No energy, no purpose, and extremely poor execution are all ways you could describe the Orlando Magic’s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.
From the opening tap the Magic were sluggish. Missing defensive assignments, fouling Clippers players left-and-right, and missing some open, and some very poor shots.
The writing was on the wall early, and it never turned around.
“I told one of the assistants 90 seconds in, you could just tell looking at them,” said coach Steve Clifford following the loss. “Body language, worry about the wrong stuff.