mitchell's driving layup made it 91-84, Orlando refused to roll over.
Eight more points from Wagner in the final frame and five apiece from Banchero and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope saw the Magic home to silence a 19,432 sellout crowd at Cleveland's Rocket Arena.
Former No. 1 NBA Draft pick Banchero finished with 24 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists while Wagner added 22 points with eight rebounds and two assists as Orlando improved to 32-37 to remain eighth in the Eastern Conference standings.
Mitchell led the Cleveland scoring with 23 points, with Jarrett Allen finishing on 20 and Darius Garland adding 19.
In Sunday's other early game, the Philadelphia 76ers scored an upset 130-125 win over the Dallas Mavericks on the road.
Quentin Grimes led the scoring for a depleted Sixers line-up missing Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Kelly Oubre Jr, finishing with 28 points.
Fans think the Wealdstone Raider is a time traveller after his incredible Newcastle Carabao Cup prediction goes viral
Winning Prediction
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NEWCASTLE pulled off a stunning 2-1 Carabao Cup final victory over Wembley at Liverpool to win their first domestic trophy in 70 years.
And given the Magpies‘ dismal record in cup competitions spanning decades, few gave them much of a chance at all of overcoming the Premier League leaders at Wembley.
https://x.com/brfcsammieThe Wealdstone Raider was one of very few people to perfectly guess the outcome of the Carabao Cup final[/caption]
Andrew Styczynski - The SunHe previously went viral for his antics at Wealdstone games[/caption]
APDan Burn netted a headed goal as the Wealdstone Raider predicted[/caption]
Few, that is, except 59-year-old Gordon Hill, better known as the Wealdstone Raider.
The non-league superfan was seen donning a Newcastle shirt as he was interviewed ahead of the big match.
And when asked what the score would be, he said: “2-1 Newcastle.”
He was then asked who the first goalscorer would be and incredible responded: “You know what, I think Dan Burn to celebrate the England call-up.
“Well done for that Dan, you deserve it. Header, boom, straight in there.”
And on 45 minutes, Burn did exactly what the Wealdstone Raider said he would do.
Attacking a corner, the defender got to the ball first and coolly headed into Caoimhin Kelleher’s bottom right hand corner.
Inside Newcastle’s wild dressing room celebrations as Burn does trademark dance and Longstaff drinks out of Carabao Cup
TOON PARTY
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After the match, boss Eddie Howe joked that Dan Burn hadn’t shown any signs of making a goalscoring contribution during their set piece drills in training.
He commented: “We worked consistently for two weeks on set plays just for this game and if you had seen us in practice you would have said we had no chance.
“We couldn’t believe Dan Burn scored – he didn’t train like that! He was a colossus for us.”
And fans were just as surprised that the prediction had come true, with many left wondering where the Wealdstone Raider’s knowledge of future events had come from.
One posted on X: “Wealdstone raider turned mystic Meg”
Another wrote: “Get the Wealdstone Raider to give us his lottery numbers. Blimey.”
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