ORLANDO, Fla. _ The Orlando Magic's lack of offensive firepower caught up with them Tuesday night.
Faced with injuries to D.J. Augustin, Evan Fournier and Jodie Meeks, the Magic just couldn't keep up with the Chicago Bulls.
Undone by turnovers and an offense that sputtered late in the third quarter and for the entire fourth quarter, the Magic lost to the Bulls, 100-92, at Amway Center.
The Magic cut the Bulls' lead to 74-73 on a jumper by Aaron Gordon with 1:24 to go in the third quarter.
But from that point on, Orlando made just six of its 27 shot attempts and committed six of its 19 turnovers.
Point guard Elfrid Payton had a bad night. In 38 minutes, he made five of his 16 shots and finished with 10 points. Worse, he paired his five assists with eight turnovers.
Payton went to the free-throw line with Orlando trailing 98-92 with 41.6 seconds to play, but Payton missed both foul shots.
Dwyane Wade finished with a game-high 21 points for the Bulls (23-23).
The Magic (18-29) have lost 11 of their last 14 games.
Augustin, Fournier and Meeks are three of the Magic's four best 3-point shooters, and their absences took a toll.
For a few anxious moments midway through the second quarter, the Magic's injury problems appeared to get much worse.
Jeff Green contested a lob pass, and when he did, he collided with Wade.
Green landed awkwardly, and his left leg appeared to buckle. He fell to Amway Center's parquet floor in a heap. He remained there motionless for awhile, clutching his leg as athletic trainer Keon Weise attended to him.
Green walked back to the locker room, but he returned to the Magic bench a few minutes later.
Losing Green would have been a severe problem for the Magic because of his versatility. On Tuesday night, he started at shooting guard because coach Frank Vogel thought _ correctly _ that having Green and Aaron Gordon on the wings gave the Magic their best chance to guard Wade and Jimmy Butler (20 points) effectively.
But Green returned to the game top open the third quarter.
Orlando trailed Chicago 52-49 at halftime. Although the Magic made 51.4 percent of their shot attempts in the first half, they also turned the ball over 10 times.
