The first quarter was spent easing past the Brooklyn Nets. The Orlando Magic moved the ball and got open shots. It looked like the team had found its flow.
The rest of the game? It was spent trying to find that flow again in a difficult grind of a game where shots just refused to fall — even the open ones.
Brooklyn had mucked the game up and pushed Orlando more than the team probably thought it would after it jumped to an early lead.
Then the gates opened. The Magic found the holes in the defense and everything seemed right in the world.