If the Magic thought their return to Florida after a 1-4 road trip would be the start of something easier, they were slugged with another cruel reminder not to get ahead of themselves before the game even tipped. Aaron Gordon, who has ostensibly been playing point guard for the injury-ravaged side, would himself be inactive, the result of back and hip soreness. His addition to the lengthy list of unavailable players, along with a prolonged fourth quarter drought and some familiar late-game execution problems, meant that the Magic would lose a second consecutive heartbreaker as they snatched defeat from what looked at one stage like the jaws of inevitable victory.
Hornets 107, Magic 104: Magic drop another game they shouldn’t have lost
