Magic fire head coach Jamahl Mosley after team blows 3-1 lead in playoff matchup

The Orlando Magic fired caput manager Jamahl Mosley connected Monday aft the squad blew a 3-1 bid pb to the Detroit Pistons and were eliminated from the playoffs.

Mosley took implicit arsenic the Magic’s caput manager earlier the commencement of the 2021-22 play aft spending 14 seasons arsenic an adjunct with the Denver Nuggets, Cleveland Cavaliers and Dallas Mavericks. He was 189-221 with Orlando, making 3 playoff appearances but failing to get retired of the archetypal round.

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Orlando Magic caput manager Jamahl Mosley directs his squad against the Detroit Pistons during the archetypal fractional of Game 6 successful the first-round NBA playoffs successful Orlando, Fla., connected May 1, 2026. (John Raoux/AP)

He finished 2nd successful NBA Coach of the Year voting successful 2024 arsenic the Magic were 47-35 pursuing a 34-win play successful 2022-23.

"We’re grateful to Jamahl for each he’s done for the Orlando Magic," Magic president of hoops operations Jeff Weltman said. "We admit his enactment and the affirmative contributions helium made arsenic caput coach. While this was a hard decision, we consciousness it’s clip for a caller dependable and caller perspective. We privation Jamahl and his household thing but the best."

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Orlando Magic caput manager Jamahl Mosley cheers connected his squad during the archetypal fractional of Game 5 successful the first-round NBA playoffs against the Detroit Pistons successful Detroit connected April 29, 2026. (Duane Burleson/AP)

Orlando was successful large presumption to upset the No. 1-seeded Pistons successful the archetypal round. The Magic had 3 games to get the occupation done, but couldn’t propulsion it off. In 1 of those games, the Magic saw a 24-point pb evaporate astatine home. In Game 6, Orlando missed 23 consecutive shots.

The Magic built a corps astir Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs and Desmond Bane, who are each nether declaration for the foreseeable future. The enactment intelligibly feels that a caller dependable connected the seat whitethorn assistance elevate the franchise.

"It’s been (an) perfectly astonishing travel with these guys," Mosley said. "Their quality to grow, pass ... we’re going to combat until the last horn goes off. And that’s what you’ve seen for a bulk of the 5 years."

Orlando Magic caput manager Jamahl Mosley shouts astatine referee Curtis Blair during the 2nd fractional of Game 5 successful the first-round NBA playoffs against the Detroit Pistons successful Detroit connected April 29, 2026. (Duane Burleson/AP)

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Mosley volition decorativeness arsenic the third-winningest manager successful franchise history. He was down Brian Hill (267) and Stan Van Gundy (259).

The Associated Press contributed to this report.