ORLANDO – The Orlando Magic are showing immense improvement on the defensive end of the floor.
In the month of November, the Magic have held two opponents under 100 points and limited the other to 102. They have the league’s fourth-best defensive rating (98.6) and are blocking the second-most shots per game (6.7) during that time frame.
However, due to turnovers and inconsistent shooting, they’ve been unable to convert many of those staunch defensive efforts into wins. A condensed, road-heavy schedule and limited practice time to correct those aforementioned mistakes have not helped matters.
And unfortunately for Orlando, the path to victory does not get any easier.