This wasn’t the Markelle Fultz revenge game. It wasn’t even the Jonathan Simmons revenge game. Instead, it was a familiar haunting for fans of the Magic, with JJ Redick and Tobias Harris combining to sink a Magic side who should have been desperate for a bounce-back win after a deflating last-start performance. Orlando struggled to find the defensive intensity and effort needed to hang with one of the East’s best, while on offense they couldn’t leverage their frontcourt size advantage in any meaningful way.
Both sides opened the game on an offensive tear, drilling 3s and getting into the lane without much resistance.