NEW ORLEANS — The Portland Trail Blazers on Monday stumbled across the 10-game mark of the 2025-26 NBA season with a heartbreaking defeat at the Orlando Magic.

After allowing the methodical, half-court oriented Magic to dictate the pace for the better part of four quarters, the Blazers unleashed a late 11-0 run to take a stunning lead in the closing seconds. But they were ultimately undone by a Desmond Bane game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer in a 115-112 defeat.

It was the Blazers’ second consecutive loss at the beginning of a five-game East Coast trip and it dropped their record to .500 roughly three weeks into the season.

It’s a respectable start for a franchise easing away from a multi-year rebuild into a playoff contender . But after earning multiple wins over some of th

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