Elfrid Payton's double-double powers Magic over Bucks

ORLANDO, Fla. - Elfrid Payton had 22 points and 10 assists, and the Orlando Magic beat the Milwaukee Bucks 114-90 rout on Friday night.

The Magic shot 52.4 percent from the field and limited the Bucks to 41.9 percent shooting. Tobias Harris scored 19 points for Orlando, and Evan Fournier and Victor Oladipo had 17 apiece.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jerryd Bayless led Milwaukee with 17 points apiece. Khris Middleton had 15.

The Magic made each of their six 3-point attempts and 13 of 16 shots (81.3 percent) overall while blowing the game open in the third period. Orlando outscored Milwaukee 37-22 in the quarter to push a six-point halftime lead to 86-65.

Payton started the surge with a trey 30 seconds into the period. Fournier had a fast-break 3-pointer and Nik Vucevic followed with a traditional three-point play to boost the lead to 77-57.

Middleton was Milwaukee’s only offense in the quarter, scoring 11 points, and the Bucks went 5 for 21 (23.8 percent) from the field against an aggressive Magic defense.

Milwaukee was outscored 65-47 in the second half.

The Magic got 12 points from Harris and nine each from Oladipo and Payton on their way to a 49-43 halftime lead. Orlando used five 3-pointers, two from Harris, to make up for a lack of inside scoring.

The Bucks, meanwhile, relied almost exclusively on points in the paint for the first two periods. Milwaukee hit only two jump shots in the first half, scoring 38 of its 43 points off layups or free throws.

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TIP-INS

Bucks: Milwaukee gave up 32 points on 22 turnovers. … Milwaukee took only two jump shots the first quarter. Eighteen of the Bucks’ 20 shots were from three feet or inside. … PG Michael Carter-Williams has 22 turnovers and 22 assists in his last six games. … Milwaukee is winless (0-8) when trailing at halftime this season.

Magic: Reserve C Jason Smith is 7 for 7 from the field in the last two games. … It was only the second game all season that Orlando has shot over 50 percent from the field. … Orlando starters outscored Milwaukee starters 76-52. … SG Victor Oladipo came off the bench for the second straight game. He had 17 points, nine assists and six rebounds. … Orlando won for the first time in four games this season against a Central Division team.

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Bucks: Visit Charlotte on Sunday.

Magic: Host Boston on Sunday night.

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