Jamahl Mosley has been greatly affected by Franz Wagner’s injury

A year later rupture of the cruciate ligament of his brother Moritz’s left kneewhose return is expected by the end of the month, is Franz Wagner which crashed yesterday at the start of the match against New York.

Wanting to retrieve a lobbed pass, the German winger was pushed into the air by Ariel Huckporti and took a poor reception, causing his left knee to twist and its current output.

The pictures are enough to worry the Magic and their staff, who could once again lose a key player Paolo Banchero has just returned from a groin injury. Jamahl Mosley was, of course, asked about this big shot, simply specifying that Franz Wagner will take exams when the team returns to Orlando. Until then, the technician is keeping his fingers crossed.

“We never like to see a player go down like that, and it hurt my heart to see him go down. I just pray that everything goes well for him. But again, that’s something we don’t wish on anyone, especially him. He tries to do everything right every time he steps on the field.”, he confided at the press briefing. “It took us a good minute to get back into it, which is natural when one of your brothers gets hurt. It takes a little bit of time. It hit me in the heart as soon as he went down, so it’s hard to get back into it. But as time went on, I thought our guys got back into the game. Everyone was fighting to get back, because no matter what happens, we’re going to fight until the buzzer.”

A situation the Magic have experienced before…

The injury is all the more frustrating for Franz Wagner as he was the best player on his team averaging 23 points, 6 rebounds and almost 4 assists per game with very good shooting percentages, not far from his career best (48.7% shooting, including 35.4% from 3-point range).

“Franz was great”continued Jamahl Mosley on the occasion of the start of his protégé’s 2025/26 financial year. “He rises to the occasion and does everything we ask of him, starting from the defensive aspect where he accepts different challenges depending on the situation. Offensively, he continues to improve while playing with confidence. We know what he excels at, getting into the paint to attack the circle, going to the free throw line, shooting with confidence… He was very good for us.”

While he waits to learn more about the duration of his unavailability, it’s up to Jamal Mosley to consider what comes next and how the rest of his group will have to make up for the German’s absence, potentially for an extended period. Unfortunately for him or fortunately for him, the magic technician was used to this kind of adventure…

“We’ve been through this before, and we rely on it when we’re in this situation again. We learn from this experience because we learn from these things. What are we going to do? How can we play? Of course we never like to see a player get injured, but we talked about the depth of our team and how the defense should be our strong point, our guys will depend on that. unavailability,” he pointed out.

The answer begins this Tuesday against Miami in the NBA Cup semifinals.

How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / 3 points in an attempt; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.