Paolo Banchero missed 34 games, then came back and scored 34 points. The Orlando forward -- back in the lineup for the first time after almost 2½ months spent recovering from a torn oblique muscle -- gave his team a chance on Friday night,

The night Paolo Banchero suffered a torn right abdominal muscle, the Magic were fourth in the East. It was still early in the season and Jamahl Mosley‘s squad had played just five games. But 72 days and 35 games later?

Paolo Banchero is not a patient person. The Orlando Magic forward acknowledges that he's been frustrated for much of the last 2 1/2 months while recovering from a torn oblique muscle, one that kept him out of the lineup for 34 games.