Magic star Paolo Banchero opened up about facing the Celtics and Jayson Tatum ahead of their Friday night clash.

Cooper Flagg and AJ Dybantsa were at TD Garden for the Celtics-Magic game Friday night. The New England natives saw the Celtics win handily.

The Duke men's basketball program was in attendance Friday night in TD Garden for the contest between the Orlando Magic and Boston Celtics, which featured plenty of former Blue Devils – Paolo Banchero,

The Duke Blue Devils made their way to Boston to take on the Boston College Eagles, and on their off-day, they watched some NBA action.

Following the game against the Boston Celtics on Friday, Orlando Magic star Paolo Banchero mentioned seeing Duke standout Cooper Flagg in attendance.

Paolo Banchero couldn’t pinpoint an exact reason for the lack of energy at Milwaukee but said Orlando has to “shake it off” to rebound.

After Wednesday's loss at Milwaukee, Magic players pointed to an atypical lack of energy at the root of the rout. At Friday's shootaround, second-year guard Anthony Black said games like this one with the Celtics are the ones "hoopers get up for."

Paolo Banchero’s return to the lineup for Orlando was supposed to take them from overachievers to contenders. That is a work in progress. The Magic have lost four of their last six. They lost most recently 122-93 Wednesday in Milwaukee. Boston was upset Wednesday in Toronto. The Raptors knocked off the defending champs 110-97.

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The Celtics were without Jayson Tatum in that one; the Magic had both Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner ... Orlando is last in 3-pointers made and Boston is first. No team defends the long ball ...

Jayson Tatum scored 30 points and the Boston Celtics ran past the Orlando Magic 121-94 on Friday night. With freshman star Cooper Flagg and his Duke teammates looking on from the stands, Tatum, a former Blue Devils standout,