WINTER PARK — Orlando Magic player Evan Fournier slows his sport utility vehicle to a crawl as he searches for a parking space at Lake Baldwin Park.
Keeping his foot on the brake pedal, he scans to his left and right to make sure no one darts out from behind a car. The last thing he wants to do is stop short suddenly, because his beloved four-legged friend has perched himself precariously atop a back seat.
Simba, a 5½-year-old dog with a puffy mane of off-white fur, sticks his snout out the driver's-side window as Fournier turns into an unclaimed spot.