The Portland Trail Blazers played yet another thriller Monday night.
But this one ended in heartbreak.
Desmond Bane swished a deep three-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Orlando Magic to a dramatic 115-112 victory before 17,989 at the Kia Center in Orlando.
The improbable game-winner came after a wild late-game flurry that featured a big Blazers run, an impressive out-of-timeout play call by Portland interim coach Tiago Splitter , a clutch three-point play from Jerami Grant , multiple missed free throws from the Magic and a stunning turnover by Jrue Holiday .
In the end, it added up to a painful defeat for Portland, which — for the sixth consecutive time — played a game that was separated by just five points in the final five minutes.
“This one was hard,” Splitter told repo

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