Young teams can often benefit from starting the season with a spread-out game schedule that allows for additional practice time as well as the opportunity to review film and correct mistakes. They can also gain a great deal from extended stretches at home so they can gain confidence in front of a supportive crowd.
Unfortunately for the Orlando Magic, the NBA schedule makers allotted them neither of those luxuries for the start of their 2021-22 regular season campaign.
Instead, the Magic (1-4) venture out for their third trip of the young season, which once again will feature a back-to-back, when they pay a visit to the Toronto Raptors (2-3) on Friday at 7 p.