Magic 114, Bucks 90
ORLANDO -- Second-year point guard Elfrid Payton scored 22 points and added 10 assists in leading the Orlando Magic to an easy, 114-90 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night at the Amway Center.
Victor Oladipo had 17 points, nine assists and six rebounds. Tobias Harris scored 19 points and hit four of his five 3-pointers. Evan Fournier added 17 points for the Magic.
Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and guard Jerryd Bayless each scored 17 points. Khris Middleton had 15 points. Center Greg Monroe had nine points and eight rebounds.
It was the second consecutive victory for the Magic (8-8), both coming after Oladipo was replaced in the starting lineup by Channing Frye.
The Bucks were without head coach Jason Kidd, who was serving a one-game suspension that stemmed from a confrontation with an official Wednesday.
The Magic shot well, hitting 43 of 82 shots (.524). They also made 12 of 27 shots from 3-point range, while the Bucks made only 8 of 26.
The Bucks (6-10) never seriously challenged in the second half.
The Magic led 86-65 going into the final period. They hit six 3-pointers and a 3-point play in the first eight minutes of the third period. Middleton hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the period, but he was no match for a well-balanced Magic attack.
The Magic led, 49-43, at intermission after closing the first half with an 8-2 run that included five consecutive points by Payton.
Antetokounmpo led the Bucks early with 12 points and four rebounds in the first half. Harris hit a pair of 3-pointers and had 12 points for the Magic in the first two periods. Payton added nine points and six assists.
The Bucks, who hit a season-high 13 3-pointers on Wednesday, made only one of eight from behind the line in the first half. The Bucks also struggled early with 11 turnovers that became 17 points for the Magic.
NOTES: Assistant coach Joe Prunty became the lead coach for the Bucks on Friday night after the suspension of head coach Jason Kidd earlier in the day. Kidd was suspended for one game after his ejection Wednesday night by referee Zach Zarba. Kidd knocked the ball out of the official's hands. According to the league, the suspension was "for aggressively pursuing and confronting a game official, slapping the ball out of his hands, and not leaving the court in a timely manner upon his ejection." Prunty filled in for Kidd once before when Kidd was suspended for two games when he coached in Brooklyn. He went 1-1. ... First-year Magic coach Scott Skiles previously coached the Bucks (2008-13) and left with a 162-182 record. ... The start of the game was delayed for seven minutes after the Bucks noticed their basket was uneven, and the Amway Center workers adjusted it.