NEW YORK -- Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner limped to the locker room and was ruled out of Orlando's 106-100 loss to the New York Knicks with an injury to his lower left leg.
With 4:43 remaining in the first quarter, Wagner went up for an alley-oop on a fast break but was fouled by Knicks big man Ariel Hukporti. When he landed, it appeared his left knee buckled, and he lay on the floor for a stretch of time before being assisted.
The Magic said Wagner will undergo an MRI upon returning to Orlando on Sunday evening.
"You never want to see anybody go down, but that hurt my heart, watching him hit the floor," Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said. "Now I'm just praying that everything is going to be OK with him, but we just don't like to see that happen to him, especially [Wagner], who does everything the right way at all times he's on the floor."
It has been a season of starts and restarts for the promising Magic, who just got last season's leading scorer, Paolo Banchero, back from a left groin strain. Banchero missed 10 games during the stretch.
Wagner was one of the Magic players who picked up the scoring slack. He has been averaging 25.1 points with six rebounds and four assists during the past seven games, and he leads the Magic in scoring (23.4 PPG).
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
