After more than a year’s break, European champion Moritz Wagner returns to Orlando. The Magic win against the Pelicans before the Berlin game.
World champion Moritz Wagner made his comeback for the Orlando Magic in the NBA professional basketball league after more than a year of suffering – and experienced a narrow victory before the emotional trip to Germany.
The Florida franchise won their home game against the New Orleans Pelicans 128:118, securing their 22nd victory in the 40th game of the season.
Moritz Wagner celebrates his comeback
Wagner, who suffered an ACL tear in his left knee in December 2024 and missed the European Championship last summer, among other things, played a total of ten minutes off the bench four days before the “Berlin Game 2026”. He recorded eight points, two rebounds, and two assists.
Moritz Wagner: “An Emotional Guy”
Before the game, the 28-year-old had been “very excited,” as he told FanDuel Sports Network in the locker room 385 days after his injury: “But I try to tell myself: This is just a new day, another game. But I am an emotional guy, it’s a bit eerie to think about.”
Wagner returned just in time for the “home game” in Germany. This coming Thursday (7:30 PM), the national player will meet the Memphis Grizzlies with Orlando in Berlin’s Uber Arena. Wagner, like his brother Franz, was born in the capital.