The Orlando Magic were in that beautiful grind.
A game where neither team was shooting the ball particularly well and every inch is earned. This is the kind of team that defined Steve Clifford’s teams with the Charlotte Hornets and the kind of team he wants the Orlando Magic to become. A preview of all the potential they can be.
For a four-minute stretch, the Orlando Magic’s length and speed were overwhelming a team even as offensively gifted as the Toronto Raptors. The B-I-G lineup of Mohamed Bamba, Jonathan Isaac and Aaron Gordon made its debut and was everything everyone could have imagined on that end.