ORLANDO, Fla. — The Bulls didn’t go into their holiday break with a lot of cheer.
Trailing by two points entering the fourth quarter, the Bulls scored only 14 points the rest of the way, falling to the -Magic 103-95 on Monday.
The loss snapped a modest two-game winning streak for the Bulls, who don’t play again until Saturday at the United Center against the Hawks.
Zach LaVine led the team with 26 points on 8-for-26 shooting. Tomas Satoransky had 20 points and was 4-for-5 on three-pointers.
‘‘It’s very difficult to win a road game when you have [15] turnovers and they have 13 blocks,’’ Bulls coach Jim Boylen said.
Terrence Ross scored a season-high 26 points for the Magic, but it was their shot-blockers who made the most noise. Mo Bamba came off the bench to block four shots, and Jonathan Isaac and Aaron Gordon blocked three apiece.
‘‘That’s who we have to be,’’ Magic coach Steve Clifford said. ‘‘We’re long, we have size, we have versatility.
‘‘The other guys did great things, but without [Ross], we would have been playing from eight, 10 behind there in the third quarter. He kept us in the game and made shot after shot.’’
Nikola Vucevic added 21 points and seven rebounds for the Magic, who held the Bulls to 31 percent shooting in the second half. Isaac, who also put up 13 points, nine rebounds, five assists and four steals, said the shot rejections turned the game around.
‘‘Just getting the crowd involved and how it changed the momentum of the game,’’ Isaac said. ‘‘When [opponents] come in there and it looks like they’ve got something
easy and they don’t get it, that’s demoralizing.’’
Ross, who made six three-pointers, hit a short jumper and a three-pointer in a 7-0 run early in the fourth quarter that put the Magic ahead to stay.
‘‘It felt good to finally make some shots,’’ Ross said. ‘‘Any time somebody makes shots, it’s going to have an impact on the whole team. It just happened to be me tonight.’’
With LaVine making two free throws and a three-pointer, the Bulls scored the first nine points of the game.
Lauri Markkanen, who scored 10 points, and LaVine made two three-pointers apiece in the last 4:15 of the first half to give the Bulls a 54-51 lead at the break.
Before Kris Dunn got fouled with 5:59 left in the third quarter, the Bulls were looking at a 21-2 deficit in free-throw attempts.
‘‘Orlando is a very good defensive team; they do not let you get out and run,’’ Boylen said before the game. ‘‘We would like to get out and run.’’
The Magic played without guard Michael Carter-Williams (shoulder), and Bulls backup big man Daniel Gafford left early in the second quarter with a cut above his right eye. He returned in the third.
NOTE: Bulls swingman Max Strus suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a bone bruise in his left knee while playing for the Windy City Bulls in a G League game Saturday. He will have surgery in about three weeks, after the swelling subsides. Strus, who went to DePaul, played in two games for the Bulls this season.
