Franz Wagner scores 21 in the fourth as the Magic drop the champion Knicks to 0-3

Franz Wagner scored 21 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and the Orlando Magic beat the New York Knicks 111-102 on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden. The win was Orlando's first under coach Sean Sweeney, and it left the defending champion Knicks at 0-3.

New York is the first defending champion to lose its first three games since the 2011-12 Dallas Mavericks, according to the Associated Press. The Knicks haven't won since Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

For three quarters, this looked like the night they would. The Knicks opened on a 12-0 run and led 86-76 with 9:20 left after an OG Anunoby floater. Wagner, who started 1 of 10 from the field, then scored nine points in an 11-0 run that gave Orlando its first lead at 87-86 with 7:25 to go. The Magic outscored New York 35-16 the rest of the way and won the fourth quarter 40-27.

Wagner finished with 23 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists. Anthony Black, back after missing the first two games with an ankle injury, scored 18 and made 5 of 7 3-pointers. Tristan da Silva also hit five 3s and scored 19, and Desmond Bane had 22 on 4-of-9 shooting from deep. Orlando made 18 3-pointers and shot 43% from beyond the arc.

The Magic did it without leading scorer Paolo Banchero and lost Jalen Suggs to a knee injury in the fourth quarter.

Jalen Brunson led New York with 28 points, but he needed 28 shots and went 1 of 7 from 3. Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Anunoby scored 22, including 10 in the fourth. The Knicks went 9 of 38 from 3-point range and committed eight of their 14 turnovers in the final quarter.

Orlando, now 1-2, visits Toronto on Wednesday. The Knicks host the unbeaten Pistons on Tuesday.