Moe Wagner was in Sixth Man of the Year contention with averages of 13 points and five rebounds in 19 minutes per game, and was being relied upon for offense with Banchero and his brother Franz already out. Absolutely brutal. The Magic have been about as resilient as you can be through all these key injuries, sitting at No. 4 in the East at 18-12, but at a certain point you just can’t win consistently without your horses. Don’t tell that to Cole Anthony, however, who lit up the Heat for 35 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as the Magic improbably erased a 25-point deficit for the shorthanded win on Saturday.

Winner: Tatum’s Celtic status

A lot of NBA fans may not realize it, but Jayson Tatum is quickly becoming one of the greatest Celtics of all time. He’s already second in franchise history in 3-pointers made, and with 43 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in Saturday’s win over the Bulls, he became just the second Celtic ever to record a 40-point triple-double. The other one is Larry freaking Bird.

“You can’t simulate what it’s like playing in Boston because of all the greats that have come before you,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said of Tatum after the game. “And when you see guys go after that greatness all the time, it deserves that type of recognition.”

Loser: The Beam

Sacramento has been lit the last two seasons — quite literally — as Mike Brown led the Kings to 48 and 46 wins, respectively, to get the franchise back in the playoff picture for the first time since Yung Joc had the No. 1 song on the hip hop charts. The “Light the Beam!” chants after every win — home or away — reverberated across Northern California, and losing was a thing of the past.

Until this week, that is. The Beam has been moping around unlit recently as the Kings have dropped four consecutive home games to see their record fall to baffling 6-11 at Golden 1 Center and 13-17 on the season. On top of that, Sacramento has reportedly entered the “danger zone” as it pertains to star point guard De’Aaron Fox, who apparently isn’t about to tolerate a backslide into their bygone, losing ways.

Trading Fox might be the prudent move for Sacramento if the front office can’t see a path back toward contention with this group, but his departure would signal a white flag of sorts for the Kings era that was only supposed to have just gotten started.

Winner: Honest Ant

Whether you like the message or not, you have to respect Anthony Edwards telling it like it is. Less than a month ago, Edwards called out the Timberwolves (himself included) for being “soft as hell” after a bad loss to the Kings. The team rattled off six wins in seven games after the comments, so Edwards must have thought, “why not try this again?”

Following Thursday night’s loss to the Knicks, in which Minnesota trailed by as many as 36 points, Edwards said, “We don’t have shit on offense. We don’t have no identity. I mean, we know I’m going to shoot a bunch of shots, we know [Julius Randle] going to shoot a bunch of shots and that’s all we know. We don’t really know anything else.”

Scorched. Earth.