DETROIT – All season long, center Nikola Vucevic has spoken realistically and with reason like the grizzled NBA veteran that he is, always stressing that regardless of the Orlando Magic’s fortunes at the time that ``things can turn around quickly in this league.’’
On Thursday, Vucevic and a Magic team that has been riding the feel-good vibes of their longest win streak in eight years was given that harsh reminder.
Facing a Detroit Pistons team that displayed much of the same grit and desperation that Orlando played with during its recent playoff push, the Magic were flattened on both ends of the floor by Andre Drummond, Blake Griffin and a hail of 3-pointers from Wayne Ellington and got routed 115-98 at Little Caesars Arena.